Weapons Training is a piece of war poetry written by Bruce Dawe in 1970. It is a dramatic monologue‚ written from the perspective of a battle-hardened Air Force Drill Sergeant. Weapons Training has very little use of punctuation to emphasize the rate of which he is speaking. The lack of punctuation makes the persona seem as though they are ranting on. The purpose of the abuse is to get the recruits ready for the worst‚ which the persona knows‚ will happen. This harsh and insulting language used
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comparative study of texts should remain in the Board of Studies syllabus as it can provide a powerful insight into the human condition and social values of an era. The play “Away” by Michael Gow and poems published in “Sometimes Gladness” written by Bruce Dawe are both texts which reflect similar conditions that the typical person living in suburban Australia between the 1950’s and 1960’s experienced. There were many significant events that took place during these two decades such as the aftermath of
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interview for a TV documentary. Through a variety of dramatic techniques‚ Misto has effectively presented distinctively visual images of the suffering of the POW’S‚ the strength of music and hope‚ and the healing nature of truth. Similarly‚ written by Bruce Dawe‚ the poem‚ “Weapons Training” employs a variety of techniques to create the distinctively visual image of the issues of the harsh realities of war through the brutal nature and the idea that death can come at any moment. This allows the responders
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and what defines our identity and others. The Running Man‚ by Michael Gerard Bauer‚ explores ideas on the effects of war and society’s expectations through the relationships formed throughout the book. Similarly‚ the poem ‘Weapons Training’‚ by Bruce Dawe‚ uses the relationship between the drill sergeant‚ the soldiers and their enemy to shape our understanding of the viciousness and brutality of war and the expectations of society. In The Running Man‚ the relationship between Joseph and Tom explores
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are forced to relive the memories of the past through an interview for a TV documentary. Through a variety of dramatic techniques‚ Misto suffering of the POW’s‚ the strength of music and hope‚ and the healing nature of truth. Similarly‚ written by Bruce Dawe the poem “Weapons Training” employs a variety of techniques to create the distinctively visual image of the issues of the harsh realities of war through the brutal nature and the idea that death can come at any moment. In the Shoe Horn Sonata
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to reveal hidden truths behind important events in our history‚ doing so in a way which illustrates the impact that war has on individuals who are involved in it. The Shoe Horn Sonata written by John Mito in conjunction with Weapons Training by Bruce Dawe reveals several truths of which responders were unaware. Some of these are the horrors of war and the brutality and dehumanisation of individuals which force them to make sacrifice in order for them to survive. As well as the friendships that were
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The idea of conformity is present throughout the poem Enter Without So Much as Knocking. How peoples live their lives is predominantly decided by what our parents think is right and wrong. Our belief system cycles around our parents and we learn from a young age that our life has order. We all want to be the same‚ so we try and have the same characteristics as other families. “Like every other…household‚ his included one economy-sized mum... with two other kids straight off the Junior Department
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Bruce Dawe’s poem‚ Migrants‚ portrays a long quest from the perception of a migrant group. The particular group is acknowledged as “they” as they were met with indifferences from the locals. “They” reacted to this treatment with surprise and confusion which is made evident in the line‚ “indifference surprised them..” which creates a sense of ambiguity and lack of identity. This mystified poem depicts feelings of ignorance as well as disinterest as “they” are treated with a lack of concern.
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe exemplifies and recounts the calamities of the Vietnam War in a dehumanising‚ confronting tone. The anti-war elegy was written in 1968 as a tribute to the return of the Australian veterans who died fighting in the Vietnam War. While protesting about Australia’s participation in the War‚ the poem also demonstrates the lack of identity and deference that was attached to the soldiers. The 25 line broken verse poem presented in a single stanza‚ speaks on behalf of the disrespected
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe All day‚ day after day‚ they’re bringing them home‚ they’re picking them up‚ those they can find‚ and bringing them home‚ they’re bringing them in‚ piled on the hulls of Grants‚ in trucks‚ in convoys‚ they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags‚ they’re tagging them now in Saigon‚ in the mortuary coolness they’re giving them names‚ they’re rolling them out of the deep-freeze lockers – on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut the noble jets are whining like hounds‚ they
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