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Abstract The Australia writer Tim Winston’s short story “Neighbors” describe a young couple come to a new environment and the relationship with their neighbors. The story was arranged according to the time sequence to show that that though misunderstanding exists between people with different culture; they can finally overcome the difference through their help to each other.
Key words Neighbors time sequence misunderstanding;
The Australia writer Tim Winston’s short story “Neighbors” is a simple one and set in a suburb village in where ordinary people lived their life peacefully. The main characters, the young couple, moved to a new environment, changed their attitude towards the neighbors as time goes by. Also it is a common phenomenon in modern society. Because of their different educational experience and the various life styles, the young couple felt uncomfortable and was a little superior to others at first. Comparatively, the neighbors were casual and vulgar, but they are warm and kind. The climax occurred when the young couple delivers a baby successfully through the help of neighbors, the husband was cheerful and began to weep, and the estrangement disappeared. The theme of the story is that though misunderstanding exists between people with different culture, they can finally overcome the difference through their help to each other. It is the genuine heart that makes life better.
The story can be divided into three parts and the first part of the story describes the uncomfortable relation between the young couple and the neighbors. The writer describes the behavior and characteristics of the young couple and their neighbors in detail. The newly-weds were cautious to the neighbors when they first moved in and it took six months for them to understand that their shouting and screaming was merely talking , the polish man was really strange by hammering nails into wood only to pull them out again. Meanwhile, the neighbors were also disapproval at their habit of getting up late. The young man’s uncomforting was apparent by feeling disgust as the little boy next door urinates in the street and he felt nervous at the boy’s cobalt eyes.
The second part describes the gradually changed attitude of the young couple to the neighbors as they get along with each other for quite a long time. The young couple cleared the rubbish of the yard and plants some vegetables on it. The wife make an attempt to have a good relationship .she touched the child’s stubble and accept a bagful of garlic cloves to plant. This is a sign of progress of their relation. Actually the neighbors are people of goodness, and always ready for help. For the lack of experience, the young couple built a henhouse but it soon fell down. However, the widower helped them rebuilt it though they have difficulties in communicate. Even the young couple didn’t understand him, he gladly offered his help. The young couple really has little experience in living; they didn’t know how to slaughter and to pluck the duck, it is the Macedonian family that teaches them these essential skills. In the end of this part the newcomers found them shouting, they became part of the community and get used to the neighbors and the world around them.
The climax goes to the third part in which the young woman gets pregnant. The pregnancy surprised the young couple for they didn’t prepared for it being so early. Still, the new comer didn’t understand their neighbors and they even suspected that the widower was deliberately against them. However, it was not a long time since the others notice their change. People smiled tirelessly at them, showing their warmness by offering names or knitting them a baby suit or other things. To be a contrast, the young couple was sick of the noise made by the polish widower and was considering to make complain about it. The polish man didn’t think the same; he sent a barrowful of wood scraps for fire to them. The author describes this to show the kindness of the neighbors and the help they do to the mew comers. As the night deepen, the young woman was about to deliver a baby. The author describes the detailed actions of the young woman to show her suffering. The young man rubbed her back, fed her ice and rubbed her lips with oil. This tired them both but was not the end, and then came the pushing. The woman’s face mottled and the man was nearly breathless to see the baby’s face. It was a boy. The shouting outside showing that the neighbors was there waiting for their delivering all the time and they were also excited to see the baby. They cheered for the young couple. The Young man’s weep showed his gratitude for the neighbors. It’s being so long a time they get help from these kind people, they lived ease and comfort. The author draws a contrast as to the attitude of the young man to the neighbors.
The story was arranged according to the time sequence. The author use different prepositions of time at the beginnings of the paragraphs to show progress. There were no thrilling things and queer event, only a young couple and their few neighbors, everyday ordinary livings between them and the trivial changes. The plot of this story is simple without ups and downs, it is only the record of the ordinary life. However, readers were impressed by its character and the glorious mood between the lines. What are the secret of it? The writer arranges the story by some typical events to impress the reader and the characters appeared were exquisitely depicted and lifelike. The scene was familiar to our readers to be easy to arouse the resonance of us. The vividness of the characterization was achieved by the description of the expression and the movement, and also through the eyes of others.
