The Turning Tim Winton Analysis

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Australian novelist Tim Winton has done a superb job on his collection of short stories, The Turning. What make these shorts stories unique are the twisted plots he portrays in the character Vic Lang. As the protagonist he is portrayed in numerous angles as both teenager and adult. However the life of Vic Lang is not what one might call perfect. Vic is troubled and Winton made it clear that change is relentless and the simplest amount of change can alter our worlds. The story of Vic Lang’s life is nothing new to many of us. He is a simple male that somehow always receive the short end of the stick. Vic is troubled by his life always changing and never for the better. It’s the idea of having to cope with the change that intervenes with Vic’s life. Just like majority of teenage crushes, you meet a girl and then you subsequently lose her. In Vic’s case he somehow always falls for girls with a particular flaw, a damaged specimen. For instance he fell for Strawberry Allison and she had a horrifying birthmark…show more content…
He found himself always having to cope with situations. His father taking on a job as a Police Constable, losing a loved one, losing his mother, losing his wife and almost losing his mind were all portrayed. Winton somehow placed all of the worst events that can ever occur in a person’s life all in this one character. His self- preservation and success as a lawyer not only ended a sad life story but also gave other individuals like myself hope. Hope to realize that whatever life tosses us we can catch it with one hand and throw it back with the other. Winton gave readers a look at events that plague society daily. There is an old saying “No matter how hard we think we have it, somebody else has it worst, so thank God for life”. This is true because I only had to deal with my father leaving my mother and I but Vic went through way more pain than a person like me could have

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