The Simple Gift Character Anaylasis

English- The Simple Gift circuit cardy Belongs Bendarat- Bendarat is the ameliorate town. A friendly librarian, a quick McDonalds, luxury de softend accommodation. (p. 39) Westfield creek- I learnt each(prenominal) t anile I need to know in books on the banks of Westfield creek, my favourite classroom. (p. 6) In his train pusher 1864- I close the portal and make a hearth in Motel Bendarat. (p. 28) When he reads books in the program library at Bendarat- Thats me, on the deserted island of a soft lounge in Bendarat Library. (p. 4) With honest-to-goodness aviator- I hugged gray-headed excite bid Ive never hugged a man before sure that hed saved my life. I hugged him in the of import Street with the office workers walking by, and the shopkeepers staring, and the devil old laddies at the bus moderate I thanked him once and thanked him a vitamin C clocks. ( p. 172) With Catlin- This morning I woke and I knew where I was going for the next few months to the libr ary to McDonalds to the river and menage here to the Hilton a term of enlistment of plans with Catlin at the centre, and me a badly svelte sa regulateite spinning crazily in her orbit. (p. 70) Doesnt Belong At his home with his protactinium gave me one hard backhander crossways the face. (p. 15) In nowhersville this place has never looked so rundown and beat. (p. 4) the rocks bounce and clatter and remonstrance at being left in this damn place. (p. 4) each deadbeat no-hoper shithole lonely downtrodden field of operations in Longlands Road Nowhersville. (p. 4) At schoolhouse its the only time my school bag has come in handy. (p. 2) Bendarat library not kindred the librarian at home. She hated kids touching books.She ran the perfect tense library because no-one ever went in on that point to disturb the books. (p. 25) He starts at a place where he has no gumption of exiting except for Westfield Creek. He wasnt able to connect at only in nowhersville. His Dad w as horrible the librarian was horrible and he didnt belong until he got on the train and met Ernie. Ernie was no issue analogous wands Dad and baton points that out There atomic number 18 plenty equal Ernie and people like my father. Ernie was the one who suggested he outsmart off at Bendarat. A mite from a sharp person.When he was in the town the only negative thing that happened was that a school bus salutary of kids yelled out at him duty him a hobo. He was safe from his tonic in his carriage sm entirely sterilize and a place where truncheon club house feel safe. nightstick wants to help old woodpecker because he believes he could be old woodpecker in the next so nightstick helped him to stop tipsiness Alcohol and he would bring breakfast e very morning to old Bill even though senile Bill shrugged him off. Old Bill repays the favours billystick has pre comeptuousness him like taking he-goat to the stalker to earn money, helps with the welf ar agency and gives him the house to expire in.Ernie was the start adult who helped billystick and was kind to he-goat after he ran away. Then the librarian was also nice when Billy was expecting her to be mean from his away experiences with the librarians from nowhersville. These two people played a big part in changing the way Billy feels about people, it is because of these two people that Billy helps out Old Bill. There are people like Ernie and then in that location are people like Billys father in the world. Ernie has all the reason to not help Billy but he did, and his protoactinium had all the reasons to help him but didnt.Kindness shown by Ernie and Irene helps Billy establish a sense of be at Bendarat. These people helped Billy blaspheme people more. Catlin Belongs With Billy so salutary mannered, so unlike every son at Benderat Grammar, or any school boy Ive ever known. (p. 42) Billy has become the diary entry of my days. He holds the secrets of every long session of maths and crushing boredom of Science on Thursday afternoon, and as I order him all this I dont feel poor, or a schoolgirl, or a McDonalds worker, or anything but lucky, just lucky. (p. 06) In Billys carriage it was like a little cave, a warm, safe little caveBillys cave. (p. 62-63) With her friends I watch Petra court madlyshes such a show pony, but I like her. (p. 44) Doesnt belong At home I cant cargo area for university so I can initiate away home. (p. 37) in this house this big dreadful five bedroom million clam brick box that we live in. (p. 108) School I wear the tartan skirt and the snowy blouse and I shine my shoes every week and wear the school sports coat on sports day, and I feel like a real dork. (p. 36) Parents dad is to a fault rich for his own good. (p. 36) Rich clubby lifestyle Works at McDonalds, Parents shove off her, Rich, Attends a private school, Not judgemental, Rebellious, Observant, Intends to go to university, intelligent, large house, ge nerous, doesnt want to live a rich snobby life, care/Thoughtful, has good morals, mature and cant organized religion her friends but can trust Billy. Old Bill Belongs With Billy and Catlin I like that kid, I like his company. (p. 11) I hadnt thought of anything but how benignant it was to sit with these people and to talk with them. (p. 125-126) In his carriage rail yard Family Old house Bendarat Doesnt belong purchase order House Alcoholic, rude, unemployed, depressed, used to be a lawyer, smokes, intelligent, generous, lonely, lost everything grieving, home little, doesnt need to work, has money, need from society, keeps house but wont go inside Old Bill The saddest man in the world. A sum up that old bill is sad.Billy helps old bill stop drinking and take so maybe just maybe Ill work on less beer for the kids sake. (p. 137) Old Bill has a very big closeness with Billy and Catlin to let them live in his house because he sees that billy and Catlin belong together and wants them to be happy. Billy gave old bill the elementary gift of friendship Old Bill repaid what Billy did for him by showing him where to get work and in the end heavy(a) him the house. Has had chosen to not belong in Bendarat or in society in general. Techniques Form The simple gift is poesy novel.A free poetise text allows the pen to get into the personality of each character- his/her thoughts, emotions insecurities and ambitions. The verse novel form allows the author to tell the tier from a number of perspectives with an thriftiness of words. It allows each character to tell the story in his/her own language from his/her language. anatomical structure At the beginning of each chapter there is a picture and a commendation from a poem in that chapter. way of life Free verse poems are told from the perspectives of the leash main characters. Billy 16 form old runaway-Catlin girl from a stiff family -old bill homeless alcoholic The first person narrative recount allow s the responder to directly engage with each of the characters. Flashbacks Billy (p. 15) Talks about the time when billy breaks the window kicking a formal and the father hits him. This tells us that the billy and his dad are not connected. Shows how isolated he is. Old Bill (p. 96) utter solitariness Notes farewell note to his father, shows how disconnected he is to his father. Direct speech/conversations p. 109 old bills regrets