She tells how there were government houses, libraries, departments of Treasury, Banks that were owned by slave traders and the Mill Reef Club that “ declared itself completely private, in order to keep out the natives unless they were servants, on each corner. All that once was Antigua are the reasons why she hates the English. She calls them “pigs that behaved in a bad way”. She is upset because of the mistreatment that her and her people faced from the English, describing the personal experiences natives have had with the racist “so called doctors” that
The way Curley’s wife speaks to Crooks shows how racist she is. For example she tells him ‘I could get strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.’ This shows that she can be really nasty and gives a negative impression to her character. Therefore Crooks’ relationship with Curley’s wife is important in the book. Additionally, Crooks’ relationship with Lennie shows us how much Lennie relies on George. For example when Crook’s says ‘S’pose George don’t come back no more.’ The reader sees how upset Lennie gets, he almost gets violent with Crooks.
Linking back to one of the first points raised, this is quite similar to the mateship the ANZACs showed during WWI and continued well after WWII. This once again impacts the audience to believe that mateship is a part of Australian identity no matter what class you come/originate
“I have often wondered at the savagery and thoughtlessness with which our early settlers approached this rich continent.”In this sentence alone lets the readers know how he felt towards the early settlers that they were inconsiderate, selfish, unruly group of people that didn’t really know better in a sense. 2) What is the author’s intent in using the term, “half-breed children” in the 2nd paragraph on page 69? How does the previous sentence lead you to understand his use of this word? “The few who stayed, who lived among the Indians, adopted their customs and some took Indian wives and were regarded as strange and somehow treasonable creatures. As for their half-breed children, while the tribe sometimes adopted them they were unacceptable as equals in the eastern settlements.”I believe the author intended the term “half-breed children” to mean multiracial because in the previous sentence it leads me to understand that the settlers that were growing a custom to the Native American
In 1956, Melbourne hosted the Olympic Games for the first time in the Southern hemisphere. This fostered a great sense of national pride and casted international spotlight onto Australia like never before. Advances in technology also allowed the Melbourne Olympics
Chapter 8 Navigating Masculinities Across the Cultural Ditch: Tales from Māori Men in Australia Richard Pringle & Paul Whitinui Introduction Contemporary Australia is multiethnic yet the lucky country has not always induced good luck for its indigenous population or non-white settlers. More bluntly, Australia’s history of race relations can be regarded as shameful (MacLeod 2006). Colin Tatz (1999) reported, in relation to the United Nation’s definition of genocide, that policies adopted by both state and federal governments up until the 1970s constituted genocide against the Aboriginals. Australia’s official immigration policy prior to 1947 also aimed to keep its population white (MacLeod 2006) and, more recently,
Historically Institutional racism plays a major role in hindering the progress of Indigenous people. Institutional racism is addressed in the paper as a key factor in the social disadvantage and consecutive high unemployment rate amongst Indigenous Australians. Australia is privy to a history of wrongdoing against its Indigenous community. Andrew Armitage writes of the British invasion in 1788; ‘the land needed for the colony was obtained by an act of dispossession, assisted in British law by the convenient assumption that Australia was terra nullius (vacant, unoccupied land)’. The invasion was the cause of the ‘land wars’ that ensued and resulted in the massacre and decimation of the Aboriginal people (Armitage, 1995, p. 17).
Essay response- Is it only Georgiana that considered Australia to be “a paradise” discuss. The book Georgiana by Libby Hathorn, is set in western Australia in the 1830’s, when there was cruel relationships between colonists and aborigines, and domestic violence as shown by the Summerfield family. This book follows the story of Georgiana Molloy and her husband, Captain John Molloy in difficult circumstances and finally finding her happiness living in Augusta. There are many different characters in the book that find Australia a difficult place to live in, because of the harsh weather to be able to grow crops properly and the fact that it was a building colony and it wasn’t yet sustained. However, Georgiana still considers Australia to be a paradise.
Most analyses of this piece have been from prominent feminists, who targeted the patriarchal structure of the society in the 19th century as the major cause of insanity of the narrator. Some of the most extreme feminist critics have even stepped further to claim that the narrator is initially not ill at all, hinting that the societal bonds of marriage imprisoned and twisted the mind of the poor narrator. Though this claim has not yet been verified, there are indeed several conspicuous signs that showcased societal imprisonment of women in The Yellow Wallpaper. For example, John’s overconfidence of his own medical knowledge led to his misjudgment of the narrator’s condition; whereas societal norms seem to force the narrator to believe in that misjudgment: “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do? (1.10)” And under these torturing social rules,[change] the narrator, as a women and a wife, has no control over the pettiest details of her life, and she can do nothing for herself except from asking help from men, who dictates her life: “My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing” (1.11) And it is obvious that the chauvinistic ideas during
Kororareka, the only port of the time was dubbed the “hell hole of the Pacific” as it became notorious for drunkenness and debauchery as the demand for food supplies and sex resulted in the establishment of a very messy port. This concerned the humanitarians back in England and they soon set out on their missions to save the “noble savages” from these bad European influences by civilising and converting them. With European contact came trade between Maori and