Authorial Voice: Closer by David Malouf (10ENGCA) by Saschmon https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser Use this following timeline to identify key elements, narrative structure and Language (authorial voice) en-us 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC 2025-09-28 19:06:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Level 3: Combining language and the 6 senses: sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949852 Tanisha clark

To fully enhance the audiences experience, authors often make the audience feel/imagine what the character is thinking. Maulef encourages this by providing clear sets of imagery, bold language combined with these sensations. List some of the senses (quotes) below:

See: " you could see his bare feet in the grass large and boney"
- "we see him (uncle Charles) across the home-paddock fence"
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Hear:"There is  a humming like something from another world."
- "the air roaring through the car makes his voice sound weird" (uncle Charles on the phone to Amy)
- "don't touch it. let it ring." so it keeps ringing for a while

Feel (emotion): 'his heart is closed on his grief"
- "I don't understand about love anymore than I do about death"

Taste: "I watch Grandpa Mopeth cut pieces of meat with his big hands and push them between his teeth, and chew and swallow, and what he is eating, I know, Is ashes."
- "butter their toast and pour their tea"

Smell: "'Bleached', my grandfather tells us.'Peroxide!'"
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Touch (feel): "you can feel the burning sweat on him"
- ]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949852 Level 2: Similes and Metaphors sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949853 Identify similes and metaphors that are used in the text and use quotations (ie. "___________")
  • S "It is very like a spaceship, 
  • M "Charlies just a big kid..."
  • S "It is very like a spaceship, 
  • M "Charlies just a big kid..."
  • S "He is as water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again"
  • M "costs an arm and a leg"
  • S "The air roaring through the car makes his voice sound weird, like a spaceman's"
  • S "It's like a spaceship homing in"
  • M "You can see it's windscreen catching the sun as it rounds the curves"
  • S "There is a humming like something from another world"
  • M "The fire is under his clothes and inside him"
  • S "His voice is gruff, as if he had suddenly caught cold"
  • S "Grandpa has cast him out, as you cut off a limb so that the body can go on living"
  • M "You can feel the burning sweat on him"
  • M "...what he is eating, I know is ashes".
  • S "He was smooth all over like an angel"
  • S "...it was as if my bones had been changed into clouds"
  • M- "Infected by the plague"
  • M "Because Uncle Charles lives in Sodom we do not let him visit"
  • M "So we will not be infected but the plague he carries,"
  • M "the hair the climbs out above their singlets"
  • S and M "He is a stranger to us [M], as if he had never been born [S]"
  • M "His chest had scoops of shadow,"
  • S "But his chest and throat and arms were like an angel's, smoothed and polished as wood"
  • M "His heart is closed on it's grief"
  • M "The silver car with it's duke windows that roll up of their own accord and the phone in there in it's cradle is the chariot of death,"
  • M "Just the wide green landscape lying still under the heat"
  • S "And

]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949853 Level 1. Adjectives, Verbs and Phrases sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949854 Look to the vocabulary used to enhance the audiences experience text and include a list of words below:

Adjectives/Nouns: 
- "blondest, swollen....
- feet with toenails grey from sloshing about in rubber boots
- Uncle Charles swings the driver's door open
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Verbs/Adverbs: Doing Words
"yelping, barge, sloshing..."

Topic Specific Langauge: Context/Setting/Theme



]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949854 END (Conclusion): sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949857 What takes place in the final section of the text. What is the audience left to feel?

Quotes: Find descriptions, the 6 senses and imagery that are used to create the authors voice. 

Amy has a dream about uncle Charles that he crosses the fence, puts his hands out for Amy, she takes it.
  • The audience is left to feel  Guilt, Shame, Hopeful, Confused, Conflicted and Aspirational. 
]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949857 Middle: Set-Backs (rising tension) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949858 What are the events that lead to an increase in the audiences tension?

Quotes: "at Easter they can hear the humming of the polished car as uncle Charles opens the door and steps out "
“Grandma puts out a plate for uncle Charles, they don’t want to forget him” 
“Uncle Charles doesn’t come to Easter like he used to and wait out the front.” ]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949858 Middle: Complication (what is the problem/conflict in the text) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949860 Quotes: What are the actions and language choices that demonstrate the problem?

Quotes: Find descriptions, the 6 senses and imagery that are used to create the authors voice. 

  •  Grandma puts out the plate they dont want to forget uncle Charles.
  •  They can hear the humming of the polished car as uncle Charles swings the door open and steps out.
  • Amy has a dream that uncle Charles crosses the fence.  
  •  Grandpa banished uncle Charles ; he has the plague.
]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949860 5 Sentence Story sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949861 1. Beginning - Orientation
Amy and her family live on a farm that they share with their grandparents and uncles, Grandma banished uncle Charles.
2. Middle: Complication
Grandpa has banished uncle Charles - he has the plague.
3. Middle: Set-Back 1
It is Easter, Uncle Charles arrives and steps out of the car.
4. Middle: Set-Back 2 - rise in tension
Grandma puts a plate for uncle Charles at the table.
5. End: Climax and Outcome
Uncle Charles doesn’t come to Easter like he used to and wait out the front.
Bonus: Resolution
Amy has a dream that uncle Charles crosses the fence and puts his hands out for Amy, she takes it.]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949861 Beginning: Setting Scene - Orientation sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949862 What is the setting, characters and important elements/symbols that are introduced at this section of the Text.

