Family: The Importance Of Family In Cloudstreet

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In Cloudstreet the importance of family, is the unity that can be found in families. Both families are divided at the beginning. The Pickles family is very dysfunctional whereas the Lamb family is crippled by Fish's accident. Within the family fractures begin to appear, ending in Oriel’s departure in the tent and Quick's 'desertion'. The novel is filled with references that relates to family such as “take away the family and that’s it, there’s no point” this was said by Lester. Tim Winton expressed the necessity of unity with in the family and how it’s the fundamental building block for society. Quick mentions that “there was good and bad, punishment and reward…But there was love too.. Even in the miserable times after Fish drowned.” This captures