FAMILY 1. In Chapters 6‚ 7 and 8 we get a good view of Blacky’s family life. How would you describe it? What sort of relationship does he have with his siblings and why is Best Team-man called Best Team-man? FAMILY 4. Blacky has a lot of respect for his Mum. Make a list of Mrs Black’s qualities and talents. What sort of relationship does she have with her eight children? What does she teach them about life? FAMILY 7. What do you consider to be the most important aspects of a close family
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English Essay (prejudice) In the two texts Deadly Unna? written by Phillip Gwyne and Bend It Like Beckham directed by Gurinda Chadra the theme of prejudice is significantly explored. Deadly Unna? is the story of a young boy Blacky who is made to overcome prejudice in his small town of the Port. Bend it like Beckham is set in London and is the story of Jess a young Indian girl whose infatuation is football‚ much to her parent’s discontentment. The key theme of prejudice is greatly explored in both
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Of course you pick your own character traits. Nature doesn’t go “I will create a hurricane to make you strong‚ and if not‚ oh well‚ nice knowing you.” You decide what traits you want to take on‚ not your experiences. You are also born with a few traits‚ and can choose to embrace them or not‚ but it’s your choice. I choose to be nice to people. It didn’t occur during an experience where I had to be nice. I decided I wanted to be nice‚ so I am nice. I choose to be nice. Another example. It’s the
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How is sport used by the author/director to explore important themes or issues? Deadly Unna? a novel by Philip Gwynne and Australian Rules‚ a film adaptation of the novel‚ directed by Paul Goldman are both set in an Australian town‚ focusing on two different locations – the Port‚ inhabited by white people‚ and the Point where the Aboriginal people live. Both texts follow the progress of a hopeless football team coming together to play in the grand final. The novel explores the enlightenment of the
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11. Big Mac is very dismissive of Tommy Red’s request; he seems more interested in serving his non-indigenous customers‚ even though Tommy Red is willing to pay for a drink. ‘Hold your horses‚ I’m busy ‘ere.’ (Page 156) It is evident that Big Mac is irritated by this request by the way he speaks. Big Mac is not interested in Tommy Red’s story‚ and seems annoyed by Tommy’s eagerness to share a story. 12. I think that Blacky doesn’t laugh at the joke because he finally understands the psyche of the
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Eulogy for Dumby Red As you all know we are gathered here today to share our last moments with Dumby Red. My name is Gary Black‚ they call me blackly down at the point. I am extremely honoured to be here amongst all of you to talk about Dumby‚ however if I wouldn’t have meet Dumby I would not have had the courage to come speak in front of all of you. Dumby was the friend who helped me open my eyes to the most important things in life. He was and always will be an excellent friend‚ excellent son
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‘Dumby Red and Blacky don’t have a lot in common. But they’re friends.’ In Phillip Gwynne’s novel‚ Deadly‚ Unna? the main character‚ Blacky‚ encounters many different kinds of friendships. His friendship with Dumby Red and his interactions with girls in particular with Clarence and Cathy change and progress through out the novel‚ and he learns the importance of relationships and friendships. Dumby Red and Blacky differ in more ways then they are similar‚ ‘but they’re friends’. Blacky was always
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Of the two assigned chapters in the Betrothed‚ I found chapter 34 to be the most interesting. Alessandro Manzoni‚ the author of the historical novel‚ begins chapter 34 with the character Renzo trying to find his way into the heavily guarded‚ plague-filled city of Milan in order to find the love of his life‚ his fiancée Lucia. Renzo finally finds his way into the city by paying the guard a half-ducat. However‚ one obstacle that Renzo often encountered in his journey to find Lucia was
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DEADLY UNNA PRACTICE In Phillip Gwynne’s novel‚ ‘Deadly Unna?’ one of the major themes explored throughout the book is racial and gender division. This book is situated in an isolated and quite part of Southern Australia. Throughout the storyline‚ Phillip uses various characters and events to depict how society back in the 70’s went through gender division and racial division. For example how opportunities differ for females and males‚ economic advantages and disadvantages‚ and racial groups
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In chapter 34‚ we are led into an insight to Darcy and Elizabeth’s inner worlds respectively. Through this‚ we are able to effectively put ourselves into the author‚ Jane Austen’s framework of mind while portraying Darcy’s courtship of Elizabeth. This chapter explores the inner worlds of each individual character listed above; how they feel towards each other and how their opinions of each other has or has not changed since their last meeting. In this essay‚ we aim to explore the different themes
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