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"Luke lied. You Lied. Be at the funeral." Is an example of what techniques? Note - you need to get the two techniques correct to get the points
Truncated sentences (short sentences)
Repetition (for emphasis)
"They were standing on a matchbox" means that the landscape is...
Very dry/ tinder/ susceptible to go up in flames with any small spark.
Gretchen says this - references a warmish homecoming as Gretchen has missed him.
What is ironic when Whitlam says "Funding...There's never enough."
He embezzled the very funding that was designed to help the poverty-stricken community.
"We will skin you killer scum"
Insular and toxic close-mindedness that is a perpetuated stereotype in small towns. Falk was powerless, the townspeople had power in a group over him.
The dry riverbed.
Harper's use of imagery intensifies the extent of the drought and its long-term impact on the community.
This place is symbolic of Aaron's homecoming - it is a place where he feels comfortable and sense of his place in time and space.
What does Whitlam think of the people who live in Kiewarra?
"Bunch of bastards, Whitlam said. This place. It's worse here than in the city sometimes."
"It's a pressure cooker round here mate" is a metaphor for...
How small issues can get out of hand by people desperate to fit in. Everyone knows/is related to everyone - so even a slight offense can cause huge issues.
"The huge river was nothing more than a dusty scar" is an example of?
Metaphor
Negative connotation of the word gloomy.
"I wish I'd been able to stay"
"It was a smokescreen...The whole thing, mate. It was never about Luke" refers to what cultural assumptions?
Whitlam is relying on the drought induced murder-suicide cultural assumption to hide his crimes. It works, however, there are gaps and Raco - because he wants to have a legacy like his father notices the inconsistencies in the gun shells Winchester vs. Remington.
"His payback for any slight, real or perceived, was swift and brutal. She had seen him issue threats then carry them out."
Mal Deacon as the monstrous patriarch who maintains power and control over the town at all costs. Gerry Hadler confirms this by saying: "If you fell out with Deacon, it wasn't only him you fell out with."
Which character said "Tensions are high. The heat makes everything worse."
Gretchen
"In every attempt at landscape, the paddocks were coloured brown."
The school children's drawings of their homes. Creates a depressing atmosphere that children, who should be innocent and carefree, are experiencing the death and destruction that drought brings.
It appears twice in the novel, each time, after Falk sees it, he has a negative interaction with Mal Deacon. It is symbolic of how dangerous and volatile Mal Deacon is.
"Whitlam flicked the lighter open and the flame danced dazzling white against the dull bushland" is an example of..
personification.
Mandy Vaser and Ian Willis are symbolic of...
They are 'insiders' in the community while Falk has become an 'outsider' Willis refuses to serve Falk at the milk bar even with no other customers and Mandy says that if he won't leave the park - the 'other husbands' won't be happy. Change in power dynamics.
Falk muses that "his neighbours...didn't leave animal carcasses on his doorstep." What is significant about this thought?
Falk was traumatised by the brutality of Mal Deacon and the wider Kiewarra community. Thus, he enjoyed the anonymity that Melbourne provided. He liked being left alone. It speaks to the irony of rural Australia having so much space, but with communities where privacy is non-existent.
"A cool breeze blew"
Pathetic fallacy - right at the end of the novel after the crimes have been solved - there is a hint that the drought will break and the first mention of a 'cool' temperature change.
Ironic because the town rejected and persecuted Aaron even when he was innocent - now that he risked his life to save them, collective attitudes have changed. It was easier to pin the guild for Ellie's murder on him and his father, rather than face their collective guilt at cowering before Mal Deacon.
Who says the following: "I should be given a bloody medal for putting Kiewarra out of its misery." What cultural assumption is the quote referencing? You must get both for the correct answer.
Scott Whitlam.
CA: Referencing how city people can look down on, or despise rural Australia thinking it beneath them, thinking it's a backwards/educated place. Doesn't value the lives of rural Australians.
"She more than anyone had been a victim of this town, Its secrets and lies and fear" refers to...
The way the townspeople failed to protect vulnerable and neglected Ellie. She was at the mercy of her father, as were the rest of the town. She deserved justice.