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    No Sugar No Sugar (1986)‚ a play exploring the treatment of Aboriginal people in the 1930’s‚ was written by Jack Davis‚ an Aboriginal Western Australian who grew up in Yarloop and the Moore River Settlement. No Sugar is told from the point of view of an Aboriginal family who are coerced into living at an Aboriginal reserve because the white people in their community didn’t like them living close to them. The authority at the settlement are very abusive creating conflict between the Millimurra family

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    These themes have been put forward by Jack Davis in his stage play‚ No Sugar‚ the story of an Aboriginal family’s fight for survival during the Great Depression years. In communicating the racist and unfriendly attitudes of the leading white ideology towards‚ for example‚ discrimination and adjustment‚ Davis constructs characters‚ which are continuously under fire and in opposition to the oppressing dominant white society. Admittedly Davis utilises his characters to confront the audience and take

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    No Sugar shows us a range of responses adopted by Aboriginal people toward white authority. Discuss.­ The play No Sugar by Jack Davis which is set in the 1930’s‚ explores and evaluates the way Aborigines were treated unjustly and how they responded to this treatment. Jack Davis presents to us the Milimurra family who are essentially the main characters in the play. They are the minority group fighting against the discriminations laid upon on them by white authorities. Without a doubt‚ Davis positions

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    investigates. To many‚ bush poetry may be a bore but citizens of Australia dating back to the very first settlement‚ beg to differ. Most of Australia’s population have some sort of poetry running through their veins. Bush poets Henry Lawson‚ Jack Davis and Banjo Paterson have helped construct new realities of Australia personally through their own distinctive style of writing. With the same passion for Australia and its people‚ respectively these poets have brought a broader sense of knowledge

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    forward by Jack Davis in his stage play‚ No Sugar‚ the story of an Aboriginal family’s fight for survival during the Great Depression years. Admittedly Davis utilises his characters to confront the audience and take them out of their comfort zone‚ showing them the reality of Aboriginal treatment. This is an element of the marginalisation that Jack Davis uses through out the play this starts from the beginning where he discomforts the audience by using an open stage. One character that Davis uses through

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    Throughout William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” many characters undergo certain changes‚ some more drastic than others. Jack is the antagonist‚ who is the primary representation of savagery in the novel. As the story progresses‚ it is shown how dynamic and multidimensional Jack is‚ he goes through both physical and emotional changes which separates him from most of the characters. Jack doesn’t start out as an aggressive and savage character‚ but as he is faced with challenging tasks like killing

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    At the beginning of the novel Jack is a boy with principles. When we first met him in the novel‚ he led the choir boys. They were not allowed to take off their clothes and they must walk in two parallel rows. This shows Jack’s commitment to civilization and morality is strong. However‚ his character changes at the later parts of the novel as he upholds savagery. Also‚ the more the rules differ from the island reality‚ the more cruel and ruthless a person Jack turns out to be which contributed to

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    In the beginning‚ both Ralph and Jack are puerile. However the main difference between Ralph and Jack is that Ralph is a dynamic character‚ who matures as the story progresses‚ and Jack is a static character‚ who remains naive for the entirety of the novel. An example of Ralph’s immaturity‚ “‘He’s not fatty‚’ cried Ralph‚ “his real name’s Piggy!” (Golding 21). After Piggy begged Ralph not to tell anyone that he used to be called Piggy‚ Ralph tells everyone that Piggy is his real name. As the story

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    Topic sentence Identity is crucial for the survival of aboriginal people. Explanation Jack Davis shows different techniques of spoken language to maintain the identity of Aboriginal people. The mixture of Nyoongah has effectively used to show the white people how the aboriginal people hold on to their own unique culture‚ even though their society has been overtaken by whites‚ and their customs and traditions have been influenced and combined with the new society. Example “Ay! You…dawarra

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    places‚ if you take the time to look. His distinct bone structure is impossible to miss. Jack Skellington‚ master of Halloween and all things scary‚ is an institution for all ages‚ especially around Halloween. Many people do not‚ however‚ realize that Jack’s journey through Halloween Town and Christmas Town follows the path of many a hero who came before him. His story is an example of the rights of passage. Jack experiences a crisis in the form of severe depression and boredom over the lack of variety

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