William Dawes Monologue

As I began my journey to the vast history of Indigenous people flicking page after page and over what felt like a lifetime I was persuaded to embed the words exchanged between William and the Gadigal tribe particularly with a young girl named patyegarang within the novel. And also to construct the scenarios, the events in which they take place. To create a story line that was able to connect all of these was a tremendously difficult hour and hours rifling through these pages learning more about the native s of this land it was truly remarkable. In my early stages of writing I came across an obstacle I wondered what the protagonist’s character will be like. I wanted the protagonist of my novel to have a different outlook. I wanted him to be
I was so engrossed with creating the protagonist character that will represent William Dawes that I forgot about my surroundings.. As I glance at the night sky I was engulfed with its natural beauty. Within the solar system I was able to observe right then and there how all celestial bodies coexisted so miraculously. Unfortunately the same cannot be said towards human beings. We are all inhabitants of this world and even though people tend to act different from one another we are all one and the same. Since William Dawes was a man of science I incorporated his profession within Rooke’s character as well. It was Rooke’s love of astronomy that was able to secure him a position as a lieutenant aboard a ship heading to the new discovered land. It must have been his deep involvement with astronomy and celestial bodies that when he gazes through the telescope calculating he discovered that we are all part of one universe, that we are not so different we were all part of the same world even though most people don’t act like
In our world it is not mystery that they have the power to do so much more. This time I wanted to present a character that was bound by his own words and show how his struggle to escape was futile hence the character Gardiner was created. Gardiner was a victim and had to follow his Duty and complete the task that was expected of him. He was forced to suppress his morality the one thing that made him human. Disregarding ones emotions and conscious to carry out their duty was a lot of people’s only path to survival .It perfectly was able to capture the essence of many burden in that period. As Rooke took an oath to get aboard the ship those words that did not seem carry no real value became that thin line between life and death this emphasizes that a few combinations of letters are able to decide your freedom, your fate, your very