Ruby Moon By Matt Cameron

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey is a critically acclaimed novel produced in 2009 and set in 1965. Described by The Monthly as “an Australian To Kill a Mockingbird”, the book deals with a variety of themes in an intriguing and comedic way. The extent to which the themes in Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey mirror the context of production more closely than the context of the setting varies depending on which theme is being discussed. The wide range means that both years are represented in a balanced way. In the novel, Jasper Jones, half-aboriginal and half white, and Jeffery Lu, Vietnamese, often fall victim to mistreatment, oppression and violent hate crimes because of their race. Their characterisation as victims positions the reader to explore the theme of prejudice in 1965 society. Moreover, Charlie’s (the narrator) characterisation as an open minded person deals with the theme of acceptance. His relationship with both Jasper Jones and Jeffrey Lu represents this. The novel also, perhaps less explicitly, deals with ideas about masculinity. This theme is largely explored through Charlie Bucktin and Warwick Trent and further reinforced in the resolution. In terms of context this embodies 2009 more as the flourishing of the media has changed and created ideals. Themes of prejudice and fear appeal more to 1965. However, acceptance and masculinity mirror 2009.

Technology has changed people’s communication greatly. Technology hurts human communication because it separates bonds, and people don’t know how to do face to face talking anymore.

The Lost Girl is a beautiful, humble picture story book created by Ambelin Kwaymullina and illustrated by Leanne Tobin. Kwaymullina, the author, is from the Palyku people for the Pilbar region of Western Australia and is an Aboriginal legal academic. Tobin is a decentant of the Dharug, the traditional Aboriginal people of Greater Western Sydney (Kitson, 2014). Both creators have actively employed their prior knowledge, values, beliefs and culture to put together this engaging and informative picture story book, perfect for young children. Tobin uses vivid colours to represent the red sandy appearance of the Australian dessert outback and the native flora, in an effort to craft a naturistic melody. Kwaymullina writes of sequenced events

It is crucial that we study Australian Narratives as it creates insights into events we may have not explored. This is evident in the novel "Crow Country" written by Kate Constable. It teaches us about Aboriginal beliefs and spirituality, Australia's History and respect, as we experience what it feels like to live in rural Australia, creating an understanding about Aboriginal people. Therefore, through a close read and study of "Crow Country", readers are able to learn new and important things about our past and present, showing that it is crucial to study Australian Narratives.

Australian Gothic Drama is an exhilarating yet disturbing style of theatre which especially explores Australians uniquely spectre of history and identity through utilising the purposes of empowerment, education and challenging its audience. One production which clearly demonstrates many conventions of Australian Gothic Theatre is Real TV’s production Children of the Black Skirt written by Angela Betzien. This production tells the tale of three lost children that discover an abandoned orphanage. Whilst exploring the orphanage the three children come upon three sets of clothes and playfully decide to put them on, however, as soon as they zip up the outfits they become entrapped within the walls of the

Between the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Chinese population had expanded dramatically from having only about 55 people to 151,000. Most of the population has immigrated to California as the livelihood in China had became awfully difficult for them by sacrificing most of their valuables in order to improve their lives. The majority kept the Chinese culture with them and expanded it through establishing Chinatown, a community full of Chinese influence, with their presence in a new environment. In the remarkable novel, Outrun the Moon, Stacey Lee describes a teenage girl named Mercy Wong with a unique historical backdrop who chases after her dream in becoming an entrepreneur to create a better life for her own family. This book is astounding

Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal is a strangely riveting play so filled with unlikable characters that it makes one want to scream and throttle which ever one is closest to hand without prejudice as to which persona it might be as they are all equally detestable in their own way. Unfortunately, the infuriating characters are exactly what make the play so fascinating. Each of the characters in the play, originally intended to display that life is an inescapable machine, exhibits many disturbing psychological qualities, and the main character suffers a slew of near textbook psychological misfortune. Whether Sophie Treadwell created her play with this facet intentionally or not is unknown, but the examples are so perfect it is difficult to think

In the poem “Icarus”, Christine suggests that disaffection even affects those that are close to one another, even when expectations are soaring. The poet frames her text around the planning of Daedalus’ schemes to escape the labyrinth, but rather than being happy and proud, Icarus feels as if he was dead weight, and urges to be something that would be of help of others with the attitude of “bound by the string connecting father and son, invisible thread I tried years to untie. I ached to be a good-for-something on my own.” (Lines 13-15) This metaphor conveys that Icarus even as a son, wants to “stop” being connected with his dad and tries to “untie” their father and son bond.

“My father started chipping away at a plaster wall in the living room of our house in Bybanks shortly after my mom left us one April morning” (Creech 3).Sal went through tough times. In the book, Walk Two Moons, By Sharon Creech, Sal the main character, goes through tough times when her mother disappears, When she moves to ohio, and when she leaves Bybanks. Sal’s view of Bybanks, Kentucky is important to sal because she made a lot of memories there. My first piece of evidence is, “I’m a country girl at heart, and belong at this fro farm.(1)”

Australian literature directly mirrors society’s expectations towards gender. While the male characters built countries, waged wars, and travelled, women were secondary, subliminal and silenced. This representation has evolved over time to showcase women as more complex, independent and compelling characters. Radiance by Louis Nowra is an example of this representation, depicting women in powerful and influential roles. First published in 1993, the play explores the journey of three half-sisters, Cressy, Mae and Nona, who have drifted apart and reunite at their old home to bury their mother. Nowra has manipulated the characters’ attitudes, values and beliefs, through his invited reading, in order to create a distinctive representation of Australian

‘All The Bright Places’ is a story about love and depression, where a boy, Finch, helps Violet find the will to live, while he has trouble keeping his head above water. My family has gone through the stress, anger and sadness of depression, too: my cousin, Mitch, committed suicide by hanging himself. Although it has been two years, the pain has still not completely gone away.

Alex Rider is the main character in the book Alex Rider the series. Alex is well built, Handsome, Smart, !4 years old, Knows Martial Arts, and Knows how to drive. Alex finds out that his uncle has died in a car crash but he knows that it’s not true, his uncle (Ian Rider) always wore his seatbelt whenever he went out. Alex got curious and decided to go to the junkyard where his uncle’s car was and was surprised to see that it didn’t looked crash but it has bullet holes through the windows. At that moment Alex knew that something was wrong.

The author of this story is Leslie Marmon Silko. She is the storyteller for the story “Lullaby”. The perspective of this story is from Ayah,an old woman who is losing everything in her life.The main theme in this story is loss. Loss is the number one tragic a person can have.

Kelly, David. "Overview of 'A Red, Red Rose'." Poetry for Students, edited by Mary Ruby and Ira Mark Milne, vol. 8, Gale, 2000. Literature Resource Center, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GLS&sw=w&u=avlr&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CH1420031475&it=r&asid=e9aae18c9d1aaae65abb756e5f2aba3f. Accessed 3 May

The book I read this month was, "Crimson Bound," by Rosamund Hodge. The book is a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood , but strays away from the original tale by including dark magic ,which makes the book more compelling . This story is about the heroine, Rachelle , who is an immortal creature that serves the king. The book follows her quest to guard and protect the king's illegitimate son Armand. The plot becomes unexpected when they go into a journey to find a legendary sword to protect the village from the darkness and develop a love that they never expected .I enjoyed reading this book and found it irresistible to put down. I had expected it to be a typical retelling , but found this mesmerizing and action-packed . Overall, I believe that