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    of poetry has influenced your understanding of at least one poem that you have studied in this unit. Our knowledge of the generic conventions used in poetry influences our understanding of the text. “The Firstborn”‚ a poem by Aboriginal author Jack Davis‚ enables the reader to determine the poem as a graphic protest about the extinction of and discrimination against the Australian Indigenous people‚ and the loss of their ethnicity‚ as their world collides with the Western culture. By focussing on

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    Response to Simon Davis’ “Men as Success Objects and Woman as Sex Objects: A Study of Personal Advertisement I really enjoyed this reading because it just made me think of “stereotypes” as a whole in the perspective that maybe all stereotypes come some sort of truth. I mean we all would like to think we don’t attribute to these stereotypes but in fact we do. Stereotypes don’t always apply to everyone but indeed they are brought into existence by the fact the reoccur over and over again. In history

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    No Sugar Essay Starters Sheradyn – Drama Essay ~ No sugar (Jack Davis) The play No Sugar by Jack Davis has various themes and issues covered in it. Understanding of society helps with the meaning of this text‚ through multiple aspects. These are shown in the text through various themes/issues. These themes NO SUGAR (JACK DAVIS) Jack Davis’ “No Sugar”‚ written in 1985‚ is a play that highlights Australian racism and cultural destruction caused by British colonialism. It is set in 1929 (Great Depression)

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    As quoted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience‚ but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” The 1985 play by Jack Davis No Sugar and the 2011 movie directed by Tate Taylor The Help employ stage techniques and narrative techniques respectively to reflect the stance of Martin Luther King Jr. in the development of characters and themes‚ expressing the constant battle faced by People of Colour in the

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    This documentary‚ directed by teen filmmaker Kiri Davis explores the many stereotypes associated with African American women and children. Per society‚ African American women‚ are not smart‚ must have a big butt‚ and if you are not lite-skin you are not pretty. Davis‚ asks her peers to discuss what the standards are for “a girl like me”. Most of the girls believe if they have blonde permed hair their better‚ never want to marry a darker male‚ or that having natural hair makes them African

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    The stage drama No Sugar‚ by Jack Davis explores the bad treatment of minority groups and their responses to this treatment. The performance set in the 1930’s presents the Milimurra family who are the minority group fighting against the injustices inflicted on them by white authorities. No Sugar provides a voice for the aboriginal people‚ confronts European Australians with the past‚ restores Aboriginal culture and pride and explored the value of equality. All these ideas are used as a way to convey

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    Davis’ presentation of the social‚ realist‚ drama "No Sugar" can be considered as a forum to highlight the impacts of the European social and political philosophy of the early 20th century on Aboriginal society. It is a political text that exposes social issues. It expresses these issues using the form of drama and the use of staging conventions to challenge the audience into developing an opinion on the topics. The play was staged on a perambulant model‚ meaning that the action of the play shifts

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    An essay of the themes and issues underlying No Sugar 1. No Sugar challenges the prejudiced‚ negative stereotypes of Aborigines operating in a mainstream Australian society. Despite the Mullimurras’ problems‚ they survive as a family with resourcefulness and dignity. Discuss this statement in relation to your reading of the play. The 1920s and 30s was a time of deep prejudice against the Aboriginals. They were put through an experiment by the Chief Protector of Aboriginals at that time‚ Mr.

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    and ideas about these issues to life through dramatic performances and the use of a number of various techniques. No Sugar‚ a revisionist text written by Jack Davis in 1985‚ is one of these stage dramas. Jack Davis brings issues and even expresses his own ideas about issues such as the injustices of Aboriginal treatment during the 1930’s‚ to life in No Sugar very well because No Sugar is a revisionist text‚ and therefore offers a new perspective

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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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