Family Have you ever wanted your family to go away? Matilda felt like that until the fateful summer of 1793. In the novels Fever 1793 by and Escaping From Warsaw the theme of never leave your family behind is shown by the characters actions and words with their families‚ the feelings and emotions toward their family‚ and how the families all stick together. The characters actions and words toward their families change during the book. At first Matilda dislikes her mother because her mother gives her
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one single person thinks himself/herself better than the other. In Bundooma there are many families suffering from the drought. These families are in close contact with each other. They help out each other even if that jeopardizes their family. Matilda was in close proximity with a lot of
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and ghgh. In the poem‚ the son is remembering a time when his father‚ who was excessively drunk at the time‚ carrying him through the kitchen off to bed. It was a rough‚ almost abusive‚ journey though because his father‚ who is already drunkenly waltzing him‚ is probably not used to handling things with care at work since his hands are described as "caked hard by dirt" and "battered on one knuckle". The speaker in the poem‚ the son‚ is clearly holding onto this memory of his father for whatever reason:
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In this poem allegory is shown in the way of something being behind the joy of romping and the father-son love the poet wrote about. The hint behind this is that there is violence. Even though theirs no signs of abuse theirs signs of violence in the poem that contrast with the expectations of the waltz with the father. Lines 1-2 show no violence‚ but they show that the dad is drunk. With the situation of the dad being drunk‚ it can lead to violence. Line 3 makes it seem as if the speaker slipped
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Explore media representations of Muslims in Australia in the post-September 11 period. What are the effects of such images‚ both on the Muslim community‚ and the Australian community more broadly? As one of the most significant social agents in today’s society‚ the media has the potential to not only influence‚ but also alter the views and opinions of the general public. According to the type of language used and the nature of the information being disseminated‚ its influence can have an immense
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Robertson‚ Sydney‚ 1931. Bush songs devised by ordinary‚ everyday people are a record of the people’s experiences of living‚ surviving and dying in the bush‚ as well as the colourful slang of bush life. The most famous of these bush ballads is Waltzing Matilda‚ Australia’s unofficial national song about a swagman shearer. Many songs and lyrics‚ written down for private use‚ were later assembled and published by A B (Banjo) Paterson as Old Bush Songs in the 1890s. Bush music was handed down as part
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weekly visits to the classroom. She even goes as far as stealing and hiding Dickens’ Great Expectations‚ an action that causes immense trouble when redskin soldiers enter the village and find Mr. Pip’s name carved into the sand. Coincidently‚ it is Matilda who wrote his name‚ and it is her guilt that makes her empathize with her mother‚ who refuses to give up the book as evidence of Pip as a fictional character. Convinced that this Mr. Pip must be a spy who has been hidden from them‚ the redskins destroy
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ballroom dance that comes with a rhythmic beat of three which mimics the prevailing iambic trimeter of the poem. Furthermore‚ the alternating rhymes in the poem metaphorically tie in with the constant swaying back and forth found in waltz dancing. The waltzing in the poem signifies an extended metaphor for the father-son relationship‚ therefore‚ is also symbolic and ultimately ties in organically to the sensitive and delicate significance of this
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How is Mr. Watts seen through the eyes of Matilda? Mr. Watts is a liar whose life is based on half truths. He transforms from ‘Pop Eye’ to an influential teacher and to Matilda and the children on the island‚ he is a knowledgeable‚ superior man who brings energy to them. Portrayal is arguably reflective of the structure of the narrative and Lloyd Jones has chosen to tell ‘Mister Pip’ through the eyes of a young‚ depressed Matilda. Furthermore we receive a biased view on life on the island‚ which
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The epigraph to Mister Pip ‘characters migrate’ relates to both the protagonist Pip in Great Expectations and Matilda in Mister Pip. Throughout both novels these characters migrate physically from place to place‚ which initiates a cognitive migration in their values and attitudes. This migration presents the themes of family‚ honesty‚ hard work‚ imagination and religion to the reader. At the start of Great Expectations Pip is a simple country boy of seven years‚ content with his status and future
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