Human Frailties
Below is the abstract of the paper that I am working on currently, for Australian and Canadian Literature course. The seminar will be on the 17th April but I need to get it done by this coming Thursday. Oh gosh! Thinking about the coming seminar alone is already good enough to give me nightmares and send the chill to my spine. Will I be able to make it??
This study is based on two of Tim Winton’s work, namely, “The Turning” and “Family” from his fiction novel, The Turning. These two works provide a brief overview on the frailties of ordinary people whose lives are not what they had hoped for. The characters are often hurt, irritated, frustrated and damaged. In “The Turning”, the hardship of the main character, Raelene, seems to awaken her that she is missing something in her life and is trying to do her best to seek the reason why she is feeling such way. She illustrates herself as a woman who is “hungry”; in search of food for her empty soul. Whereas in “Family”, deals about the past memories that have been haunting Frank Leaper and like Raelene, he too tries to figure out what is it that is burdening him all this while. Towards the end of the story, both characters somehow manage to identify their predicament and offer them a kind of relief in their lives. These two works of Winton are merely some of the instances of how people struggle against the weight of their own history and try to reconcile themselves to their right place in the world. Nevertheless, in this world, there is always hope and human always has the ability to change themselves to be a better person.
The picture taken by one of my classmates, Abd Rahman, during our last class on last Friday. We had quite a feast, too much food to eat yessss...and too much food to help me expand my waistline!!! There goes my diet!!!
Picture posted here upon Rahman's request...:)
This study is based on two of Tim Winton’s work, namely, “The Turning” and “Family” from his fiction novel, The Turning. These two works provide a brief overview on the frailties of ordinary people whose lives are not what they had hoped for. The characters are often hurt, irritated, frustrated and damaged. In “The Turning”, the hardship of the main character, Raelene, seems to awaken her that she is missing something in her life and is trying to do her best to seek the reason why she is feeling such way. She illustrates herself as a woman who is “hungry”; in search of food for her empty soul. Whereas in “Family”, deals about the past memories that have been haunting Frank Leaper and like Raelene, he too tries to figure out what is it that is burdening him all this while. Towards the end of the story, both characters somehow manage to identify their predicament and offer them a kind of relief in their lives. These two works of Winton are merely some of the instances of how people struggle against the weight of their own history and try to reconcile themselves to their right place in the world. Nevertheless, in this world, there is always hope and human always has the ability to change themselves to be a better person.
The picture taken by one of my classmates, Abd Rahman, during our last class on last Friday. We had quite a feast, too much food to eat yessss...and too much food to help me expand my waistline!!! There goes my diet!!!
Picture posted here upon Rahman's request...:)
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