Quotes: Find descriptions, the 6 senses and imagery that are used to create the authors voice. 

  •  Amy and her family live on a farm with their uncles and grandparents. 
  •  Uncle Charles has the plague.
  • Grandpa doesn’t like uncle Charles.
]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949862 Context: sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949864 Context are the issues (historical, social) that surround the text. What values and events appear in the text?

Identify quotes that represent the values/attitudes of:

Conservative/religious grandparents:
"Don't come any closer" pg. 36
"He is one of the fools from Israel" pg.33

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Uncle Charles/progressive/ sexuality: 
“Because uncle Charles lives in Sodom we do not let him visit” p33



]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949864 Setting: BMW (T.P) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949866 Need at least 8! 

  • "This is Gay 437 calling. i am approaching Bulahdelah"
  • "This is Gay 437, I am approaching Wauchope"
  • "there is a humming like something from another world" (t.p)


]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949866 Setting: Inside the house (T.P) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949868 -“We live in seperate houses but on the same farm” 
- " they ( uncle James and matt) barge about the kitchen at 5 o'clock" (T.p)
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]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949868 Setting: Sodom (Sydney) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949870
  • "He [Uncle Charles} lives in Sydney..."
  • "because uncle Charles lives in sodom we do not let him visit" (t.p)
  •  "He [The Lord] is destroying Sydney..."
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    • ]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949870     Setting: The Farm sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949873
  • "home-paddock fence"
  •  "home-paddock fence"
  • Houses on the farm
  •  "curves round the river "(P.38)
  •  ''the wide green pasture''(p.38)
  •  ''inside at the table''(p.39)
  • ''we stood below the verandah''(p.39)

    • ]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949873     Symbol 3: Religious Imagery (Sienna) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949874 Throughout the text biblical references and iconography symbolises what is 'right and wrong'.

    Beginning: Sodom is used to portray the ultimate destruction and sin that Uncle Charles is viewed in.

    Middle: Amy views her Uncle as someone she wants to understand and admires his looking like and 'angel'.

    End: There is move here to criticism her grandfather and as her Uncle leaves, she reverts to a dream of him coming again as an angel that is welcome to come closer.

    Quotes:
    - "his chest and throat and his arms were like an angles, smooth and polished as wood."
    -  "We are Pentecostal, we believe that all that is written in the book is clear truth without error.
    - "Some of us speak in tongues, and others have the gift of laying on hands. This is a grace we are granted because we live as the lord wishes, in truth and charity."
    - "The lord destroyed Sodom and he is destroying Sydney, but with fire this time that is slow and invisible."     ]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949874     Symbol 2: Physical Features and Common Traits (MJ) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949875 Through the the text Maulef continually uses flashbacks and comparisons in an attempt to demonstrate the similarity/commonality of the family. References to the 'blondest' and the 'oldest' of the brothers indicate that Amy does no see her uncle any different. There is also the childhood memories and tales of her uncles which are fond and place them in some form of friendly competition and shared experience.

    Additionally, the use of the farm as a 'shared experience' where all (even Amy grew up) symbolises a common bond that is ignored. This is furthered again as a place at the dinner table is set for Uncle Charles.

    Maulef also uses the fence as a way to show the division between the family with uncle Charles being banished.

    Quotes
    " to stand on one side of the fence and have uncle Charles stand on the other, as if he was already dead."
    "... he is the blondest; his eyes have the most sparkle to them."
    "Uncle James and Uncle Matt are hairy men like Esau, they are shaggy. But his chest and throat and arms were like an angel's, smooth and polished as wood."
    "... when he takes off his sunglasses the sparkle of his eyes..."
    "... he was smooth all over, like an angel."

    ]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949875     Symbol 1: Space (A.W) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949876 Through the young protagonist the audience gains a sense of what Amy want to know. In referencing her desire to become an 'astronaut' and reference to her Uncle Charles' car as a 'spaceship' and him being from 'another planet' is mixed with religious iconography around 'angels'.

    Meaning
    Ultimately, these two concepts confront the audience with the confusion around human behavior and the worlds that 'Amy/Rabbit' is trying to reconcile/understand. 