Key words Neighbors time sequence misunderstanding;
The Australia writer Tim Winston’s short story “Neighbors” is a simple one and set in a suburb village in where ordinary people lived their life peacefully. The main characters, the young couple, moved to a new environment, changed their attitude towards the neighbors as time goes by. Also it is a common phenomenon in modern society. Because of their different educational experience and the various life styles, the young couple felt uncomfortable and was a little superior to others at first. Comparatively, the neighbors were casual and vulgar, but they are warm and kind. The climax occurred when the young couple delivers a baby successfully through the help of neighbors, the husband was cheerful and began to weep, and the estrangement disappeared. The theme of the story is that though misunderstanding exists between people with different culture, they can finally overcome the difference through their help to each other. It is the genuine heart that makes life better.
The story can be divided into three parts and the first part of the story describes the uncomfortable relation between the young couple and the neighbors. The writer describes the behavior and characteristics of the young couple and their neighbors in detail. The newly-weds were cautious to the neighbors when they first moved in and it took six months for them to understand that their shouting and screaming was merely talking , the polish man was really strange by hammering nails into wood only to pull them out again. Meanwhile, the neighbors were also disapproval at their habit of getting up late. The young man’s uncomforting was apparent by feeling disgust as the little boy next door urinates in the street and he felt nervous at the boy’s cobalt eyes.
The second part describes the gradually changed attitude of the young couple to the neighbors as they get along with each other for quite a long time. The young couple cleared the rubbish of the yard and plants some vegetables on it. The wife make an attempt to have a good relationship .she touched the child’s stubble and accept a bagful of garlic cloves to plant. This is a sign of progress of their relation. Actually the neighbors are people of goodness, and always ready for help. For the lack of experience, the young couple built a henhouse but it soon fell down. However, the widower helped them rebuilt it though they have difficulties in communicate. Even the young couple didn’t understand him, he gladly offered his help. The young couple really has little experience in living; they didn’t know how to slaughter and to pluck the duck, it is the Macedonian family that teaches them these essential skills. In the end of this part the newcomers found them shouting, they became part of the community and get used to the neighbors and the world around them.
The climax goes to the third part in which the young woman gets pregnant. The pregnancy surprised the young couple for they didn’t prepared for it being so early. Still, the new comer didn’t understand their neighbors and they even suspected that the widower was deliberately against them. However, it was not a long time since the others notice their change. People smiled tirelessly at them, showing their warmness by offering names or knitting them a baby suit or other things. To be a contrast, the young couple was sick of the noise made by the polish widower and was considering to make complain about it. The polish man didn’t think the same; he sent a barrowful of wood scraps for fire to them. The author describes this to show the kindness of the neighbors and the help they do to the mew comers. As the night deepen, the young woman was about to deliver a baby. The author describes the detailed actions of the young woman to show her suffering. The young man rubbed her back, fed her ice and rubbed her lips with oil. This tired them both but was not the end, and then came the pushing. The woman’s face mottled and the man was nearly breathless to see the baby’s face. It was a boy. The shouting outside showing that the neighbors was there waiting for their delivering all the time and they were also excited to see the baby. They cheered for the young couple. The Young man’s weep showed his gratitude for the neighbors. It’s being so long a time they get help from these kind people, they lived ease and comfort. The author draws a contrast as to the attitude of the young man to the neighbors.
The story was arranged according to the time sequence. The author use different prepositions of time at the beginnings of the paragraphs to show progress. There were no thrilling things and queer event, only a young couple and their few neighbors, everyday ordinary livings between them and the trivial changes. The plot of this story is simple without ups and downs, it is only the record of the ordinary life. However, readers were impressed by its character and the glorious mood between the lines. What are the secret of it? The writer arranges the story by some typical events to impress the reader and the characters appeared were exquisitely depicted and lifelike. The scene was familiar to our readers to be easy to arouse the resonance of us. The vividness of the characterization was achieved by the description of the expression and the movement, and also through the eyes of others.