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PAST THE SHALLOWS - Coggle Diagram
PAST THE SHALLOWS
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PERSPECTIVE AND VOICE
Harry
Voice
Personality: Childish - simple words, philosphical - beyond his years (e.g death, pg. 4 — foreshadowing mum’s death)
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Perspective
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Child - impulsive behaviour, simple and repetitive language (e.g repetition of the adjective ‘old’)
Afraid of the ocean - pg. 1 — ‘wished he wasn’t afraid’, ironic since his brothers love the ocean
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Miles
Mature: pg. 7 ‘old enough now- someone else’s voice telling him that he’s old enough, rather than him… he must take his place’ — feels the need to step up, family expectations
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Lonely: fearful, ‘no one spoke on the way out’, Uncle Nick — ‘and they never found him etc.’, builds tension.
Afraid and knowledgble of the ocean: ‘Miles knew the water… knew not to trust it’. — respects its power to breakdown islands into rocks. pg. 10 Wiser than other characters
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Dad
Uncle Nick - pg. 8, ‘he’d never forgive himself’
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STYLE
Simple writing, POV of children
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GENRE
Australian Gothic Genre
Power and constraint: The Gothic world is fascinated by violent differences in power, and its stories are full of constraint, entrapment and forced actions. Scenes of extreme threat and isolation – either physical or psychological – are always happening or about to happen.
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Horror: elicits intense, suspenseful feelings of fear, shock, dread, or disgust in the reader.
Monster character
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Internal not external — although George is seen outwardly to be scary and mean, he is actually kind and a paternal figure to Harry. However, although the Dad is seemingly ‘normal’, he is the villain of the story (abusive and rude). ADAPTATION
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