Themes Of Minimum Of Two By Tim Winton

Life is tough, you can be tougher, but sometimes there just noting you can do. Minimum of two is a fiction novel written by Tim Winton, introduces the reader different type of ordinary people struggling with life. ‘Forest Winter’ is one of the stories. The theme of Forest Winter is relationship between Jerra and Rachel, the birth of their son and their lack of money, this has forced change their relationship .Life is hard, Jerra and Rachel are both struggling with life, but there is no chance for them.

Jerra must let go of his musical life in the city, he has lost his dream. Jerra is a guitarist and a father, and now doing wood cutting to support his family. Life isn’t easy, especially for those with low income. ’Each day the young man left

his wife and child asleep and went into the forest to saw the wood’ ’as we can see, he is a responsible and caring young man, who spends his time to take care of his wife and son. He is unhappy with his current life. He has lost his musical career in ‘’they no longer looked like guitarist’s hands.’’ He is inability to deal with traumatic events, in his fearing that ‘’ that breaking things had let that old helpless panic get back into him.’’ There is no hope and chance for him; even he is feeling more positive, because he has to do that.
Rachel has lost her energy since having the baby. ’’ Having the baby had muted her…..had suddenly become placid ...’’.she should be a funny and happy girl, but she have to care for their son. It would only make trouble to her. And Rachel finds life is difficult in her health, she has an asthma attack. She usually struggling to breathe, she can’t keep herself alive. That is unfair, she should learn how to entertain herself and enjoy life like other girls her age. That’s difficult to see the hope for the future.
Jerra and Rachel has lost their relationship since the music, the money was gone. In ’’…their money ran out…too many things had gone against them. The job and the cabin were a sudden mercy’’, therefore they are both annoyed. Everything is changed; eventually the relationship between Jerra and Rachel has changed. On the other hand, in the end of story, Rachel founds distorted remains of the old Ventolin cylinder, but they found nothing before, that’s a joke of life. Even they still loves each other, but life just like kidding their
Life, half is memory, half is continue. Jerra and Rachel are both struggling with life, but there is no hope for their. That’s not their fault, that the rules of life. Sometimes it just nothing you can do.