Stereotypes In The Removalists By David Williamson

The danger of a single story is that they let the powerful downgrade the weaker because they create stereotypes, they can hurt the people, and no one gets represented from the culture.

wise woman once said “Stereotypes are fast and easy/ but they are lies/ and the truth takes time.” Deb Caletti. This quote follows stereotyping by saying that they are fast and easy, but what people tell them are not always true. That what people say about someone doesn’t always mean that they have to believe what they are saying. People don't defines them, the only person that define them is themselves. Stereotyping is a big problem in books, movies, and even the world.

As well as emphasise on the faults within the stereotype, the use of recognisable characters in a production of The Removalists allows for an effective comment on the faults within Australian society. Through the use of stereotyped characters, the play provides a deeper insight into the serious personal and societal issues within the Australian community, without the distraction of character complexity. These themes, which are explored through stereotypes, are violence, abuse of authority, and sexism and sexuality.

Throughout her writing, Jody Heymann establishes certain patterns including appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos. She establishes ethos by referring to “our government". This indicates that even though she is being critical, she is doing it on behalf of the audience. Then immediately in the next paragraph, she provides information that establishes her as an expert. She says she has “collected data" and has worked in projects associated with two prestigious universities. Without question, her voice is an informed one. Perhaps Heymann’s strongest appeal to logos is when she frames her viewpoint not as a women’s rights issue but as an economic one. She develops her argument for several paragraphs with facts and figures, especially from the data

One of the main themes that I noticed when I was reading through the fairy tale texts was the theme of stereotypes. Firstly, what are stereotypes? Stereotypes are essentially an offensive generalization or an over exaggerated view that is used to categorize a group of people. I noticed that in two of the three texts that I have selected for this paper, the authors, Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, tend to portray women as being very dependent on men. In addition, to being depicted as being very dependent, they were also shown to be weak and very naïve. My goal in this paper is to highlight the numerous accounts of stereotypes that are cast mainly upon women and sometimes men as well, whether it be fictional or

RaStereotyping is a way of thinking about groups of people. It ignores the differences of the group, while emphasizing its similarity. One belief, that is a stereotype, is that red-haired people are hot tempered. Another belief is that Scottish people are stingy. Such thinking ignores many even-tempered redheads and generous Scottish people. Stereotyping emphasizes many differences between groups while ignoring their similarities to other people. It ignores that many blond and brown-haired people also lose their tempers. Stereotyping overlooks the fact that many American, Brazilians and French people are stingy.

The film does have a very important and very controversial content. The film was violent and showed things as I truly believe the way things were. Yes, it was hard to watch at times, but it was the truth. The film is a really good example on what happens when people live life with hatred in their hearts. A good thing that Derek’s younger brother Danny learned that he wrote on his paper is “hate is baggage, life is too short to be p*ssed off all the time, it’s just not worth it” and I agree with him.

The past was best left in the past. Forgotten and ignored, buried in oblivion, and omitted from the present. That’s how one survives. That’s how one gets from day to day without breaking down in a puddle of mush. It didn’t work to face the problem, to confront it head on with the conception that you could overcome. That was just a fantasy, like fairy tale stories it was unrealistic. I learned the way to survive is by stuffing the invasion of feelings that surface when the bloodcurdling past threatens to suffocate you. If PHDs were awarded for perfecting this talent I would be first on the list to receive one. At least I thought so, at least up until this point it was my greatest ally and friend. But looking into the mirror now trying to focus

“Elders, this is a scan of Katherine Ayla Regan’s brain when she arrived here yesterday. I’d like you to note the unusual activity in the parietal lobe. She tapped the screen, and the parietal lobe became greater. Kat looked at the screen confused. A weird pink light was pulsing across the lobe.

It was ten minutes until the start of class when they approached me. Donning dark jeans, fresh highlights, and an air of seventh grade superiority, these two girls had caught wind of a rumor and had come to see if it held any truth. “We heard you were adopted,” one said to me. “Is that true?” I was flushed with a mixture of shame and embarrassment, the girls’ stares piercing me as I grappled with my response. I was faced with two options: either admit it, which seemed as attractive a choice as gnawing off one’s leg; or lie, denying what I knew to be a fact. Deciding, I turned to the two girls, looked them straight in the eye, and muttered, “I don’t know who told you that but it’s a lie. I wasn’t adopted.” Their eyebrows furrowed together and my heart seized in my chest, hoping they wouldn’t interrogate me further, praying they would believe me. After an

Being black and unemployed is one of the phenomena that continues to be observed. When it comes to the social environment, most blacks tend to be less educated than others, jobless or lack the social intelligence to obtain the skills for employment. Blacks continue to be viewed as incompetent and non-compatible to the job market. “The United States is comfortable with stereotypes. Indeed, we revel in them. Stereotypes serve as a useful function: they help reduce complexity, nuances and dilemmas of life to manageable proportions” (2008). When it comes to applying for a job online, you have to take a quiz or an assessment test. It also requires you to answer your ethnicity and your disability. Therefore, you are discriminated against before the

The philosophical zombie is the term given to a hypothetical humanlike creature that is void of conscious experience. This zombie is not your usual ‘man eating, walking dead’ that you would usually find at the movies. According to David Chalmers’ interpretation, this zombie is like having an identical twin in every aspect. This twin looks and behaves exactly like you, dresses and eats like you too. However, you may savor the taste of good wine, smile at the aroma of coffee, marvel at the sky or contemplate your next move in a game of chess. You might feel the sensation of pain in your legs from running a few days ago, or recall a funny event that occurred a few years ago. This zombie twin on the other hand is made up of identical characteristics that are physically, functionally, behaviourally, psychologically identical to you. The zombie is even conscious in a functional sense, which is to say that she sleeps and wakes, is able to speak, and even provide feedback on her internal states, etc.

‘Stolen’ is a play by Australian playwright Jane Harrison. It tells the story of five young Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families during the Stolen Generation and establishes the racial attitudes and policies of Australia at that time. The medium of the play and the dramatic techniques utilised both confront and inform the audience about the treatment of Aboriginals by white society during the mid 20th century. Historically, Australia’s national identity has failed to incorporate Indigenous history and accept Indigenous people into society, and from the late 1800’s up until the 1970’s many Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families.

I decided to go for my usual seat in every classroom, all the way in the back, since, from the perspective of a Class A observer, it was the best location to observe people. And stay out of trouble. And doze off during the middle of a boring lecture without the professor noticing. And dozens of other things I can’t think of at the moment. Just know that the back can be your very best friend during the long school year.

Throughout Australian history a racist attitude towards Aboriginals has been a significant issue. The instant the early settlers arrived on our shores and colonised, the Aboriginals have been fighting for the survival of their culture. The Aboriginals haven been assimilated, subjugated and marginalized to bring them in line with an idealistic European society. These themes have been put forward by Jack Davis in his stage play, No Sugar, the story of an Aboriginal family’s fight for survival during the Great Depression years. In communicating the racist and hostile attitudes of the dominant white ideology towards, for example, discrimination and assimilation, Davis constructs characters, which are continuously under fire and in opposition