cloudstreet
... Margaret River after everything blew up in their face; they claimed that Fish had been brought back from death only to find that he was a ‘Slowbo’, “you can’t stay in a town when everything blows up in your face – especially the only miracle that ever happened to you”, they’re forced to leave town after they lose their rapport with their religion based community. When Uncle Joel dies the Pickles are left with nowhere to live; they were living in a room in Joel’s pub. Joel leaves them $2000 and number One Cloud Street, without Joel they have no The novel Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is the epic story of two Australian families’ whose lives come together. We share the experiences of these two fictional families through the duration of their lives on Cloud Street. Through the construction of setting, plot and character the families’ lives proved powerfully real. The themes conveyed and the authors use of language also adds to the realist feel bringing across ideals of family, love and Australian culture. The setting in which the novel takes place proved to be the first construction Winton used in order to convey a realistic narrative. We first meet the families in two small towns in Western Australia, the Lambs in Margaret River and the Pickles in Geraldton. This acknowledgement of these towns appeals to Australian readers as they are able to relate to them, as they are...