Comparative Essay of Dirt Music and Journey to the Stone Cou
In comparing Dirt Music by Tim Winton, and Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller, both novels have numerous similarities and differences. Winton and Miller have based both their novels in Australia. The focus is on the journeys that the characters in each novel take. Winton's journey of finding one's self and seeking forgiveness, in contrast to the finding and examination of one's past and 'moving on'. Miller's characters seek to find reconciliation, Winton's characters seek salvation. The use of the Australian landscape by both authors' plays a pivotal role in both novels. The contrast in setting is that they are on opposite sides of the Australian seaboard. Language is different in that Dirt Music is colloquial vernacular, and Journey to the Stone Country is native vernacular.Winton uses the fictional town of White Point as Dirt Music's the main setting, whilst Miller begins Journey to the Stone Country in suburban Melbourne (Carlton). Both novels share a storyline of travelling north. Set in early summer, present day, Dirt Music begins in White Point and journeys north West Australia to Broome, via the out back towns of the Kimberley region. Coming to a final conclusion at the fictional Coronation Gulf islan
Annabelle deciding to give the cylindrical stone to Arner, which she retrieved from a survey site, to take back to the playgrounds of the Stone people (Miller, 363). Bo Rennie in Journey to the Stone Country: 'They was agreed about that' (Miller, 43). Luther Fox is a fringe dweller as is Bo Rennie. Miller's are not one sided, nor are they about indigenous defeat in the face of violence and domination: 'The flash and smack of the hit. Relationships, death, isolation whether it be by choice or fate. The way in which they use the landscape differs, as Winton's is animate, a backdrop to the plot, differing to Miller's which is descriptive and is a principal character in the novel, but the use of isolated places is effectively employed by both author's as a sub-plot. Bo instigates the journey of Annabelle back to her child-hood home on the Suttor, and into the heartland of Bo's people, the Jangga Tribe. Journey to the Stone Country takes such a long time to develop until Panya, Miller effectively uses her for the dramatic climax. Townsville, Mackay, Ranna Station, Mt Coolon, and Verbena Station. Miller differs in that he employs onomatopoeia effectively throughout the novel bringing the landscape to life: 'crack of a stick. Annabelle and Georgie are similar in age. But the water is all bellies and hips like a packed dance floor.
Common topics in this essay:
Stone Country,
Dirt Music,
Winton Miller,
Music Australian,
Country' Winton,
Verbena Station,
Annabelle Georgie,
Grandma Rennie,
Steve Kuen,
Girlie I'll,
journey stone,
stone country,
journey stone country,
dirt music,
music journey stone,
bo rennie,
music journey,
dirt music journey,
catalystic actions,
australian landscape,
love story,
characters seek,
|
Acceptance Essays
