Examples Of Relationships In The Thin Line

In the novel “The Thin Line” written by V.R Joseph a key relationship between two individuals in the text was the one between Kane and Cliff. Kane and Cliff both have a lack of quality relationships which tells a lot about the characters and helps us to understand them through what they don 't have and what they need. Kane has never had that father-figure in his life so Cliff is the person he is missing in his life to put him on track. Cliff also wants to be a mentor to somebody and Kane is that somebody. These aspects help us to understand Kane and Cliff because they speak the truth and we see there true feeling and emotions between each other.

Kane has been through a lot throughout the novel. He gets to the point where he escapes into the bush just to get away from everything. He has just caught his Girlfriend, Jade and his best mate, Liam hooking up together when kane goes to jade 's house to drop off a valentine 's present. So from this we can see that Kane is very upset from this incident. Kane now has an even larger lack of relationships after losing two crucial quality relationships (Girlfriend and Bestfriend). He does not have much people there for him. An example of a relationship that kane is missing is a best friend. “ Bro? You 're no bloody bro of mine, not now, not ever. Got that?”. This quote shows us that Kane is missing that bestfriend figure that he needs, to talk to, and lean on because best friends know what each other have been through and can relate to it because they are very similar and of similar age most times. Another example of a lack of relationships is

A key relationship was between Kane and Cliff. We see a lack of relationships, the need of a father figure and the wish to be a mentor on Cliffs behalf. These aspects each show and help us to understand what certain characters are like and how they act to situations. It also compares them beyond the text to similar