Essay-History Alive: Nanberry
Year 9 Assessment Task 3
Essay- History Alive: Nanberry
Hannah Pikkat
Weight: 25%
The book Nanberry written by Jackie French is a book that’s full of historical accuracy. It’s a book all about what happened, when the White settlers came to Australia. Giving us not only the English point of view but also the Aboriginals. Nanberry I believe, by Jackie French brings life to Australia during the time of the First Fleet.
The book Nanberry written by Jackie French shows, the lake of respect the white settlers gave the Aboriginals. ‘The warriors yelled a challenge again. The white ghosts laughed, then looked away. Colbee muttered something to the other warriors. They melted back into the trees, urging the women and children to follow.’ (p.3) Personification is used to describe how the aboriginal warriors disappeared in embarrassment into the tree’s/ after the white settlers laughed at them as they were powerless against them. The white settlers have no respect for the aboriginal warriors, laughing at them as the warriors yelled a challenge. As if they were powerless against them.
The book Nanberry written by Jackie French gets readers to be interested in early Australia because of its historical accuracy, telling the reader both stories of the Aboriginals and the white settlers and how they felt about each other. This is shown when Nanberry first sees White people: ‘Nanberry stared out between the trees. He could see people! men with white faces, their bodies covered in the skins of strange animals, blue red and brownish grey.’ (p.3.) Color imagery is used to describe the strange colors that the Aboriginals saw worn by the white settlers, with their strange animal skins colored in unnatural colours like blue and red, which were rarely seen in the natural environment. Also because of the bright coloured clothing they wore they stood out from the greens and brown in the natural landscape. The Aboriginals found this peculiar, showing that the white people did
Essay- History Alive: Nanberry
Hannah Pikkat
Weight: 25%
The book Nanberry written by Jackie French is a book that’s full of historical accuracy. It’s a book all about what happened, when the White settlers came to Australia. Giving us not only the English point of view but also the Aboriginals. Nanberry I believe, by Jackie French brings life to Australia during the time of the First Fleet.
The book Nanberry written by Jackie French shows, the lake of respect the white settlers gave the Aboriginals. ‘The warriors yelled a challenge again. The white ghosts laughed, then looked away. Colbee muttered something to the other warriors. They melted back into the trees, urging the women and children to follow.’ (p.3) Personification is used to describe how the aboriginal warriors disappeared in embarrassment into the tree’s/ after the white settlers laughed at them as they were powerless against them. The white settlers have no respect for the aboriginal warriors, laughing at them as the warriors yelled a challenge. As if they were powerless against them.
The book Nanberry written by Jackie French gets readers to be interested in early Australia because of its historical accuracy, telling the reader both stories of the Aboriginals and the white settlers and how they felt about each other. This is shown when Nanberry first sees White people: ‘Nanberry stared out between the trees. He could see people! men with white faces, their bodies covered in the skins of strange animals, blue red and brownish grey.’ (p.3.) Color imagery is used to describe the strange colors that the Aboriginals saw worn by the white settlers, with their strange animal skins colored in unnatural colours like blue and red, which were rarely seen in the natural environment. Also because of the bright coloured clothing they wore they stood out from the greens and brown in the natural landscape. The Aboriginals found this peculiar, showing that the white people did