The Boy Behind the Curtain Literary Elements

Memoir

The novel is set in Australia, from Winton's birth in 1960 to The Boy Behind the Curtain's publication in 2016

The Boy Behind the Curtain is told from the perspective of author Tim Winton and is set throughout his life in Australia

The memoir's tone and mood are reflective, honest, heartbreaking, sad, neutral, and positive.

Tim Winton is the protagonist, but there is no clear antagonist in the novel (Dewitt often deals with a number of very minor antagonists)

Winton's attempts to reconcile his past with his present and his future. Throughout his life, Winton has had to deal with quite a few difficult circumstances. For one, he has to contend with his father's accident and its aftermath.

The book doesn't have a discernible climax.

Winton's experiences with guns foreshadow his later aversion to guns. Early in life, Winton experiences trauma with guns, which leads him to avoid guns in his later life.

Winton consistently understates the trauma that he went through in his life, like the trauma he went through as a result of his father's accident.

There are allusions to important historical events in the history of Australia, the Mormon church, Australian culture, and other real-life events in the author's life.

As the author grows closer to Mormonism, religious imagery becomes more common.

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Sydney is a metonym for Sydney, Australia, Australia's capitol and seat of government.

The motorcycle on which the author's father got into an accident is personified in the story.