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The Golden Day Ursula Dubosarsky Theme

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“ The year began with the hanging of one man and ended with the drowning of another,” (3) the man who was hanged was a man named Ronald Ryan. “ What did he do….We won’t worry about that now….Whatever he did, I ask you, is it right to take a man and hang him, coldly, at eight o’clock in the morning? ” (5)
The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky is a work of fiction that’s filled with ‘coming-of-age’ themes, mystery, and allusions; such as Ronald Ryan, Ena Thompson Memorial Gardens, and the Vietnam war. Within the story, there are many mysterious, creepy, and odd things. For example, being lost in a dark cave, a missing teacher, and talking to a “ghost.” It all began with the new teacher, Miss Renshaw bringing her class, that’s consist of 11 schoolgirls, to the garden to talk about death. In the garden, they come upon a mysterious poet and gardener named Morgan, who refuses to be …show more content…

Although the usage of language is easy, there are a lot of foreshadowings in the story that will give you hints about the strange events.
Language is not the only quality that The Golden Day has to prove that it can stand the test of time, the historic events and the allusions also contribute to the theme and purpose. The man who was hanged in the beginning of The Golden Day was a real person, and he was actually hanged. His full name is Ronald Joseph Ryan and he was legally executed in Australia, in 1965. This book was written based on 2 years after, 1967, but it used the same person’s name and the same events.
The last quality that I think this book presented really well was that it presented the fact that real classics tell the truth. Hanging a man, Ronald Ryan, and Ena Thompson Memorial Gardens? Those were all true. This book shows that the unfortunate events in the past could help us in the future. If the things in The Golden Day are true, then it could definitely stand the test of

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