Dorothea Mackellar's The Rabbits
The Rabbits
The Texts studied in class focus on a few elements of Australian culture. The reality is, considering Australia is a multicultural society, that there are many different cultures within our society. “The rabbits” by Shaun Tan and John Marden provides a critical version of the colonisation of the British from the perspective of the numbats, the numbats symbolise the aboriginals. Whilst in the poem “My country” by Dorothea Mackellar they show the difference between the two countries, Britain and Australia. It also shows that to Dorothea Mackellar nothing can compare to her country, Australia.
Both texts provide contrasting values. In the beginning of the text The Rabbits, the values are overwhelmingly sympathetic towards the indigenous culture. This is evident in the foreboding evident through the puff of smoke rising; this is the first signs of colonisation. As the story goes on you can see that the illustrator, Shaun Tan, has used darker colours, this symbolises the loss of hope among the numbats. Likewise with the poem ‘My Country,’ Mackellar’s poem values how the landscape provides hardship but ‘she pays us …show more content…
In the beginning of the text The Rabbits, the land starts off overwhelmingly natural, untouched by man, but in the near distance you can see a puff of smoke rising, this is the first signs of colonisation. As the story goes on you can see that the illustrator, Shaun Tan, has used darker colours, this symbolises the loss of hope among the numbats. Likewise with the poem ‘My Country,’ at the beginning of the poem they talk about how the landscape of England has “ordered woods and gardens” then the author goes on to talk about her country, Australia. She uses personification to talk about her one true country by comparing Australia to a variety of precious gems, “the sapphire misted-mountains,” “I love her Jewel sea,” in this sense we see the British side of culture that is linked to the
The Texts studied in class focus on a few elements of Australian culture. The reality is, considering Australia is a multicultural society, that there are many different cultures within our society. “The rabbits” by Shaun Tan and John Marden provides a critical version of the colonisation of the British from the perspective of the numbats, the numbats symbolise the aboriginals. Whilst in the poem “My country” by Dorothea Mackellar they show the difference between the two countries, Britain and Australia. It also shows that to Dorothea Mackellar nothing can compare to her country, Australia.
Both texts provide contrasting values. In the beginning of the text The Rabbits, the values are overwhelmingly sympathetic towards the indigenous culture. This is evident in the foreboding evident through the puff of smoke rising; this is the first signs of colonisation. As the story goes on you can see that the illustrator, Shaun Tan, has used darker colours, this symbolises the loss of hope among the numbats. Likewise with the poem ‘My Country,’ Mackellar’s poem values how the landscape provides hardship but ‘she pays us …show more content…
In the beginning of the text The Rabbits, the land starts off overwhelmingly natural, untouched by man, but in the near distance you can see a puff of smoke rising, this is the first signs of colonisation. As the story goes on you can see that the illustrator, Shaun Tan, has used darker colours, this symbolises the loss of hope among the numbats. Likewise with the poem ‘My Country,’ at the beginning of the poem they talk about how the landscape of England has “ordered woods and gardens” then the author goes on to talk about her country, Australia. She uses personification to talk about her one true country by comparing Australia to a variety of precious gems, “the sapphire misted-mountains,” “I love her Jewel sea,” in this sense we see the British side of culture that is linked to the