The Rip Stories Flashcards
The Lap Pool - Characters
Leon K Gareth Wyntuhl - Lawyer Sonny - crazy hippie that attacks Leon K Janelle 'China' Mason - Wildlife Saviour Ayeshia - Janelle's baby daughter
The Lap Pool - Themes
. Escaping reality . The beauty of nature . Feeling out of place . The danger of nature . Relationships . Ageing
The Obituary of Gina Lavelle
Clare Wolfe is at the gym using the stationary cycle in order to lose weight for her husband. Outside she witnesses a man meeting woman who she knows is not his wife. Whilst on the cycle she reads the newspaper and finds a story about a young woman who was involved with organised crime and found herself killed. Clare Wolfe pedals faster and faster to a point where she doesn’t think she will stop.
The Obituary of Gina Lavelle - Characters
Clare Wolfe
Gina Lavelle (Ruby-Ann Dulch)
Gavin - Clare Wolfe’s Husband
Darren Ho - Gym proprietor
The Obituary of Gina Lavelle - Themes
. Youth . Fidelity . Beauty . Relationship . Sympathising with other realities
Sea Level
A tsunami is scheduled to hit a town and the scene is a classroom in which parents are frantically collecting their children to bring them to safety. It comes to the point where only the teacher, principal and a boy named Max remain. The tsunami warning is cancelled but both teacher and principal look at Max to realise he is the student that no one came to rescue.
Sea Level - Characters
Max
Mrs Morris - Teacher
Mr Lyndon - Principal
Sea Level - Themes
. Fear
. The danger of nature
. Abandonment
The water person and the tree person
Andy Melrose’s wife has recently started calling him a water person while referring to herself as a tree person. Andy Melrose isn’t sure where this idea came from. On their next holiday, Andy goes to try out a new kayak given to him by his wife, Lynne. Whilst out in the water on their holiday, however, when Andy turns to expect to see Lynne watching him kayak, he notices she is gone.
The water person and the tree person - characters
Andy Melrose
Lynne Melrose
The water person and the tree person - themes
. Relationships . Nature . Water . One's own reality . Disconnection . False reality . Routine
The whale watchers
Toms father comes to have a honeymoon with his new wife at Toms town. As an activity Tom decides to take his father and his wife to go whale watching with Toms girlfriend. The time spent whale watching is disappointing as Toms father does not show any interest and is very grumpy. In the end Toms father takes his wife and leaves for their hotel.
The whale watchers - characters
Tom Toms father Sonia - Toms fathers wife Chloe - Toms girlfriend Shoshani - the waitress that serves them
The whale watchers - themes
. Parental figures . Romantic relationships . Ones own reality . Selfishness . Nature and animals
Stones like hearts
A woman goes to the beach with her daughter to throw away her old wedding ring from her now ex-husband who she discovered to be cheating on her after finding he had taken an interest in horoscopes; something she knew he hated. It is here she finds a corpse and fails to protect her daughter from seeing the tragedy. She ends up keeping the ring in the shock.
Stones like hearts - characters
Brigid
Imogen - Brigid’s daughter
Max - Brigid’s ex husband
The Aquarian Mermaid (Tracy) - Max’s lover
Stones like hearts - themes
. Love . Infidelity . Ones own reality . Deceit . Midlife crisis . Nature . Shock
The aquarium at night
After getting caught for the possession of drugs, surfer Pablo Dyson is sent to prison in England where he falls for a counsellor/teacher. He ends up standing up for her against a group of skinheads in a way of showing his love for her. Pablo then calls his lawyer and asks to plead guilty.
The aquarium at night - characters
Pablo Dyson
Ms Shehabe - teacher/counsellor
Oswald - acts as Mr Shehabe’s father
Klaus and Jason - skinheads
The aquarium at night - themes
. Displacement (fish out of water)
. Romance
. Unrealistic expectations
. Fear
Masculine shoes
Tyler Foss is a Californian location finder who works to find movie and advertisement locations. While on an Australian island for research, he encounters a crew creating a commercial involving the ‘Octopus Stylist’, a young woman with bright coloured hair and vivacious personality. Tyler gets to know the octopus stylist at a number of crew parties until becoming trapped by a group of dingoes on the island. He is forced to sacrifice his animal skin shoes in order to escape.
Masculine shoes - characters
. Tyler Foss
. The Octopus Stylist (Mia McKenzie)
Masculine shoes - themes
. Displacement (fish out of water) . Midlife crisis . The dangers of nature . Romance and relationships . Disconnection with nature
The Lap Pool
Leon K has committed fraud in a large corporation in Sydney by embezzling a substantial amount of money. As a result his wife and children have left him. He now lives alone in the country escaping from his crimes in a regular swim in his pool, time which is sometime interrupted by his lawyer to speak of business matter which he detests.
He then finds a snake in the pool and calls a wildlife volunteer to take care of it. He feels a sense of chemistry with her until she leaves. He then swims in the pool again only to be bitten by another snake. He calls the wildlife volunteer in his panic.
