First person in That Eye, the Sky 2: Summarising the characters

That’s the end of this lesson. Short and sweet!

What you’ve seen is a similar technique to the previous lesson: simple statements followed by expansions, some of which are subjective commentary and value judgments.

Why did we do this lesson when it was so simple?

• It gave you the chance to practice the same statement:expansion pattern again.
• The summary description in this lesson is a good contrast to the expanded descriptions in the next couple of lessons.
• And we need those background characters later!

About the book

That Eye, the Sky is a novel by Tim Winton, one of the greatest Australian writers. It's a story about a boy in a country town whose family struggle after the father of the family is paralysed in a car accident, and then they are targeted by a mysterious stranger claiming to be preacher who has come to help them.