Theme Of Corruption In The Life And Crimes Of Harry Lavender

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The theme of power and corruption within the city of Sydney is ever present within The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender. Throughout the novel, the conflicting voices of Claudia and Harry, accept their relationship as a game, portraying them a complete opposite, one will win, and one will lose. “I had been caught up in his maze, looking for the piece of the cheese,” the epiphany that Claudia has, realising she is the one being controlled by Harry Lavender. ‘’The innocence of a time past, before the stench of Harry Lavender. But the stench had always been there,” the extended metaphor of the stench of Lavender depicts the extent of Harry’s corruption he has created within the city. It is confirmed through the reach of Harry’s corruption, “now