‘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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We Look after our own starting essay outline Introduction: The short story ‘We Look After our Own’ by Kath Walker highlights the cause and effect of European settlement on Indigenous Australians. The writer manipulates the reader’s response to the main ideas in the text through the language and narrative conventions of point of view‚ tone‚ atmosphere‚ imagery‚ setting‚ characterisation and conflict. What to put in the introduction: Title‚ writer’s name‚ list the main ideas‚ identify the language
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white men hurry about like ants There are metaphors used by the naive speaker in this poem. They are the land‚ the elements‚ the fauna‚ the flora and the history. The warning is all this heart will be gone if the white man has his way. Kath Walker was right. Her warning was not heard. And they are gone! 1. Explain why they are “silent and subdued”. 2. How are white men represented? Why? 3. What is a bora ring and explain why it is so central to this poem. 4. Explain their reaction
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Everyday many people around the globe struggle with different difficulties. Many of these people overcome their difficulties by having hope and faith in themselves. Although‚ there is one reason that has always kept people making it through hard times‚ and that is love. Love is the biggest hope in a persons life. Remember how people were once separated just because of the color of the skin? This was not too long ago. About 150 years ago in America and Africa‚ people traded with slaves. And these
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“Kath and Mouse” Responding Questions 1. In my opinion‚ Kath’s bullying is motivated by her own fears. A lot of bullies were bullied before‚ so Kath may had been bullied before Helen came and was motivated by her past to bully the new student. Kath may bullied Helen because she did not want other people to bully her instead. Insecureness‚ jealousy‚ low self-esteem‚ pride‚ greed‚ and grudge could also motivate bullying to occur. 3. I could make text-to-text connections to the Disney film Lemonade
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Chelsea F. Obermann Mr. Michaud A.P. English Literature and Composition 19 April 2012 Amethysts of Hope Women‚ it seems‚ tend to consistently get the fuzzy end of the lollipop. Men sometimes feel the need to discriminate against women to feel like they have a sense of power. In Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple‚ the female characters are continually oppressed. From the very beginning of the novel‚ the main character‚ Celie‚ along with the other female characters‚ is discriminated against
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The Song of Solomon Summary: Written by the wisest man to ever live‚ Solomon‚ “Song of Songs” is a composition of lyric poems which portrays the theme of love between a man and a woman and can be seen almost written as a diary of sorts. The book explores the feelings‚ hopes‚ fears‚ and the passion between a man and a woman. It can be seen as a celebration of human sexuality. Just through the first few chapters‚ we learn so much of what a relationship is supposed to look like for the believer and
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which represents a long local tradition is known as Vernacular architecture. Kath-Khuni is a type of timber reinforced stone masonry also locally known in koti banal which basically uses the locally available wood and stone for construction. Moreover the word Kath originated from Sanskrit word kashtth which means wood and kunj or khuni originated from the word kona which means corner. This implies that the corner of the kath-khuni building should compulsorily have wood. This construction technique is
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this world‚ I live for my family who is my complement but especially I live for my own self‚ to improve and to meet my goals. And one of my principal goals is being a professional sociology‚ and with my career makes the world a better place‚ like the song says. 4. Since we don’t have the power to live life over and do it all differently‚ what things would you change today if you could‚ in order to end up where you want to be in life? I think with each experience in our lives we learn something
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not‚ have used the southern landscape in their works to explore the complex relationships African-American communities have with the South. In her poem “Southern Song‚” Margaret Walker (1915 – 1998) sings a praise song to the southern suns and southern land despite the “mobs” and “a nightmare full of oil and flame." Southern Song I want my body bathed again by southern suns‚ my soul reclaimed again from southern land. I want to rest again in southern fields
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