Australian Voice TRIAL VERS 1 without the related text
Q: Write a speech in which you demonstrate your understanding of ‘Australian Voice’.
The ‘Australian Voice’ is a distinct concept which incorporates the ideas, values and perspectives that are unique to Australian individuals. A ‘voice’ is a representation of one’s experiences which shape their identity, culture, history and beliefs. Carmel Bird’s non-fiction text Stolen Generation: Their Stories effectively portrays the members of the Stolen Generation whose experiences are illustrated through personal narratives as well as objective reports. The stories about racial discrimination, forced separation, indignity and humiliation, and the loss of cultural identity are emotionally revealed by the Aboriginal people whose ‘voices’ are upheld by the composer of the text. The text upholds a range of Australian values which include compassion, understanding, forgiveness, egalitarianism, and ultimately, the desire for reconciliation, which is the main message voiced by the text.
In the ‘Introduction’ the editor Carmel Bird accentuates her own sympathetic attitude towards the inhumane treatment of the members of the Stolen Generation. Bird’s value of compassion and egalitarianism challenges and compels us to form our own voice concerning the Aborigines and agree with view that the Australian government must apologies and take action for reconciliation. Carmel Bird uses highly emotive languages, which powerfully demonstrate her emotive appeal to the reader’s sense of sympathy and compels the audience to emotionally react and rectify the wrongs committed against the stolen children. She ends with the short imperative, “Listen to their voices”, which illustrates that it is a moral duty of our generation to understand the pains and continuing cries of agony of the Indigenous people. Her emphatic tone and sympathetic personal voices allows us to gain insight into the common voice of white Australians for reconciliation with the Aboriginal community.
The ‘Stories’ section
The ‘Australian Voice’ is a distinct concept which incorporates the ideas, values and perspectives that are unique to Australian individuals. A ‘voice’ is a representation of one’s experiences which shape their identity, culture, history and beliefs. Carmel Bird’s non-fiction text Stolen Generation: Their Stories effectively portrays the members of the Stolen Generation whose experiences are illustrated through personal narratives as well as objective reports. The stories about racial discrimination, forced separation, indignity and humiliation, and the loss of cultural identity are emotionally revealed by the Aboriginal people whose ‘voices’ are upheld by the composer of the text. The text upholds a range of Australian values which include compassion, understanding, forgiveness, egalitarianism, and ultimately, the desire for reconciliation, which is the main message voiced by the text.
In the ‘Introduction’ the editor Carmel Bird accentuates her own sympathetic attitude towards the inhumane treatment of the members of the Stolen Generation. Bird’s value of compassion and egalitarianism challenges and compels us to form our own voice concerning the Aborigines and agree with view that the Australian government must apologies and take action for reconciliation. Carmel Bird uses highly emotive languages, which powerfully demonstrate her emotive appeal to the reader’s sense of sympathy and compels the audience to emotionally react and rectify the wrongs committed against the stolen children. She ends with the short imperative, “Listen to their voices”, which illustrates that it is a moral duty of our generation to understand the pains and continuing cries of agony of the Indigenous people. Her emphatic tone and sympathetic personal voices allows us to gain insight into the common voice of white Australians for reconciliation with the Aboriginal community.
The ‘Stories’ section