The Story of Tom Brennan

After reading Fear, drink driving, family relationships, friendship, conflict, grief and loss are any important themes of this book. Choose two themes and describe/discuss how they are represent in the book. (We will work through an example answer in class) THEMES How is the theme of fear portrayed in TSOTB? Sample Answer (Fear is a signifi brush offt theme in TSOTB. Throughout the story we see umpteen examples of character confronting and being challenged by fear. We also see the different ship canal that characters cope with fear. tomcat Brennan is frightened of many things. He is frightened by the termination of Nicole and Luke, the quadriplegia of Finn, the imprisonment of Daniel, the illness of his mother, the challenge of establishing himself in a new community. How does Tom confront his fears and cope with them? Tom initially feels guilt ridden by a number of the tragedies that had occurred. With support from people such as C,T and B, Tom starts to attain that these trage dies were not his fault. He could not control what had happened. Tom pays his respects to the families of N and L.He starts to visit Finn on a more regular basis and he acknowledges that things will never return to how they were. Tom moves on with his life and in doing so overcomes many of his fears. ) component Analysis Choose one of the hobby characters and provide a detailed character analysis of them Tom Brennan, Daniel Brennan, Tess Brennan, Joe Brennan, Brendan, Gran, Finn, kylie, Kath, Chrissie. consider to follow the characterisation checklist. Characterisation Checklist Name character set forth port Describe relationships with othersDescribe thoughts, words and actions Describe personality Describe goals, ambitions, downslope Describe how the character has changed/developed/grown throughout the course of the book. Sample Character Analysis Kath ONeil is Finns mother and an auntie of Daniel, Tom and Kylie Brennan. Kath is Tess sister. We dont know a lot about Kaths ap pearance. She would most apparent be a strong, capable woman who has a active life. hobby the accident and the responsibility of caring for Finn. Kath has to get used to lots of corporal lifting and work.Kath shares positive relationships with others, however, the nature of these relationships would have been importantly compromised by the accident and Kaths feelings as to may have been responsible for her sons quadriplegia. Kath appears at times to be very stressed and very angry. This of course would be a natural reaction to what has transpired in her life. She is also determined to what she can for her son. No doubt Kaths goals, ambition and regrets would have changed significantly with the crash. Her life going forward was changed hugely and she would have had huge regrets at the loss of her familys life as it had once been.