Poetry and song are important because they can effectively tell a story and represent the values and beliefs of someone or a culture. The poem “no more boomerang” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and the song “Thou shalt not steal” by Kev Carmody will be compared to see which is more effective at communicating the values of Indigenous peoples. To compare the two‚ I will look at the similarities and differences to evaluate the overall effectiveness. Both the poem and the song are about how white man came to
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“an appeal” by Oodgeroo is a clear portrayal of the poets views‚ attitudes and morals in respects to her longing for a future when Aboriginals and Whites can live peacefully. I choose this poem because of its reveals Oodegeroo’s contribution‚ sympathy and directness in the fight for the rights of Aboriginal people. The poets shares her attitudes through literary techniques and sound devices‚ her precious values are illustrated through the use of tone and form and her views are illustrated through
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‘A Song of Hope’ was written by Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal‚ at a time when Aboriginals were being distinguished against because of their skin colour and traditions. This poem speaks optimistically of a brighter future for the coming generations of people with different skin colour or traditions including the Aboriginals. The subject matter the poem is racism and freedom for the Aboriginals and others who have different colored skins from others or Native Australians. The theme the poem is the
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HERBIE * Herbie’s mum (Mrs Waranda) was to humble and afraid to hate the white kids who teased her and the white men who had put her oldest boy in jail on a false charge‚ and the white women who stared at her as though she was the filth of the nation. This shows that she didn’t belong to the white culture and she was a part of the minority group in the town. * “He was different and us kids don’t like anything different”- Davey Morne. The white people in the story don’t life different people-
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Mansutti It is essential for people to belong as it is one of the basic human needs in which we thrive for but some want to “belong to” and others want to “belong with”. The two texts I have chosen to explore the differences are ‘We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and a scene called ‘This Land is Mine’ from ‘One Night The Moon’ by Carmody and Kelly. They both emphasise the way white people tend to belong to and the indigenous tend to belong with. In ‘We Are Going’ the difference is shown as the
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Formative Task 1.2 Acceptance into Australian society has always been a struggle for marginalised groups such as Aboriginals and migrants. This has given Australian contemporary writers a voice to address the issue. An Aboriginal poet named Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal wrote a poem titled “The Dispossessed” in which he talks about his struggles with the new multicultural Australian society. This is typified in this quote “Your tribes are broken vagrants now wherever whites abide‚ And justice
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As an Indigenous woman‚ Oodgeroo experienced first-hand the Assimilation policy and discrimination and thus‚ she shows her concern for the loss of freedom and culture of other Indigenous Australians through her poem “The Last of His Tribe”. This is evident in the first stanza when “change is the law. The new must oust the old.” Noonuccal’s use of modality for ‘must’ commands that the new‚ referring to the white Australians ‘must’ get rid of the old‚ referring to the Aboriginals. The emotive language
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Forgiveness Areum Shin Forgiveness: the act of accusing a mistake or an offence; compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive. During class‚ we have been looking through the poem ‘Let Us Not Be Bitter’ by Oodgeroo Noonucal. The poem has a message towards the Indigenous people of Australia; let us forget about the past‚ forgive what has happened and move on‚ because we have a new‚ fresh start ahead of us. In this poem‚ the author is trying to say that forgiveness is very important
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Arthur Boyd and Oodgeroo‚ formally known as Kath Walker‚ both effectively depict their own view of Australia through the painting “The Mining Town” and the poem “The Time Is Running Out. ” They each present slightly differing interpretations of the country based upon their altered perspectives and context. Arthur Boyd presents a vivid and vibrant life of an Australian mining town of 1920 through his painting while Kath Walker aggressively portrays an outraged view of what Australia has become violently
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Charters of Rights’ is a straightforward declaration of the basic rights for Aboriginal. This poem has exposed inequality‚ prejudice and suffering faced by the Aboriginal people‚ due to the uses and abuses of power by the Australian white majority. Oodgeroo has achieved communicating this certain message to the reader through her uses of juxtaposition‚ repetition as well as using a critical
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