The short story “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid seems to be a list of instructions given from a Mother to her daughter. These instructions are relevant to topics such as household chores‚ manners‚ cooking‚ social conduct‚ and relationships. Although they seem demanding to the reader‚ these instructions are a parents attempt to help a girl to grow up properly‚ out of care for the daughter. Throughout the story‚ the mother repeatedly accuses the daughter of being determined to become a “slut.” This suspicion
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Indigenous Australian peoples culture is linked to the land through The Dreaming. The Dreaming is described as the traditional epoch for Indigenous Australians. It is believed to be a period where the ancestor spirits walked along the land‚ forming animals‚ plants‚ and other forms of life/structures known today. They created the relationships between groups of individuals to the land‚ and other organisms‚ furthermore‚ giving Indigenous Australians their; customs‚ beliefs‚ languages‚ etc. Once everything
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the Indigenous population. The Aboriginal population is deterred from accessing opportunites that will improve their financial siuation and increase their qulaity of life. “...unequal access of resources such as education‚ training and employment‚ social and health care facilities‚ and limited access to and control over lands and resources”(Frohlich et al.‚ 2006‚ p. 136). These disadantages combine as lack of access to education decrease the chances of finding a good paying job‚ without a consistent
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Nurses Association‚ 2015). In March of 2008 the Australian Government introduced the Closing the Gap strategy that aims to reduce the disadvantage throughout Indigenous health (Australian Indigenous Health Info Net‚ 2013). Although the health system is improving there are still major disadvantages with Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians‚ especially in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. According to Burchill and Higgins (2005)‚ although Close the Gap was
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that Indigenous studies must be taught in all Australian schools. Indigenous studies are an important subject for young Australians to learn because it is our history. It is what makes us Australian. Who grows up not knowing about their culture. Indigenous studies must be taught in Australian schools because it is the history of Australia‚ it can have beneficial effects on a persons demeanour and‚ we need to learn about the proper history of Australia. Therefore‚ it is vital that Indigenous studies
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Throughout the short story “Girl‚” Jamaica Kincaid tells a story about a mother giving her daughter advice about growing up through a series of semicolons and run on sentences within a single paragraph. This technique Kincaid uses through the course of her short story is quite an unusual approach to the reader at first. Usually‚ short stories consist of completely structured sentences and multiple paragraphs. Although Kincaid’s structure in “Girl” is constructed in an untraditional manner‚ it plays
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Assess the possibility of developing a strong indigenous export capability in manufacturing and services in Ireland Ireland is a small Island and therefore a small economy. The population of Ireland was most recently measured as 4.6 million which is negligible compared to a country such as the UK where the single city of London has a population of 8.3 million (Ons.gov.uk‚ 2013). Due to Ireland’s small domestic base it has had to focus itself on the export market. Currently the majority of exports
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The indigenous society of Australia has been estimated to be around for tens of thousands of years. The contrast between non-indigenous and Indigenous society across all aspects of social and economical structures has been widely debated‚ reported‚ monitored and theorized. Indigenous Australians are significantly more disadvantaged then non-indigenous people in various social aspects such as health‚ education‚ employment‚ and income. This case study looks at the Indigenous disadvantages from both
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The comparison and contrast of the two poems ‘’Girl’’by Jamaica Kincaid and ‘’If’’ by Rudyard Kipling. The poems is talking about parents who are giving advice to their kids. The topic and the theme are the same in my opinion‚ but the genders of the two kids are different. The topic is the same for both poems. I believe that the topic is parents giving advice to their kids. In the poem ‘’Girl’’ it talks about a mom giving advice to her daughter about life and how to do stuff by herself. In the
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Throughout Canadian history‚ the effects of colonialism have hindered the reclamation process between Indigenous Peoples and their land. During the “Art of Engaging Difference” workshop‚ I was inspired by Dr. Rhonda Breitkreuz’ thought-provoking discussion where she revealed the difference between tolerating the existence of Indigenous Peoples in contrast to respecting their culture‚ heritage‚ and history. With the upcoming sesquicentennial anniversary of Canadian Confederation‚ otherwise known as
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