Blueback essay questions

Abel is loyal to Blueback by how he is so very excited to swim with it and feed it, When his mother is frail, he is ever so caring to move her places because she can’t get up. It is found in the novel, Blueback that Abel is very loyal to his friends and family. It is clear that Winton has used character construction...

In novels, characters are used to help the author show the way they are constructed. It is evident in the novel Blueback, by Tim Winton (1997), the construction of characters are what Winton uses to communicate the ideas that Abel is passionate about the sea, Abel fights for what he believes in and that Abel is loyal to his friends and family.

Western Australia author Tim Winton wrote a novel called Blueback. In the novel Abel is passionate about the sea, Abel fights for what he believes in which is protecting the sea and the environment. The novel invites the reader to see the environment as precious and something to be protected.

Like in many of Winton’s stories Blueback is set within a seaside community in Traditional western Australia. Winton uses the setting, heroes, conflict and resolution to portray the message that people should shield the environment but not plunder the oceans intended for our own gain.