Deadly Unna Bullying Quotes

‘Deadly Unna’ written by Phillip Gwynne, shows us through the main character's eyes, a large range of bullying styles which are physical, verbal, mental, and emotional. This novel shows a good understanding of Australian life in the country with football and how it can bring people together, the crime thats happening in the Port and how it can tear people apart.

The verbal is the name calling between friends, even though its a joke people can find it offensive.The verbal would also be the racism between the whites and the aboriginals, when the sign says ‘Boongs piss off’ this is offensive towards the aboriginals and means that they aren't wanted in the Port. Verbal bullying also happens towards Gary from his father, when Gary's dad called
Gary’s dad has been beating up on him and his brother. Gary also sees his mother getting abused, not just beaten up, but she has been sexually assaulted by her husband. the kids can hear this happening at night and cannot sleep when it happens. The physical happens between the two teams battling for the grand final flag. Walking through the Port at night Gary and the team stumble into the Thumper and the rest of the Wangaroo football team. Thumper gets Gary in a headlock for no reason this shows how much of a meathead the Thumper is, it also shows that Gary’s football team won't help him but the only person who helps Gary is Dumby. He gets Gary out of the headlock and takes on the Thumper and wins. this made Gary realised that Dumby is a friend.

Mental bullying in the Port it happens when Gary's dad calls him a gutless wonder, it is verbal and mental. It is mental for the reason that Gary is too scared to go on the boat with his dad. Gary's dad is response-able for nearly all of the mental bullying with Gary, he has beaten up on Gary so much that he hates his dad. He doesn't want to ever be like his dad, In the book, Gary starts to realise that his dad is the gutless wonder, not