Tim Winton's Short Story The Water Was Dark And It Went Forever Down

The structure of a novel enables it to embody, integrate and communicate its content by revealing its role in the creation and perception of it. A complex structure such as that of Robert Drewe’s work The Drowner, published in 1996, refers to the interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity1. Drewe’s novel is a multi-faceted epic love story presenting a fable of European ambitions in an alien landscape, and a magnificently sustained metaphor of water as the life and death force2. The main concerns of the novel include concerns about love, life, death and human frailty. These concerns are explored through the complex structure of the novel. That is, through its symbolic title, prologues, and division into sections. The

Initially Mai holds a negative perspective in “Mai closed her eyes and tried to recall her father's stories— but they rang shallow against the dense roaring slabs of water she'd just seen.” The hydrographia personifies the natural elements creating a pathetic fallacy, which reflects Mai’s initially pessimistic attitude as her hope is crushed by the harsh reality of her experiences on the boat. However, this provocative experience catalyses a transformed perception, as upon reaching the shore she thinks: “The boat would land - they would all land.” The epistrophe of “land” and high modality of “would” shows her renewed hopeful perspective, which would not have been possible without physically experiencing the harshness of being on the boat. Thus, the ability for discoveries to be far-reaching and transformative is seen through these provocative and confronting external experiences that transform individual perceptions.

“Under Water is easy to read and understand what is going on the essay. She describe about the struggle of the Gray, drowned in a deep water while adventuring on the green River. He was drowned simply because he “had not brought sneakers and one of his mountaineering boots had become wedged between two two rock” (Fadiman 159). Even the current continuous

The poem, “Death of a Young Son by Drowning” written by Margaret Atwood was awfully sad and tragic as it described the death of her son and its lasting effect on her. The speaker begins the poem by describing how her son was brave, adventurous and led with success. However, the mood of the poem quickly changes as the young boy slipped off the bank and into the water. From there, the boy struggles in the water before eventually drowning. As he is pulled out of the water the mother realizes that all the plans that she had for the future are over and that a part of her has died alongside her son. Atwood uses multiple types of figurative language that gives this poem a sense of realism and really shows the reader the devastation and heartache that occurs after the loss of a child.

Discovery of self may be a common process that can improve and deepen understanding of the individuals and the world around them. It is through these new understandings that individuals are able to both reunite with themselves and the wider society. This concept is presented clearly in the poem ‘The door’ by Miroslav Holub representing that change in self involves taking chances and opportunities and the positive consequences of change. Holub conveys change as an individual’s commitment to take new opportunities presented to them, resulting in a new perspective of life. The short story ‘Big world’ by Tim Winton reveals that self-exploration and the substantial growth and development happen through findings that contain experiences, which challenge

Masculinity, the attributes applied to the male gender, has continuously manifested itself within the matrices of literature, with many writers using narrative fiction as a vehicle to explore ideas of the historical underpinnings of manhood, and more generally, alternative constructions of the male ontology and modality. Transcendental notions of masculinity have inevitably constrained the contemporary man within set ideologies and values — those which often enforce unrealistic and toxic expectations. This conundrum is especially relevant in Australian society given the stereotypical and diffused archetype of the ‘Aussie Man’; which characteristics such as apathy, nobility and strength forming the bedrock of the national identity. Tim Winton, a prominent Australian author, has recognised and highlighted this issue in his collection of short stories The Turning, effectively challenging timeless stereotypes and portraying distinctive

Death by water also plays a large part of Louise Erdrich’s short story “Fleur,” in a much more immediate and dramatic way. The story opens with a drowning in the same way that The Piano opens with a journey by water; the drowning, however, is not only

Great works in literature are timeless; they educate the reader, amaze the reader, give a different or better understanding each time, and relatable to anyone who reads them. John Cheever’s story “The Swimmer” is an example of a great work in literature. Exploring the diverse views, a reader can judge it and the various ways one can construe. Each time the reader reads Cheever’s work; the reader can form a different interpretation or understand the story in a different way.

