In comparing Dirt Music by Tim Winton, and Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller, both novels have numerous similarities and differences.  Winton and Miller have based both their novels in Australia.  The focus is on the journeys that the characters in each novel take. Winton’s  journey o...

Humankind’s Relationship to the Past The central narrative of My Ántonia is a look into the past, and though in his narration Jim rarely says anything directly about the idea of the past, the overall tone of the novel is highly nostalgic. Jim’s motive for writing his story is to try to reest...