Marele day has created a character who is very Australian. Her narration is full of Australian Colloquialisms such as “mate” and idioms such as “hair of the dog”. She also uses Aussie slang such as “old girls” and “old blokes”. Her narrative includes social commentary about Sydney and its society which reinforces the Australian basis of her perspective and helps to make it distinct from its American counterparts. Claudia makes comparison between her home city and American ones; “Sydney was like san Francisco in many ways except that in Sydney the weirdo’s didn’t carry guns” Claudia’s familiarity with the streets of iconic Sydney places such as Bondi and Pyrmont help to build her image as a modern Sydney sider. “We swing down the hill overlooking the black expanse of Bondi beach” Claudia paints quite vivid pictures of life in Sydney although frequently her image is related to death or other negative ideas. “The esplanade metamorphosed into a Kafka novel. The use of imagery and other language techniques have helped to make Claudia’s character
Marele day has created a character who is very Australian. Her narration is full of Australian Colloquialisms such as “mate” and idioms such as “hair of the dog”. She also uses Aussie slang such as “old girls” and “old blokes”. Her narrative includes social commentary about Sydney and its society which reinforces the Australian basis of her perspective and helps to make it distinct from its American counterparts. Claudia makes comparison between her home city and American ones; “Sydney was like san Francisco in many ways except that in Sydney the weirdo’s didn’t carry guns” Claudia’s familiarity with the streets of iconic Sydney places such as Bondi and Pyrmont help to build her image as a modern Sydney sider. “We swing down the hill overlooking the black expanse of Bondi beach” Claudia paints quite vivid pictures of life in Sydney although frequently her image is related to death or other negative ideas. “The esplanade metamorphosed into a Kafka novel. The use of imagery and other language techniques have helped to make Claudia’s character