LibGuides: Past the shallows by Favel Parrett: Text and analysis

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NESA English advanced 2020 HSC exam pack
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Past the shallows by Favel Parrett
Call Number: A823.4/PARR Published 2013

Everyone loves Harry everyone except his father. In this disturbing novel, three brothers' growing up in remote Tasmania, are shaped by their father's moods - like the ocean he fishes, he is wild and unpredictable.

Top notes : Favel Parrett's Past the shallows by B. Pattinson
Call Number: A823.4/PARR Published 2018

A useful study guide for the text. It includes chapters on module notes, plot summary, character analysis, setting, thematic concerns, language studies, essay questions and a modelled response, Other textual material, study practice questions, and useful quotes.

Green Bee study guides : Past the shallows
A resonably comprehesive study to the the novel. It covers setting and context, characters, summary, themes, and symbols. It also contains a useful section on quotes from the from the text.
Dux College : Parrett, Favel, Past the Shallows (Texts and Human Experiences)
This concise guide includes sections on the novels background, prominent themes, and its relation to the HSC English Advanced module on Texts and Human Experiences.
Art of smart : How to Analyse Past the Shallows for HSC English
This site provides a short guide to the text. It includes commentary on Module notes, plot summary, character analysis, setting, thematic concerns, language studies, essay questions and a modelled response, other textual material, study practice questions, and useful quotes.
Belrose tutoring : Past the shallows
Providing digestible amounts of text, this site includes sections on plot, context and purpose, and the human experience.
Matrix Education : Year 12 Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
A useful breakdown of the HSC English Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences Rubric.

Past the shallows
Commissioned by Arts Tasmania, this short audio book with visuals provides an abridged version of the novel. [ClickView. 53min.]

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Art of smart : Past the Shallows: Band 6 Essay Analysis
The video gives an essay analysis for 'Past the Shallow' and the idea of the duality of nature. It demonstrates how to apply this analysis in an essay response. [YouTube. 19 min.]
Ignite : Past the shallows. Key themes
This video examines the theme of the failure of the parental figure. It provides evidence and analysis, and discusses drafting an essay following this theme. [YouTube. 10 min.]
Favel Parrett, author of Past the Shallows and When the Night Comes, chats to John Purcell
In this interview she talks about her books When the Nigh comes and Past the shallows (about 8 minutes in). She discusses the bonds between siblings and themes of kindness, and her early life growing up in Tasmania. [YouTube 19 min.]