written by Bruce Dawe. The themes these poems express include ‘strive for happiness and fulfilment and make the most of life. Another text that also displays these themes is ‘V For Vendetta’ directed by James McTeigue. The poem ‘Weapons Training’ written by Bruce Dawe is monologue from military instructor that is lecturing recruits on what to do in a battle situation. Dawe expresses his ideas about military life using techniques such as humorous tone and vivid imagery. Dawe uses humorous tone
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normlessness – lack of social norms‚ cultural estrangement and social isolation. In the three chosen texts; “Enter Without So Much As Knocking” by Bruce Dawe‚ “Capitalism and Alienation” by Danielle Pioli and “ Be My Brother” by Geneueve Clay‚ alienation is forced upon the characters by external forces. In the poem “Enter Without So Much As Knocking” by Bruce Dawe‚ the alienation present is determined largely by external forces. This external force is consumerism‚ which causes the unnamed character to alienate
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Violence Prevention Act is an Act of the United States Congress that instituted federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States. It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30‚ 1993‚ and went into effect on February 28‚ 1994. The Act was named after James Brady‚ who was shot by John Hinckley‚ Jr. during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30‚ 1981. (Federal Register) While the idea and implementation of the act had all the best intentions
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Bruce Dawe themes Bruce Dawe is a poet who inscribes not only controversial pieces of poetry but also poems that depict his own personal experiences in life. As many would say it Dawe is “an ordinary bloke‚ with a respect for the ordinary” because he writes as a delegate to the everyday Australian. The two poems that represent the daily themes of life are Katrina and Homecoming. Katrina is a poem concerning a young girl who is inevitably dying and her father who is undoubtedly grieving. It illustrates
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Consumerism – Bruce Dawe Poetry || 2009 Every society has mythology. In some societies‚ it’s religion. Our religion is consumerism. As we are constantly exposed to mass media and popular culture in our modern society‚ the insidious nature of consumerism has allowed it to penetrate into every aspect of our lives‚ dictating our very beliefs‚ values and wants. Nearly every individual in our society subconsciously conforms to the shallow and superficial mindset that characterises our consumerist culture
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Data Protection Act- 8 principles Founded in 1998 Personal data must be: 1. Processed fairly and lawfully. 2. Processed only for one or more specified and lawful purpose. 3. Adequate‚ relevant and not excessive for those purposes. 4. Accurate and kept up to date - data subjects have the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or destroyed if the personal information is inaccurate to any matter of fact. 5. Kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes it is being processed.
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reveal hidden truths behind important events in our history‚ doing so in a way which illustrates the impact that war has on individuals who are involved in it. The Shoe Horn Sonata written by John Mito in conjunction with Weapons Training by Bruce Dawe reveals several truths of which responders were unaware. Some of these are the horrors of war and the brutality and dehumanisation of individuals which force them to make sacrifice in order for them to survive. As well as the friendships that were
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The idea of conformity is present throughout the poem Enter Without So Much as Knocking. How peoples live their lives is predominantly decided by what our parents think is right and wrong. Our belief system cycles around our parents and we learn from a young age that our life has order. We all want to be the same‚ so we try and have the same characteristics as other families. “Like every other…household‚ his included one economy-sized mum... with two other kids straight off the Junior Department
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has lead to conformity and taken away the individuality of many people. The conformity is shown in stanza three through the signs which we all live by. Bruce Dawe highlights that humans seem to destroy and change everything they can get their hands on‚ but they have been unable to change the stars‚ or had gotten around to fixing them yet. Dawe shows that as we change from childhood to adulthood our views on the world and society change‚ we become more greedy‚ selfish and most people only care about
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forced to relive the memories of the past through an interview for a TV documentary. Through a variety of dramatic techniques‚ Misto suffering of the POW’s‚ the strength of music and hope‚ and the healing nature of truth. Similarly‚ written by Bruce Dawe the poem “Weapons Training” employs a variety of techniques to create the distinctively visual image of the issues of the harsh realities of war through the brutal nature and the idea that death can come at any moment. In the Shoe Horn Sonata‚
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