The visually realised enviroment brings out more harsh qualities of human characters who inhabit it and further leads us to understand how the individual sees and percieves the world. These statements show that paul has an openess to a new experience, unlike his mother who constantly complains about the heat and his fathers indecitement of this “ town of booze and blow” paul conversely “ loves "the town "at first sight". Peter goldsworthys use of alliteration helps to convey the imagery of pauls fathers thoughts and how he percieves the town of darwin. Unlike the novel the artwork contributes to the responder visualising how the artist was feeling at the time. The main individual in the picture seems to feel like he is going insane and becoming overwhealed.
“Beneath Clouds” By Ivan Sen displays an accurate consciousness of Australia’s attitudes towards our culture and our history through direct and effective cinematic techniques and understated story telling. Sen utilizes techniques such as powerful imagery, sound and camera shots combined with a minimalist script to depict an emotionally loaded film. Not only exposing the soul of Australia, but more importantly his own. Sen has created an unusual road-movie encapsulating the natural beauty of Australian landscape. Sen allows you to venture onto a journey re-discovering the magnificence of Australia’s colonised land by displaying rich images depicting the importance of one acknowledging their heritage and in turn acknowledging their ‘self’.
Although he died in 1992, his inspiration of photography stuck with him until his death. Dupain was mostly interested in photographing the architecture, the landscape, the beaches and the cities of Australia. There were a few temporary stays to other countries, Paris in 1988 to photograph the Siedler Australian Embassy. Through the eyes of many Australians, Dupain’s photography was defined and portrayed by the beach culture, and it was the beach that inspired a majority of Dupain’s most sturdy and famous images. The Sunbaker, At Newport and Bondi all captured momentous moments.
Unlike the persona in “Feliks Skrzynecki”, Do’s cultural anxiety is short‐lived as the situation alters and he begins to understand the triviality of cultural differences. This is complimented with the altered tone, as he is presented with the image of ‘Suzie, fully decked out in a blue traditional Vietnamese dress,she looks absolutely beautiful.’ This tone of appreciation is fostered by her symbolic act, as she embraces his culture in order to unify both families. As the event unfolds, barriers continue to break, as Do’s mother’s broken English is insignificant when she emotively states, ‘My son lup yaw dotter very mush’ Do’s situation transforms as connections are built, fostering belonging. The final paragraph encapsulates the message of acceptance and a new found state of belonging. This is imparted through listing, as five Aussies, three Asians, a Greek, an Italian, an Indian and a one quarter Aboriginal’ are sharing a meal of ‘lemongrass prawns wrapped in rice paper rolls followed by lamington at my Aussie engagement party’.
“he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended, and at night the wond’rous glory of the everlasting stars.” So what has caused this decline in remote area population? Many stereotypes and preconceived ideas of the bush have definitely played a major role. But I think the most important thing for Australians to realise, is Rocking carvings by the Adnyamathanha tribe at Flinders Ranges that the outback has not died. Flinders Ranges is an excellent example of one of the many communities that eat, breathe and sleep Australian culture. Flinders Ranges is a place that reminds us of our original inhabitants, whilst impressing visitors with break taking scenery.
"Fly Away Peter" is an Australian novel by David Malouf. It has the story of finding out what life really means, and why we are put here? Jim discovers himself throughout the story, and many contrasts and differences are made. The novel consists of dualities: war and peace, life and death, innocence and experience, wealth and poverty, natural and man-made. However, these binaries are tinged with ambiguity.
Crossing the Red Sea This account of the voyage of immigrants escaping the horrors and sorrow of northern wars describes a physical journey. It also describes the psychological and emotional journeys of the migrants, who had to deal with the challenge of leaving their homelands and the fear of not knowing what awaited them. This poem describes the simple physical journey of immigrants travelling form Poland across the Equator to Australia. This is Skrzynecki’s personal experience. The migrants crossed the Red Sea with their milk-white flesh ‘On a scoured and polished deck.’ This describes the clean and tidy ship and suggests that the immigrants weren’t treated badly on their voyage.
The word ‘stab’ used reminds readers of blood and shows how bright that red shirt is compared to pale sky. Second example of imagery is shown in line, “The beach glows grainy under the sun's copper pressure, air the colour of tangerines” (Woman on a Beach, 7). This is an example of figurative imagery. Michaels is making the comparison of the colour of the air to that of the colour of tangerines describing the sunset. Readers are able to visualize the intensity of the sun’s heat with the word, “glow”, because sun’s rays are radiating against the sand and creating a “glow”.
| Normally, this repetition would mean a reader could remember this point, but here, we sense the author’s embarrassment which he reveals by “tell[ing] them [his friends] that it’s a Guinness”. | anecdotes | Author personalises his account by including anecdotes about the BBQ skill of Australians. “I’ve seen newborn babies suckling…while reaching toward the Weber… holding a match”.Second story – “ ‘It’s gas, just turn the bloody knob.’ ” | Normally anecdotes position the reader to respond emotionally and accept the truth of the author’s point. Here, the author uses such a ridiculous story that it serves to highlight the underlying argument – that BBQ skills are another construction of ‘typical Aussies’. These are stereotypes.-the second anecdote adds dry humour to the situation | Inclusive language | “I can’t even light a BBQ.
The “earliest recollection” of the father is filled with imagery such as “stubble of his cheek” and “ sound …boots galumphing along”. The lifestyle of his father still haunts the narrator still as he automatically wakes at four believing that he’s making his father wait, however he then realizes that his father is no longer there and he is “foolishly alone.” Salt is infused with the memory of the narrator’s father due to the amount of time he spent in the sea. The father “smelled of salt” and “tasted of salt.” The narrator placed his father on a pedestal and cannot deal with his