'Minimum of Two Suggests That Family Can Be Both a Blessing and a Curse\r'

'In Tim Winton’s collection of short stories, ‘Minimum of Two’, family is a major, recurring theme. Winton displays his interest in exploring the idea of family deep d bear each written report differently, containing the positive and negative lure that family has on the actions and emotions of the Nilsam family and his alternative protagonists. In ‘Distant Lands’, he deals with the feeling of obligation towards and the traditional expectations of family whilst in ‘The body of water Was Dark’ the focus is on a postulate to separate geniusself from negative family completely. Laps’ focuses on how family can athletic supporter you move on from her past. Winton has a strong stamp that family shapes the kind of person one becomes, heedless of whether that is a good, or bad natured person. Within the short story ‘Distant Lands’, although it is portrayed subtly, family plays an important role. We be told of toothso me Maz’s parents; her capture, who sits in the family shop for the majority of her day, emitting ‘ dash thudding’ sounds from the register and Maz’s father, who is portrayed as a hot headed, intimidating individual.\r\nAs Winton goes on to display Maz’s character, which contains attri alonees the likes of reserved, self-conscious yet lightly ambitious, we are made to create a draw between Maz’s persona and her parents, that of which one is dense and dismal and the other unapproachable, and the realization that it was the impact of her family that has build the tones her character by failing to restore her sureness and paying little to no attention of whether Maz had her own ambitions. This contributes to her overall quietness. The Water Was Dark’ has it’s protagonist, ‘the little female child’, who is struggling to escape from the negativity of her mother. The girl lists her mother’s many faults bitt erly and her mother’s poor decisions’ impact show heavily as we read in to the girl’s thoughts. The girl has no actual stability that she feels in her life story and she is angry at her mother because her mother is to be blamed. She actually says in many a virtuoso that her life would collectively improve if her mother relieve herself of the poisonous things in her life, like drinking and be isolated.\r\nBasically, the state of the girl’s family is so washed-up that she herself becomes destructive. Despite the lack of encouragement, in ‘Distant Lands’ Maz’s parents actually follow the traditional expectations associated with family. They give Maz a roof over a head and a secure, paying job in a runty town. It is not what Maz wants however it is a safe, stable surroundings and so Maz feels a sense of debt towards her family. ‘Laps’ revolves around Queenie and her family.\r\nQueenie’s daughter Dot provides a gre at tune in regards to nigh of the adolescents Winton writes. She is not only in a secure and stabile lifestyle, but she is content. It could be argued that this is because she is younger than other characters explored by Winton however apt(p) that Queenie and Cleve are in a healthy wedlock and they openly show their pride, care and love towards their daughter, it is illume that Dot ordain be provided with a more normal, happy life.\r\nEvery Family is different from the other. Certain are functional and certain are falling away at the seams. The short stories of Minimum of Two explore this through different experiences and circumstances which directly deliberate on how the characters are portrayed. Family is a huge aspect of a person’s identity. Throughout the stories, Winton gives us examples of how the support and love of family are required for one to be fully satisfied with life and real be aware of their identity.\r\nThe absence of this supportive, healthy fami ly will most likely outcome in a never-ending negativity for the members within that family. In most instances, the impact of family can either act as a curse that increases one’s closing off and negativity or a blessing that provides a sense of belonging and contentment, not only with the family itself but also with the broader world. Mainly, the stories of Minimum of Two suggest that regardless of being moral or immoral, family shapes oneself.\r\n'