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    In the openings of pages 9 and 10 of ‘The Rabbits’‚ written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan‚ techniques such as colour symbolism‚ font and salience and reading path are used to create issues involving the mistreatment of the Aborignal people after the ‘Invasion”. Colour symbolism is used in many different ways in this opening to emphasise how the Aboriginal are being treated by the European settlers. The colour of the rabbits’ clothing shows us their superiority to the Aboriginal

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    “The best novels stand the test of time‚ providing the reader with an interesting story as well as conveying important themes and ideas” In John Marsden’s sequel to “Tomorrow When the War Began”‚ set in rural modern day Australia‚ comes his second novel of seven “The Dead of the Night”. John Marsden’s “TDOTN” has stood the test of time‚ by providing the readers with an interesting story as well as conveying important themes and ideas. The themes and ideas of “Death and Destruction”‚ “Relationships

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    environmental all change that occurs is either positive or negative‚ in relation to the prescribed text “ The Dreamers” a play by Jack Davis‚ a related text of Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech and a cartoon by R.Cobb use a variety of visual and literary techniques to show that a large amount of change that occurs around the world results in negative change rather than positive change. The play the dreamers is about the impact on modern Aboriginals since the settlement of the “white” community it focuses on the

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    Opening: 5 The Rabbits’ is a picture book addressing the suffering the aboriginals experienced at the time of European colonization. The ‘Rabbits’ presents these issues in such a way that it a story for all ages. To being with the prominent part of the portrait is the white settler’s perception which is observed unmistakably in first glimpse‚ the picture of the striking sunset‚ buildings and houses serenely assembles next to one another. It is the aboriginal’s viewpoint being the truth is shown

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    her son and struggles to give him what he deserves. However‚ this attitude is also comprised with her conservative ways which is her belief that society should racially segregated. On the other hand‚ In Junot Diaz’s memoir “The Dreamer” Diaz emphasizes about the struggles his mother faced as a young woman. The mother - son relationship between Diaz and his mother is an interesting relationship because he considers his mother to be an inspiration and determination to fulfill her

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    Tomorrow when the war began- John Marsden Novel essay. “Tomorrow When The War Began” by John Marsden‚ is a novel of survival‚ friendship‚ love and war. He uses many language techniques (e.g. simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ oxymoron‚ irony‚ symbol‚ allusion etc.) to get across to the reader the importance of each of the themes discussed. He also uses these techniques to set the mood in each chapter and to help emphasise each major point in the novel. “We’ve learnt a lot and had to figure

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    So Much to Tell You by John Marsden‚ explores the struggle that the protagonist‚ Marina‚ endures along her journey to mental wholeness. Marina’s soul has been shattered due to a traumatic event‚ and being witness to a large amount of violence and hatred in her family. So Much To Tell You is rich in techniques that are used effectively to convey the idea of Marina’s struggle‚ and journey towards mental wholeness. Marina’s difficulty in achieving psychological completion is shown through the major

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    “The Rabbits” is a picture book written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan. With the use of visual and language techniques Marsden and Tan depict and help develop our understanding about wider issues within the community. Marsden and Tan skilfully display more sophisticated issues that are not so commonly aimed at children such as conflict‚ industrialisation and loss of culture which are all an adverse effect of colonisation. “The Rabbits” is an allegory that represents the destructive

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    The novel "so much to tell you” by john Marsden‚ explores the concept of change and growth of the main character marina. The novel is about her personal struggle to become whole again after the tragic events that have occurred prior to the beginning of the novel. We see this through‚ the contrast of marinas character at the beginning to the end. We trace her personal journey and her healing through the novel and are given more insight as she develops. John Marsden has written this novel in the first

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    The novel that I have chosen is Tomorrow When The War Began by John Marsden. This is the first novel out of the seven part series and it was first written in the year 1993 to 1999 (with the sequel). This novel has had worldwide sales of about 2.5 million copies‚ which was written in a comparatively kind era. From the summaries on the websites‚ Tomorrow When The War Began tells a story of a young group of rebels that have been separated from their families‚ and are forced to fight in an invasion of

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