The Boy Behind the Curtain

by

Tim Winton

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Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend Character Analysis

Winton’s estranged friend appears in the essay “In the Shadow of the Hospital.” He calls Winton to ask him to visit him at Fremantle Hospital, having seen the roof of Winton’s house from his hospital window. This friend jolts Winton into considering the many people who look down from the hospital yearning for human connection, when previously he reduced the idea of the hospital to a monolith of fear and chaos.

Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend Quotes in The Boy Behind the Curtain

The The Boy Behind the Curtain quotes below are all either spoken by Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend or refer to Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Danger, Violence, and Death Theme Icon
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In the Shadow of the Hospital Quotes

Afterwards I often looked up at that dreary building as the sun lit its windows and thought of strangers staring out in hope and regret as the rest of us went about our day oblivious. It was sobering to think of all the yearning that spilt down amidst the treetops and roof ridges, a shadow I’d never properly considered before.

Related Characters: Tim Winton (speaker), Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend
Related Symbols: The Hospital
Page Number: 151
Explanation and Analysis:
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Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend Quotes in The Boy Behind the Curtain

The The Boy Behind the Curtain quotes below are all either spoken by Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend or refer to Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Danger, Violence, and Death Theme Icon
).
In the Shadow of the Hospital Quotes

Afterwards I often looked up at that dreary building as the sun lit its windows and thought of strangers staring out in hope and regret as the rest of us went about our day oblivious. It was sobering to think of all the yearning that spilt down amidst the treetops and roof ridges, a shadow I’d never properly considered before.

Related Characters: Tim Winton (speaker), Tim Winton’s Estranged Friend
Related Symbols: The Hospital
Page Number: 151
Explanation and Analysis: