Deadly Unna

2. "How have your ideas about African-American history in particular and history in general been shaped by the contexts in which you encountered these histories?"

The imagery used in this verse appeals to the sense sight. This helps the reader visualise what the writer is taking about. It also allows the reader to relate and connect more to the poem.

Apess plays with the meanings of the words "black" and "blackness" throughout his essay. What is his intent in doing so?  Discuss some of the different ways in which he uses these words.

How does he develop the simile in paragraph 5? Discuss the power of the imagery. Why does he use it?

Respect for Aboriginal culture and traditions which is part of the Aboriginal reconciliation and integration movement in Australia is highlighted many times throughout Crow Country and illustrates the best and worst of Australians. The way different characters show respect towards aboriginal culture and feelings contrasts two different attitudes. Today, opinions about aboriginal life and culture are shared through politics, social media and protests. Kate Constable’s book portrays extreme behaviour with racism and provides the reader with a perspective on just how cruel people can be. We have a very superficial understanding about aboriginal culture and this novel encourages readers to explore aboriginal culture and beliefs.

Blacky first realizes that racism isn?t just a local phenomenon and that it is not just the kids but the entire community who have grown accustomed to racism. at the game in Tangaratta, when Blacky gets into a fight with Mad Dog (a local kid). Dumby comes to Blackys rescue and subsequently ends up in a physical fight with mad dog. When Mad Dog gives up and puts out his hand as a piece offering he takes a cheap shot at Dumby and says ?Don?t shake hands with no Boongs? pg 121 (Boongs Australia an offensive term for an Aboriginal Encarta online). Blacky uses this as an excuse to be friends with Dumby so that the others wouldn?t think he was sympathetic to the Nungas.

Blacky thinks about this for a moment and agrees that Darcy is quite smart so decides to be careful of Clarence. Later in the story Blacky is sitting at the bar and Big Mac, the bar tender starts to tell a racist joke. When he finishes and the entire bar starts laughing, Blacky does not, he has heard and told the joke before and laughed at it, but it did not seem funny now because of his new friendship with Dumby and Clarence. This shows how Blacky has grown and how he has no humour for racisms.

Beah effectively uses imagery by the usage of similes. A simile is a comparison of two contradictory terms using words "like" or "as." Imagery

o) Insolence, putting on airs: blacks didn’t move out of way of whites and didn’t answer to the basic names given

The author uses imagery in the poem to enable the reader to see what the speaker sees. For example, in lines 4-11 the speaker describes to us the

Gray uses the images of an “Aboriginal, not attempting to hitch, outside town” to emphasise the discomfort and disconnection he feels with land and the environment around him. This image is very strong as it shows his disempowerment towards the environment. He feels lost in this town so he moves away from the foreign constructions.

The audience is made aware of this when dolly begins to complain about the lack of facilities with in the house. “Oh gawd. I wish we had a decent place to live in. no hot water, no locks on the doors ” these examples reinforce the need for the standard of living that most aboriginal people endure. This is also reinforced to the audience when dolly compares her house to a concentration camp. ”Worse than living in a bloody camp”. This shows that they are willing to accept change and progress to a more positive and comfortable environment.

Poetic devices such as imagery and repetition are elements of linguistic value that appeal to readers of all ages. These poetic devices are used as ways to enhance how a story is perceived. Additionally, they are used in different works of writing as ways to provide vivid imagery and create distinct moods. As Steinbeck describes the scenery around the area where George and Lennie were, two men who travel together in hopes of finding a job and making money for a better future, he uses imagery to emphasize the mood,

Thomas Blackwood’s opinion of the Aborigines is a rear viewpoint to many men in the 19th century as he lives in peace with them. Blackwood’s relationship with Williams’ son Dick is also one that reflects social expectations of that same era. Both characters personal views can be strongly contrasted to that of Smasher Sullivan’s. Sullivan’s outlook of native Australians is based on looks rather than personality.

In both texts the men have very high expectations of the women they want to date or court, and seem to disregard women who do not reach these standards. An example of this is when Bridget overhears Mark Darcy talking about her to his mother remarking on how inappropriate her language is and how dependable she is on alcohol and cigarettes. “Mother I do not need a blind date. Particularly not with some verbally incontinent spinster who drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother.” Mark doesn’t want to be associated or fixed up with Bridget as she does not fit his ideal.