Essays Tagged: "Winton"

Discuss BELONGING in Tim Winton's 'Cloudstreet'.

s have an innate need to belong, which makes the reading all the more prominent for the reader. For Winton to put such a focus on belonging in his book, he must have struggled with belonging sometime ... belonging is not just from the text itself; it also comes from our own context as readers and from Winton's context as the author. Readings are constructed by us, and by Winton. Nothing but our own c ...

(4 pages) 123 0 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Tim Wintons "Cloudstreet" an analysis of the novel.

ClOUDSTREETBy Tim WintonThe title, Cloudstreet, although a bit plain, couldn't be more appropriately named as everythi ... named as everything that happens within the story revolves around the house nicknamed Cloudstreet. Winton sets this book around Perth, Western Australia, around the time of the second end of the Seco ... the time of the second end of the Second World War over a span of twenty years. From reading other Winton novels it's easy to see that his part of the country has had a big impact on him and he has a ...

(7 pages) 73 0 2.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

James Byron Dean.

Dean was born February 8, 1931, in the Seven Gables apartment, in Marion, Indiana. His parents were Winton and Mildren Dean, formerly Mildren Wilson. James stayed in Indiana until he was six. His dad, ...

(2 pages) 32 0 4.1 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Cloud street essay

Cloudstreet, by Winton, is a saga following the life paths of two struggling families sharing accommodation in a glo ... ties which dislocates it from the particularities of time and setting. Responders are able to sense Winton's desire to confront them with values intrinsic to human life such as love through discord an ... nts the Australian continent. This idea is crystallised on the arrival of the Pickles family, where Winton employs the language of colonial exploration: "The Pickleses moved around in the night, stunn ...

(5 pages) 59 0 3.8 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

'Intrinsic to "Cloudstreet" is the family unit out of which a complex fabric of ideas is woven.'

Tim Winton's "Cloudstreet" tells the story of two families forced together in the same house. Through th ... milies forced together in the same house. Through the conflict within and between the two families, Winton explores the importance of family, and through this concept he examines the concepts of ident ... s to transcend both adversity and circumstance. As Michael McGirr claims in Go Home Said The Fish, "Winton is nostalgic for a time." Cloudstreet is "an articulate lament for a period of greater moral ...

(6 pages) 64 3 5.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Essay on unity on "CLoudstreet", by Tim Winton

Tim Winton's "Cloudstreet" tells the story of two working-class families--the God-fearing Lambs and the ... By the end, however, all conflicts are resolved, divisions are healed, and fragments become whole. Winton is able to influence his readers' understanding of people and society by demonstrating the va ... hesively to produce an array of interconnected ideas which all explore the text's main theme, unity.Winton devotes his entire novel to exploring the characters' journey to unity. Quick has a dream abo ...

(4 pages) 56 0 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Essay: "CLoudstreet", by Tim Winton

3 or 4 significant ideas you consider intrinsic to the text and how these ideas are represented.Tim Winton's "Cloudstreet" creates textual integrity in the way that it is written and interpreted throu ... written and interpreted through different contexts. A major concept resonating through the text is Winton's ideas on family and how he chooses to represent it. Through this concept Winton explores id ...

(6 pages) 48 0 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Montclair Paper Mill - Subject: Evaluating the decision choices for Montclair Paper's APL business

e need to evaluate the mill's APL supply chain and determine ways to improve its profitability. Mr. Winton provided DJS with several recently completed cost analyses which, in his mind, had raised man ... ed him to take a different look at his options. After thoroughly analyzing the data provided by Mr. Winton, I have outlined not only the strategic decisions currently facing Montclair Paper but our re ...

(7 pages) 82 0 0.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Essay on "An Open Swimmer" by Tim Winton - How have key elements of the Western Australian environment address key themes and issues in society?

reveled to us that shape our understanding and interpretation of a text. In An Open Swimmer by Tim Winton, Winton uses elements of the Western Australian Environment to address key themes and issues ... nt within our lives, and influence our opinion on them through the conveying of important messages. Winton's incorporation of the Western Australian environment into the novel aims to relay significan ...

(8 pages) 3674 0 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

The Reivers

long after this little incident the grandfather was almost forced to buy an automobile (which was a Winton Flyer and only cost a few hundred dollars back then.) When he got through giving everybody a ...

(6 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Price of Freedom: An Analysis of Rebellion in George Orwell's 1984

t of no return; consequently, he marches blindly ahead in the hope of defeating The Party. However, Winton's defiant nature is quickly extinguished after he is caught and tormented for committing subv ... ong has no choice; he must fight for his beliefs.Big Brother, a symbolic figure for power, agitates Winton's morality. Although a member of the Party, he disagrees with the conventions of The Party. A ...

(6 pages) 14 0 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Cloudstreet Values and Attitudes

Cloudstreet, a novel written by Tim Winton is an epic tale of two rural families, who through two separate bad incidents, migrate to the ... udstreet. In the text it presents values and attitudes of Australian life in the 1940's-1960's era. Winton aims these values and attitudes at the Australian society to provide the people within an und ... d the episodic structure are found to help convey the values of fate, place of belonging and family.Winton's use of shifting point of view becomes extremely useful as it not only helps portray more th ...

(3 pages) 17 0 3.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Short Analysis of Tim Wintons, Cloudstreet

Analysis of Tim Winton's Cloud Street.Tim Winton's television miniseries, Cloud Street, is about finding one's place ... This relates to identity, alienation and as a result to those things, self-chosen progression. Tim Winton conveys these forms of belonging by using camera techniques, special effects and also conveys ... s through the actions and the purposes of the characters. In the last 3 chapters of the miniseries, Winton begins to unfold the characters, and who they really are. This gives a sense of realization t ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors

Neighbours

gnificant role in engaging readers with the text. The short story "Neighbours"(1985) written by Tim Winton reflects the historical cultural divide between Australian-born residents and immigrants, whi ... immigrants, which in this case are the eastern Europeans who arrived in large numbers in the 80's. Winton raises this sociological issue of cultural incompatibility through the interaction of a newly ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing