The Surfer by Judith Wright expresses many ideas on challenge. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines Challenge as a 'trail or contesy' and testing to the limit of inner and outer resources.
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The Short story by Doris Lessiong allows the responder to gain more understanding of the cooncept. Various textual features wether similar or different show how a challenge can be physical, personal , psychological, environmental or social.
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In The Surfer the composer shows the physical challenge of man versus nature.Wright does this through the use of repetition, e.g. 'muscle of arm thrust down long muscle of water' which gives the impression that the surfer is always going against the challenge of the water and waves. This reinforces the physical challenge by showing there are obstacles to face in difficult challenges.
The alliteration in the surfer such as ' hawthorn hedges' which shows the pain the surfer is facing from the waves crashing onto his face. In the short story 'Through the Tunnel' one example of alliteration is 'bled so badly' which shows that boy was losing blood and becoming dizzy which made him think he was trapped and frightened.
The Contrast within The Surfer can be either the beauty and enjoyment of the ocean and waves or the danger of the setting sun and the coming of the rising tide and larger more dangerous waves. In the short story, there was much negative thoughts of killing himself and about the boy going unconscious and drowning but there were some thoughts of victory, of triumph when he will accomplish his goal and come back alive.
The mood of The Surfer can sometimes just change from joy and happiness like 'He thrust his joy against the weight of the sea' to danger and defeat such as 'the grey-wolf sea lies snarling' and 'cold twilight wind splits the waves' hair and shows the bones they worry in their wolf-teeth'. The mood in the short story is mainly sad and unhappy because of the negative thoughts of the boy and constant thought of drowning and killing himself, but there are few moments were he feels tiumphant and victory like 'a day of triumph when he increased his count by fifteen'.
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