What is developed in the first three chapters of the novel?
100
Conservation of the environment.
What is the main theme of the book?
200
Boarding School
Where did Abel live when he went away to school?
200
"Cheekiest fish I ever saw."
How did Mad Macka describe Blueback?
200
Mostly coastal Western Australia
Where are the majority of Winton's books set?
200
Chapter 4
In what chapter does Mad Macka die?
200
The beauty and friendship to be found in our ocean environment, the ancient wisdom of our ocean and the precious but precarious balance of life in an ecosystem that's under threat.
What does Blueback symbolise in the novel?
300
Robber's Head
Where did Abel and Dora find Blueback?
300
He had a heart attack
How did Mad Macka die?
300
The Australian Marine Conservation Society
What is Winton a patron of?
300
The Storm and uncovering of whale bones on the beach.
What is the climax or turning point of the novel?
300
Hope for future generations, and an improved relationship with our oceans.
What does little Dora represent, how does this relate to the themes in the book?
400
On the beach, under the sand.
Where did Dora discover whale bones after the storm came through?
400
Pretended to be a scientist
What did Abel do in his university years?
400
The easy barefoot access to blinding white beaches, clean water and great fishing.
What did Tim Winton take for granted growing up?
400
All the pilchards died and washed up on the beach.
What event occurs that provides Abel with a foreboding about the ocean and it's need of help?
400
An idea that recurs in or pervades a work of literature.
What is theme?
500
The Greek Islands
Where was Abel diving when he was looking at the damage of dynamite fishing and pollution?
500
"Sleek as a seal and funny"
What is the simile used at the beginning of Chapter 11 to describe Stella?
500
An Open Swimmer
What was the first novel Tim Winton wrote?
500
The plot pyramid.
What did Gustav Freytag create?
500
The developers, Costello, Whale bones, the dead Tiger Shark
Who or what symbolises or represents the themes of human greed and excess?