Taronga vs children of the dust
Taronga vs children of the dustTaronga is a novel written by Victor Kelleher, which is set in Australia in 1987, two years after last days, a tragedy caused by Chernobyl. Similarly, the novel �Children of the Dust� written by Louise Lawrence is also about a disaster cause by a nuclear war, set in England. The weak are killed and the strong become stronger as the human race fights for survival. The themes, characters and relationships are similar and different in both novels. These two books have many groups and themes represented which coincide or repel each other.
In Taronga, the main characters, Ben, Ellie, Molly, Steve, Chas, and raja, are present throughout the book. Ben and Ellie fight for survival in Taronga zoo, which is controlled by molly and Steve. Groups with leaders such as Chas, want to sabotage and take over the only civilized place in the whole of Sydney- Taronga zoo. The main human character, being Ben, is constructed as being quiet and submissive. After putting up with Greg for two years, using him for his telepathic gift he decides to run away. Reaching the city, he gets pushed into Taronga zoo by Chas and his group, where he meets the remaining main characters. Ellie, who is caring, kind and compassionate, befriends Ben. Together, they survive living in the zoo, which is run by Molly and Steve, in the end, escaping to freedom.
Taronga is relatively different to Children of the Dust, where a family of four, Sarah, Veronica, William and Catherine, has to survive in their house, away from all the radioactive material as a result of a nuclear war. Only one of the four survive, Catherine, where she then lives with some other survivors from other families who have not been affected by the radioactive material. The focuses of the characters change in part two of the book. The story is then told from a different person�s view, which happened to be Catherine�s father taken to a government bunker. The novel explains of life in the bunker, and how new generations are bought up there. In part three of the novel, the characters change again. These characters are connected to the ones in previous parts but much later in the...
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