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Character Analysis: Why Does Henry Stop In Strattford

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Level 1: Literal (literal information explicitly stated in the text) Chapter 1 1. Why does Henry stop in Strattford? Where is he headed? The Volvo that Henry drives, his mother’s car, has overheated and broken down in Strattford. He was headed to the south coast of New South Wales because he was going to the beach to meet up with some friends. Chapter 1-2 2. Who is Trot? Provide a physical description. ‘Buddha’ was a nickname that Henry called Trot, by the way he sits on his seat in his car, and Trot seems to sit like a Buddha. Trot appears to act like a casual and a real Aussie kind of man who is willing to help anyone who needs it. 3. How does Trot talk? Comment on his speech. Once again, Trot act like a real Aussie, who talks with …show more content…

Trot should be liked because he helped Henry and gave him a friend when he could’ve just driven past him. Henry is supposed to be liked because he is just a young man going to the beach with his friends but unfortunately got stuck in a small town when his car broke down. The main difference between Henry and Trot is that Henry wants to be the ‘cool, layed back’ guy that Trot is instead of being the awkward, shy city boy. 2. What is the significance of a ‘one way’ rail pass (p. 8)? The significance of a ‘one way’ rail pass is that there is no set time of coming back. If the soldiers got to Melbourne and gotten halfway through their training or even finished it, there was no going back to their hometowns. They had to finish the job they were assigned to do, that is going to war, before even thinking about returning home again. 3. Consider the simile on p.10 ‘…watching the town pass like a newsreel from the 1950s’. What does this hint about Strattford? By using that simile, it hints that Strattford is a very old town and continues to look like an old town even when henry arrives in the early 2000s. It also suggests that the town is not very colourful as the films in those days were black and white. It might even hint that the town was very quiet with not many people

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