Important texts encourage readers to perceive the world in new ways and to reconsider their perspectives on individual and collective experiences. Tim Winton’s nonfiction memoir The Boy Behind the Curtain depicts his personal growth through his life experiences and emphasises the intricacies of his perspective. In Winton’s chapters Havoc: A Life in Accidents and The Demon Shark he uses storytelling to stress the social sense of fear and vulnerability, as well as the virtues and drawbacks. He also illustrates how recognising development and growth as benefits of refining our identity invites the respondent to see the world from a new perspective. The same ideas can clearly be discerned in the short film The Turning Point by Steve Cutts.