Smiling, she enjoyed the ride from the grocery store. Excitement building at the thought of the camp-out. They headed toward the church for a 'Royal Scouts' camp-out, when Elisabeth felt the car slow to a stop. Looking to her mother she asked; 'What's wrong mommy? Why are we stopping?' 'Someone's car broken down, honey. So we're just slowing down so people can go around them.' She looked out her window at the little white car stopped on the two-lane bridge. With just barely passing the room, she watched as people moved their cars to the right side of the lane.  From somewhere behind their car, the sound of a freight train came squealing to a halt. With a burning smell of rubber, piercing her nostrils, a logging truck whizzed past her window. It happened so fast. When the truck came barreling down the road, it fish-tailed into the back end of Elizabeth's little white car. Shattering her window, Elisabeth as pieces of glass floated through the air and the car turned toward the ledge of the tiny bridge. The ringing sound of her mother's screams rang deep within her ears, as the water on her right slowly came into view. Jerking the steering wheel with all her might, her mother screamed as she desperately attempted to turn it away from the ledge. No matter how hard she tried, the wheel would not move in any direction. It was locked. Her mother threw her hands in the air while

I opened my eyes at the bottom of the deep end and saw water swirling around me. “How in the world will I ever reach the top?” I thought. I repeated Emily’s words in my head, “You can do this, Clover, You can do this Clover, You can do this, Clover!” I did what years of swim teaching at Daland had taught me. I pushed the bottom of my feet against the bottom of the water.

The water dragged and strapped her down from all possible sides. The more she struggled the more disorientated she became. Left, right, up, down she couldn’t make any sense of it all. She pushed with her arms and legs but she couldn’t find any leverage, for all she knew she was forcing herself further down. Her lungs craved for more air and even though she knew she wouldn’t receive enough, her body still took a final breath. Cold water filled her lungs, burning her throat as if hundreds of needles had pierced into it. Her muscles relaxed and she was oddly calm for a moment - then everything slowly faded too black.

trapped in wild ocean which was windless, nature was continuously showing cruel sight, here we can see the romantic sight of the poem water has been shown so frightened that sailors are dying because of thirst. One day when something was approaching towards them and it came closer Ancient Mariner saw that it was a ship but no one was able to shout because of sunburn and thirst their lips became drier so nature had forced the Mariner to cut his hand so that he could wet his mouth enough to call out for the help from that ship, here we can see dangerous sight of the nature that no one has ever think of it is ultimately leading to death of the sailors.

In the story “A Drowning”, the man who fell in water does not give up the hope of surviving when the first swell comes toward him. Even the narrator thinks that he is died, “I thought, I won’t see him no more, but I was wrong” (A Drowning). This man does not yield to the sea and he swims for his life. Before the third swell arrives, the drowning still insists his hope, “…, now facing the land, his eyes fixed steadily on it”(A Drowning). His eyes shows his hope which is go back to the land. Even after two big swell, the man still tries to rise up in the terrible sea. He does not give up swimming for the last moment of his life. In the same way, Nancy’s mother also insists her hope. In the story, the red bean ice is a symbol of Nancy mother’s dream. She does not care about if she has enough things to eat but cared about the red bean ice. She tells to Nancy,

In “Diving Into The Wreck”, Rich’s well crafted imagery and use of an extended metaphor helps to develop a powerful theme. In this poem, Rich suggests once people go through a traumatic experience they tend to hide behind a false memory they create in order to protect themselves. In order for people to completely heal themselves, they must be willing to go back into the memories they have suppressed. By taking this journey, they can reclaim what beauty was lost and put to rest the damage that was done, allowing for a rebirth of their soul.

This in turn transforms the sea itself into as much a character as the surfer, a living aspect of the poem through animalistic personification. Finally, I found Wright’s uses repetition in “drops there and snatches again, drops again and snatches” inspiring as it reinforced the ritualistic nature of the waves, paralleling a wolf snatching at the shoreline. Therefore, through poetic techniques such as personification I was given awareness into Wright’s views and ideas of the surf as feral and uncontrollable within “The