No Sugar

Phillip Gwyne’s novel, “Deadly Unna?” explores how the main character Gary Black, a white boy from the “Port” also known as “Blacky” grows up by not agreeing to racism. Blacky experiences prejudice and friendship from both the aboriginal and white communities. Blacky begins to develop a greater tolerance for aborigines and their culture, and then he further attempts to apply this knowledge to the intolerant and prejudiced town in which he lives. The boy who helps him shift in his opinion of aborigines is a local aborigine named “Dumby Red”, who lives in the aboriginal missionary “The Point”. Dumby is of Blacky’s Football team and helps Blacky in various ways to become more tolerant.

Another reason it important to study and understand Australian Novels such as ‘Crow Country’ is that it can help fight racism. In ‘Crow Country’, it is apparent that racism is a key theme of the book, as it has shaped many of the actions and turmoils in the book. Even the main murder in the book is because of racial prejudice, and it is something that shouldn’t be an everyday action in the world. An example of racism in the book is referenced when it was revealed that David was left nearly dead by Craig Mortlock and his posse when they had lured and beaten him up by the family lake. This happened not only because of the love issues, it was also partly caused by racial prejudice. If we had clear knowledge on the backstory and culture of Aboriginal

In Davis’ drama the character Jimmy serves as a voice of protest against the works highlighting of discrimination against Aborigines between 1929 to 1934. Jimmy is an Aboriginal man who despises the fact he is not equal in society to the white man and is not regarded as a ‘person’ by the government. Through Jimmy’s words and actions we see him openly stand up for himself and his people in they way they are treated by white people subsequently fulfilling his role as the voice of protest in the play. The most dramatic example of Jimmy fulfilling his service is when he argues with Mr Neville, the

Charlie articulates how he “never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel… (if) they’re in a barrel, you’ve already caught them… they can’t escape... why bring guns into it?” Silvey’s use of characterisation and first person point of view portrays Charlie’s realisation of the community’s racial prejudice towards ‘the other’. The “fish” is symbolic of Charlie and how he is different to the people of Corrigan; who are like vultures – constantly seeking the chance to attack those that are considered the ‘minority’. Charlie’s close friend, Jeffrey Lu, is a gifted and committed cricket player who persistently tries to get himself in the local team, however, due to his Vietnamese background, “he’s ruthlessly bullied and belted about by the boys at school.” The emotive imagery and alliteration of “bullied” and “belted” further depict Charlie’s internal conflict in addition to his realisation of the community’s racial prejudice towards the peripheral of society. The use of emotive imagery positions readers to realise the extent to which powerful words can have; causing readers to recognise how crude and harrowing humankind can be towards the marginalised. Thus, Silvey effectively conveys to the reader how the indigenous race were isolated from ‘white Australian’ society; how intelligent individuals were ostracised; and, how groups of people with racially different backgrounds were isolated from mainstream Australian society.

King uses the comical phrase “Looking for some excitement?” (203) to express that the white men view this problem as an unusual form of pleasure, which seems outrageously nonsensical at first but gives the basis of the principle that will be revealed more noticeable as the story commences. Although a moral involving unfortunate racial stereotypes does not appear to be a comical subject, Wallace presents in her article, “The definition of tragedy is also determined by the audience response,” (203) which offers insight into King’s subtle, yet effective comedic strategy that allows his audience to engross themselves in the humour of the issue before contemplating the tragic theme. In fact, many writers have articulated the struggles that Natives have experienced since the arrival of Europeans to Canada, but King’s short story has a uniquely creative and clever style that communicates a long running issue in Canada in an amusingly successful manner. Had King presented his goal frankly and non-metaphorically, the audience likely would have responded in a somber way, and would treat the writing just like any other historical literature they have ever read. Therefore, the strategy of not presenting the context in a tragic matter truly gives the reader an opportunity to realize how comically impractical the stereotyping of Natives really is, and how it should not continue in society. It may not be literally comical, but this

Bob Randall tells of being taken in his youth from the Yankunytjatjara people of Uluru and the damage done to Aborigines in the attempt to destroy a culture. Idyllic early life, shattered when he is taken from his family as one of the 'Stolen Generation', and his journey since then. While there is sadness and desperation, the film finishes with a sense of hope. Our black history has got wounds that are so deep, that even us modern people are feeling it. We both have these scars, and we need to heal together. Listen and understand, and let’s try and make things right from now on. What we need to do is go back and say ‘this is where we went wrong, these things did happen. We shouldn’t deny it anymore’. It’s our right to have the sense of belonging, which carries the responsibility of what we call ‘kanyini’.White people need to understand our system by coming and learning from us, so that we get a 2 way of learning and living together. Thousands of years of teaching, you can learn and we can share. Over 40,000 years of culture. One philosophy that connects us

An important reason of why studying Australian Narratives is important because it teaches us about Aboriginal People’s beliefs. For example, this can be seen when Sadie and Walter have a conversation with to Aunt Lily and through Waa the Crow, “A man and a crow at the same time,’ said Walter. ‘A messenger from Waa, the Crow. A spirit shaped like a man. A man with a bleeding arm.’ Late in the novel, Sadie is told by Aunt Lily to find the clever man’s things but it was very important NOT to open it. Constable shows us that Aboriginal beliefs are important and are to be respected. Therefore, through studying Crow Country, we are able to know new, important reasons about Aboriginal’s beliefs and spirituality.

