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James Vance Marshall based his novel walkabout on this.In this novel

Mary the eldest of the two children is a very complicated and interesting

character

Walkabout

Two American Children were stranded in the middle of the Australian

desert due to an airplane crash.

The children were stranded all by themselves or so they thought.

The only reason they survived is because they met an aborigine boy.

James Vance Marshall based his novel walkabout on this.

In this novel Mary the eldest of the two children is a very

complicated and interesting character. Throughout the novel we have

very different reactions towards her and is one to whom we respond

with a variety of different emotions.

Before Mary and Peter meet the bushboy, Mary is the leader. She

decides where they are going and what they are doing. There is a lot

of responsibility being passed on to Mary as at thirteen she has to

look after young Peter.

I admire her for willingly taking control of both their fates. I feel

this way because they are marooned in the middle of nowhere.

Mary and Peters luc...

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