Indledning
Australia is often seen as a beautiful place with privileged inhabitants. Behind the façade, however, lives an underclass that must live in squalid conditions. The underclass’ conditions will therefore be the focus of the essay.
The material for this essay is the short text "Zolo" by S. Bhattacharya-Woodward. The essay will likewise focus on analyzing the setting, characterization, theme(s), and message.
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Uddrag
This also shows that Zolo is resourceful, as he washes the clothes by himself. Zolo has also proven to be a determined individual. This is shown when he is trying to overcome his fear of heights.
“He hated heights” This can be mirrored in his desire to have control over his frightening and unfortunate family situation.
At the end of the story, Zolo overcomes his fear of heights, and his view of his current situation changes.
Zolo realizes that everything will be fine no matter what happens to him. “Zolo stood on that final corner. A small boy on a tall tower.
He closed his eyes and felt the sun on his lids and the blowing wind soft on his face. He had done it. He was all right.
He didn't know what would happen tomorrow. Whether they would stay or be taken away. But right then, it didn't matter.”
The setting of the novel extends to different places. There appears to be a description of the city skyline, with a glass structure and strange shapes.
"The view changed, the same grey rectangles and green lines fell below, but look straight ahead and past the tops of the other towers and there in the hazy distance were the gleaming pinnacles of the City."
Zolo is fascinated by the city skyline. This may symbolize that he wants to get away from the unhealthy environment in which he lives.
"He tried to focus, but his attention drifted out towards the glass skyscrapers in their improbable shapes: concave; convex, skinny in the middle and flaring out at the top; sharp and pointy."
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