Due to the nature of the implied author within this book of this book, the main protagonist D.J.J is able to convey a feeling of innocence and childhood, while Digger is an unreliable narrator as he may leave out key facts or events due not only to his age but also due to the fact that he had a level of ignorance regarding the events and struggles of the time period. The simplistic nature of the grammar and linguistics creates the feeling of reading a text written by a younger person, this is emphasized through the use of focalisation within the text, on page 7 (Frankland Rickard, 2007) when Digger writes “I wanna” it conveys to the level of education and the maturity of the character. Due to Diggers young age during the text, he is unable to completely understand the issues facing the aboriginal citizens of Australia; however this is not to say that he did not experience the racial profiling and discrimination. Digger helps the reader understand

The play presents complex notions about family bonds, based upon their shared cultural experiences and the way in which they reinforce their cultural Australian identity and help members of the family endure the physical hardship and social isolation. Jack Davis’ social realist drama, ‘No Sugar’ explores how the varying levels of family unity, rebellion and cultural identity depicted in different characters influences their survival. In this play, the term ‘survival’ operates on two continuums. It is conveyed as the physical sense of life and death through the play’s protagonist, Jimmy Munday, as well as the pursuit of happiness. This pursuit is predominantly reflected in the parallel yet contrasted lives of Mary and Billy Kimberley as well as Gran’s deteriorating health after losing family members. Although Davis articulates the endurance of the Indigenous Australians, he incorporates figures of white authority who seek to demolish the Indigenous race and culture. Set in the time frame of 1929 to 1934, ‘No Sugar’ presents a critique of the conventional colonial British views of that era; and their effect on the preservation of Indigenous spirit and culture.

I have chosen the documentary “The Secrets of Sugar” which is produced and directed by Neil Docherty and is an episode of “The Fifth Estate” which is an investigation style documentary program that airs on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s channel. Beginning with the demographics, the target audience of this documentary is young adults who are busy raising children and have no time or clue for thinking about the nutrition value or ingredients contained in their everyday diet. The main purpose is to convince this particular set of demographics, baiting them with the fact that the amount of sugar they consume unknowingly is of a high level and absolutely harmful for their health. To achieve this, various techniques are used that manipulate

“We loaded dirty Joe into the last car and checked his pockets for anything potentially lethal. Nothing. Sadie and I stood there watched dirty Joe ride…” “I looked around and saw a crowd had gathered and joined in on the laughter” (56). This shows how caught between the two world these characters are and how they see themselves in white society. “Twenty or thirty white faces, open mouths grown large and deafening wide eyes turned toward Sadie and me. They were jury and judge for the twentieth-century fancydance of these court jesters who would pour Thunderbird wine into the Holy Grail” (56).

The researchers started the experiment by giving one group of mice water with artificial sweeteners and another group pure water or water that had glucose or table sugar. Each mouse was tested to see how well glucose was cleared from the bloodstream. It was found that those that had just water or water with sugar were able to clear glucose from the bloodstream; however, the mice that had the artificial sweetener in their water ended up with glucose intolerance. Later, they did the same experiment but put the artificial sweetener and sugar in the mice's food, and they obtained the same results. Then they gave the mice antibiotics to rid the bacteria in the gut, and the glucose intolerance disappeared. Next, Elinav and Segal wanted to look at the effect of

I really enjoyed this play as it kept me wondering what will happen next and taught me some life lessons on how people react or make decisions. As I read on this play goes into the man Sergeant Vernon C. Waters personality and who he really was. We learn that Sergeant Waters hates being black and anyone who may exhibit black characteristics or stereotypes for example. For example in Act Two we learn that Sergeant Waters does not really like C.J. as he frames him and provokes him to attack so that he could be arrested for any reason. Sergeant Waters admits to this is Act Two and wanted C,J. arrested so the world would be free of one more simpleton colored boy. In Sergeant Waters’s

Throughout the novel there are examples of racist attitudes and oppression by the Anglo- Indians towards the natives. Major Callendar boasts about torturing an injured Indian youth by putting pepper on his shattered face; Mr Mc Bryde expresses supercilious views of the lust the Indians show for white women; Ronny Heaslop is ignorant; Miss Dereck shows anger towards her Indian employers; and Mr Turton is arrogant towards the

Glucose is a necessary nutrient to our bodies. Glucose help our brain, muscles, and tissues, without it the body cannot function. Artificial sugar is chemically processed and used in placed of sugar. Artificial sugar is usually used less in food, candies and drinks, because it tends to be 200-600 times sweeter than natural sugar. The artificial sweeteners have become a controversy, continuously being linked to cancer, diabetes and recently the function of the nervous system (brain). The use of sugar and artificial sugar in certain beverages or food has to be approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Is the FDA approving something beneficial or harmful to us?