Rubric
What is the Rubric name for the Common Module?
Texts and Human experiences
What are the brothers' names?
Joe miles harry
Where is this quote from?
‘Out past the shallows, past the sandy bottomed bays, comes the dark water – black and cold and roaring.’
the epigraph
What state is it located in?
tasmania
What does Steven Curren do for a living?
Catch abalone
What are 3 of the major rubric terms?
Inconsistencies. Anomalies. Paradoxes
Collective and individual experiences
What is the protagonist's family last name?
Curren
What is the technique?
“He leaned his head down against his brother’s shoulder. And he let himself cry”
Emotive language
What is the name of the town they live in?
Bruny island
What is the ocean known for in the novel?
Its multifaceted nature
Name 2 themes from past the shallows?
Brotherhood
Tragedy and blame
Dysfunctional Father figures
Duality of nature
Who died in the car crash?
The mum and uncle (dads brother)
What is the technique?
“Miles knew the water. He could feel it, and he knew not to trust it”
foreshadowing
What does Harry do whilst his brothers surf?
Treasure hunt on the sand dunes
What is the structure of PTS?
cyclical
What is the most consistent Occuring Motif throughout the novel?
The ocean
Who left home at the start of the novel?
Joe
What is this technique?
“What am I meant to do? What am I meant to do?” And he heard her voice rise up, familiar tears. “I grew up in that House, Miles. Don’t I deserve something?”
Repetition
Tricolon
Rhetorical question
What year is the novel set?
1980s
What perspective is the novel written in?
3rd person omniscient
Describe 3 examples of Anomalies/paradoxes in the Novel?
Dads anger
Loss of innocence
Aunty jeans character
Other people in the town noticing the abuse
Where does miles work?
With dad on the boat
What type of repetition is this?
“But Harry had a way about him. A way that made you promise to take care of him”
epizeuxis
Why does Aunty Jean keep an unopened box within her house/ what's in it?
Baby clothes as she had a miscarriage
What does dad do when he finds mum's crashed car on the side of the road?
Move uncle nicks body to hide the evidence of the affair