Deadly Unna Blacky Quotes

This essay will be focusing on the book Deadly Unna? by author Phillip Gwynne. We will discuss the significant changes of character Blacky through the relationship with his friend Dumby Red, family, football and girls.
Dumby Red is a character in the book that has made a huge influence on Blacky in the way he views the Aboriginal culture in his town. When Blacky first met Dumby “He was trendy, he was talented and he had that smile”, this showed that Blacky was jealous and hated Dumby. From there on Blacky started to show a more friendly side to Dumby “But this time I didn’t spit, I didn’t mean it”, until after Dumby saved him he could now say he was friends with Dumby without being frowned upon by his friends and the town “Id been given an
At the start of the novel Blacky plays for the local football team whos success is only present because of the aboriginals from the point “We’re the only town on the Peninsula with Nungas on the team. Without them we wouldn’t be in the grand final – without them, we wouldn’t be a team”. The racism here is evident as the team is only using the aboriginals to win and lacks team spirit. Blacky notices the Graffiti “Boong piss off” and feels uncomfortable when with Clarence. He also feels remorse as he hadn’t bothered to erase it. This shows he is starting to notice the racism that is present in the town. “But tonight the joke didn’t seem so funny anymore, and I knew it had to do with Dumby and Clarence and Tommy” What was previously a funny joke to Blacky is no more than a racist slur. This proves that Blacky has changed his physiological views on his town’s scepticism. After Blackys death, despite the rascist advice from his parents not to attend, Blacky travelled to the point for Dumbys funeral. This shows that Blacky is taking responsibility for himself. At this stage of the novel Blacky now fully understands the extent of racism which is spread throughout his town and complicated family