of poetry has influenced your understanding of at least one poem that you have studied in this unit. Our knowledge of the generic conventions used in poetry influences our understanding of the text. “The Firstborn”‚ a poem by Aboriginal author Jack Davis‚ enables the reader to determine the poem as a graphic protest about the extinction of and discrimination against the Australian Indigenous people‚ and the loss of their ethnicity‚ as their world collides with the Western culture. By focussing on
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Characters- No Sugar Through the characters names all the aboriginal names are given Christian names while the white characters almost without exception are given titles and surnames. This humanizes the aboriginal characters and dehumanizes the white characters while highlighting their position of power. White characters are demonized by their actions as well as their names‚ they refer to going back to the Tasmanian solution (pg44)‚ showing that they have no regard for the aboriginal’s lives
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No Sugar Essay Starters Sheradyn – Drama Essay ~ No sugar (Jack Davis) The play No Sugar by Jack Davis has various themes and issues covered in it. Understanding of society helps with the meaning of this text‚ through multiple aspects. These are shown in the text through various themes/issues. These themes NO SUGAR (JACK DAVIS) Jack Davis’ “No Sugar”‚ written in 1985‚ is a play that highlights Australian racism and cultural destruction caused by British colonialism. It is set in 1929 (Great Depression)
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No Sugar Character Analysis Jimmy serves as the voice of protest throughout the play. Make a list of the ways Jimmy fulfills this role. In Davis’ drama the character Jimmy serves as a voice of protest against the works highlighting of discrimination against Aborigines between 1929 to 1934. Jimmy is an Aboriginal man who despises the fact he is not equal in society to the white man and is not regarded as a ‘person’ by the government. Through Jimmy’s words and actions we see him openly stand
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The stage drama No Sugar‚ by Jack Davis explores the bad treatment of minority groups and their responses to this treatment. The performance set in the 1930’s presents the Milimurra family who are the minority group fighting against the injustices inflicted on them by white authorities. No Sugar provides a voice for the aboriginal people‚ confronts European Australians with the past‚ restores Aboriginal culture and pride and explored the value of equality. All these ideas are used as a way to convey
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and ideas about these issues to life through dramatic performances and the use of a number of various techniques. No Sugar‚ a revisionist text written by Jack Davis in 1985‚ is one of these stage dramas. Jack Davis brings issues and even expresses his own ideas about issues such as the injustices of Aboriginal treatment during the 1930’s‚ to life in No Sugar very well because No Sugar is a revisionist text‚ and therefore offers a new perspective
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Davis’ presentation of the social‚ realist‚ drama "No Sugar" can be considered as a forum to highlight the impacts of the European social and political philosophy of the early 20th century on Aboriginal society. It is a political text that exposes social issues. It expresses these issues using the form of drama and the use of staging conventions to challenge the audience into developing an opinion on the topics. The play was staged on a perambulant model‚ meaning that the action of the play shifts
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An essay of the themes and issues underlying No Sugar 1. No Sugar challenges the prejudiced‚ negative stereotypes of Aborigines operating in a mainstream Australian society. Despite the Mullimurras’ problems‚ they survive as a family with resourcefulness and dignity. Discuss this statement in relation to your reading of the play. The 1920s and 30s was a time of deep prejudice against the Aboriginals. They were put through an experiment by the Chief Protector of Aboriginals at that time‚ Mr.
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No Sugar No Sugar (1986)‚ a play exploring the treatment of Aboriginal people in the 1930’s‚ was written by Jack Davis‚ an Aboriginal Western Australian who grew up in Yarloop and the Moore River Settlement. No Sugar is told from the point of view of an Aboriginal family who are coerced into living at an Aboriginal reserve because the white people in their community didn’t like them living close to them. The authority at the settlement are very abusive creating conflict between the Millimurra family
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No Sugar shows us a range of responses adopted by Aboriginal people toward white authority. Discuss. The play No Sugar by Jack Davis which is set in the 1930’s‚ explores and evaluates the way Aborigines were treated unjustly and how they responded to this treatment. Jack Davis presents to us the Milimurra family who are essentially the main characters in the play. They are the minority group fighting against the discriminations laid upon on them by white authorities. Without a doubt‚ Davis positions
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