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Tim Winton's text 'Shallows', is basically about a small town, Angelus which is situated on the south coast of Western Australia and the locals in the area going into there relationship with whales and whale killings done in the factories. This book is set in 1831 when whale killing was not against the law.
This book has been set out into different sections about different people and places.
It also has many different characters with no main characters but they all have there relationship with the whales and this is outlined briefly in the first chapter of the book.
As you read on in the story main characters seem to emerge almost all at once throughout chapter 3. These characters are Daniel Coupar - An old man with a bitter attitude towards life ever since his granddaughter moved away from the farm and to the city with her boyfriend almost immediately
after the passing of his wife.
Queenie Cookson - The granddaughter of Daniel Coupar. A very cheerful girl. Daniel believes that......

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