![]() This separation from the other characters is important in the novel as it provides an alternate representation of the way Malouf depicts Australians response to identity, a response which is still shared by the country’s inhabitants today. ![]() Janet McIvor appears throughout the novel to be the character that is the most at home in Australia she connects with no other country like her parents or Lachlan do with Scotland, and she doesn’t seem to acknowledge the fear of the unknown outside the settlement like many other residents do. Janet’s epiphany in chapter fifteen of David Malouf’s Remembering Babylon is a significant part of Malouf’s overall depiction of Australians response to their identity. ![]() “What is the significance of Janet’s epiphany in Chapter 15 for the rest of the novel?” ![]()
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