Nature Symbolism in Tim Winton’s That Eye, The Sky

Abstract

Tim Winton is an Australian author of both adult and children’s novels that highlight both the experience of life and the landscape of his native country. He is the author of That Eye, The Sky and he writes about the Australian lifestyle and the impact of landscape in his books. During his youth, his father met with an accident, and this could be related with That Eye, The Sky as the main character Ort’s father faces a car accident as well. Tim Winton wrote this book to express his life experience when he was in adolescence to demonstrate that hope and ardent belief help people in surviving the trials and tribulations of life. He uses many symbols to manifest that though situations may remain worse to a level that one feels that the entire world is against oneself and in such a terrible condition, a person ought to hope that a family staying together is more important than anything else. This research paper will focus on deciphering the symbols used by Tim Winton in the novel to bring out the light of hope in Ort’s life.