    Quotes:
    •  'When I grow up I mean to be an astronaut'

    ]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949876     FInd a photo for Grandpa /Grandma Morpeth. sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949878 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949878 Support Characters 2: Grandparents of the Morpeth (MF AND LG) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949879  
    Grandpa Morpeth
    Describe: traditional, strict, very religious, caring
    (MF)
    Beliefs/actions/in the text:
    - His religion influences what he says and how he does things.
    - He believes homosexuality is wrong and because of this banished his son from his family (MF)
    - Grandpa also talks about 'loving what is good and hate what is sinful'. (MF)

    Quotes:
    "Don't anyone of you pick up that phone"

    "it would be him, He is a stranger to us."

    "Don't come any closer...we can see you from there." - Pg 36 (MF)

    "Uncle Charles has broken his heart"- Pg 36 (MF)

    "Love what is good and hate what is sinful"- Pg 38 (MF)
    Grandma Morpeth:
    Describe:
    Kind, loving, shy, quiet, hurt, scared, hopeful, caring, traditional, religous.

    (MF)
    Beliefs/actions/ role in the text:  same with grandpa Morpeth, her religion influences the way that she sees things (LG)

    Quotes: 
    "I know that Grandma would like Uncle Charles to come closer so she could really see him ... she would like him to come in and eat" 

    " he lives in Sydney, which Grandma Morpeth says is sodom" (LG)

    "But it is Grandma Morpeth who feels it most. She like touch. She is always lifting you up and hugging. She does not talk much."- Pg 37 (MF)

    ]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949879     Support Characters 1: Uncle Charles (Flynn) sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949881 Description: Uncle Charles has blond locks, bright white teeth and sparkling eyes. He is homosexual and lives in Sodem ( Sydney ). He looks like an angle .

    Quotes (about or from): " my mother said he was always a rebel "
    " he is tanned with the whitest teeth i have ever seen"
    " they are blond bleached my grandfather says peroxide.
    "Charlie's just a big kid, he never grew up" (FW)

    Actions:

    How does our view of this character change throughout the text?
    At the start of the text, Uncle Charles is seen as a 'disease' by the Morpeth family. These opinions are challenged towards the end of the text as we realise that Uncle Charles may not be all as bad as Grandpa Morpeth says he is. (Caitlyn)

    How do we feel about his leaving at the end of the text?
    we are supposed to feel bad for him not being let inside to eat, and and we are left to think about what he is doing when he doesn't come to next Easter. - (FW)
    What qualities does Uncle Charles have that are ignored due to his sexuality and being 'banished from the family?
    Uncle Charles has not changed as a person, but his coming out had disgusted Grandpa Morpeth's heart and he can't forgive him for this, but he still loves him. Meanwhile, the Grandma still has empathy for her first-born son. (Caitlyn)]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949881     Protagonist: Amy aka Rabbit sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949882 Description: Amy is the narrator of the story. She is 9 years old. "In the family [she] is called Ay" but her "brothers...call [her] Rabbit." Amy is innocent and naive because she doesn't question her families beliefs. "We're Pentecostals.We believe that all is written in the Book is clear truth without error."

    Actions: Amy tries to understand why Charles has been banished but is still curious. She describes him as being from 'another planet' because he is treated as if he is. Amy also has a dream where Uncles Charles is able to come past  the fence and she can go to him. 

    What does our character learn? 
    Amy learns that the world is imperfect because Charles has been banished for one single thing. There is hope for Uncle Charles because Amy is the next generation and she can try and change things.]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949882     Themes: Sexuality, religion, belonging/forgiveness sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949885 ●     It's never too late to change 


     
    ]]>     2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949885     2. Closer Questions sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949888 See attached for key question regarding to the text. ]]> 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949888 1. Close Reading: Closer w Annotations sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949889 2021-03-09 00:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1284949889 https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1295405411 grandma Morpeth]]> 2021-03-10 22:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1295405411 Closer ending quotes https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1295470059 “Open your heart, come closer closer, see? Now reach out your hand” why has the author chosen to make this quote so ominous and hard to understand? I think it is because he wants the reader to put their own meaning to it making the text more personal. 


    ]]>     2021-03-10 22:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1295470059     Themes: Belonging/Forgivness sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1308870350 It's never too late to change your beliefs from what others think is right to what you think is right. To be able to cut through 'limited binary thinking' and view the world with a more open mindset. - (RB)

    ]]>     2021-03-15 03:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1308870350     Themes: Religion sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1308870684 Amy develops her own vision on aspects of religion. The author's message may relate to how people can take information differently, like how the Morpeth grandparents see Charles' life and situation as living in "Sodom", about to burn to the ground, and on the other hand, when Amy saw Charles she viewed him as an angel. (B.J)

    An alternative message could be one of encouragement to question religious bias's and prejudices, especially in relation to the heteronormative beliefs of most religions. (G.S)]]>     2021-03-15 03:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1308870684     Themes: Sexuality sbryl https://padlet.com/sbryl/ENGCAcloser/wish/1308870997 Sexuality is not a disease or a sickness, society changes, so does religion. Religion is not a reason for anyone to discriminate someone because of there sexuality.


     
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