- ‘BELONGING’ - Question: What does the Oodgeroo Noonuccal poem ‘We Are Going’ have to say about Belonging and Not Belonging? How does the poet use language forms‚ features and structures to convey ideas and feelings? The poem ‘We Are Going’ by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is about the displacement of the Aboriginal people in Australian society/culture and their confusion about where or what to belong to as their traditional customs are taken away/forgotten. The text raises the issues and themes of
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Changing Perspective Creates Awakening Change. It is a concept often discussed as being an inevitable part of human life‚ something people has experienced numerous of times‚ and will continue to experience throughout their lives. Change comes in many forms and has a range of effects‚ which are either negative or positive on those who experience it and respond to it. Change‚ particularly in relation to the topic ¡°Changing perspective creates awakening¡±‚ is a view that is repeatedly explored and
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the poem? The main theme of the poem is a coming of a time were Indigenous Australians are not discriminated and are treated equally to white Australians. Who is the speaker/voice of the poem? The speaker/voice in this poem is the author herself Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ and it is also written in second person. What does the poem tell us about this experience (theme)? Give examples of words‚ phrases‚ or images to explain your response. The poem tells us that the indigenous Australians experienced
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Poems can have a lot of context in them‚ they can include personal‚ historical and cultural context. In Oodgeroo Noonuccal poems ‘son of mine’ and ‘then and now’ shows the personal‚ historical and cultural context. Throughout this essay will take a look at the features of her personal‚ historical and cultural context in her poems. Oodgeroo poems ‘son of mine’ and ‘then and now’ shows clear components of her personal context. In the poem ‘son of mine’ has a lot of her personal context‚ when reading
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issues of our society? This is the question which today I will be answering by comparing and contrasting a poem and song. The poem ‘No More Boomerang’ written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and the song ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ composed by Peter Allen‚ are two pieces of writing which comment specifically on Australian society and culture. Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ or also known as Kath Walker‚ was an Aboriginal Australian poet‚ political activist‚ artist and educator. Born 1920 on Stradbroke Island‚ she grew
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It is through the enriched poem China… Woman Oodgeroo explores the aspect of life within different cultures and their inextricable link between their ancient cultures and their identity today. “the great wall‚ twins itself… like my rainbow serpent” It is through this imagery that places the audience to view the close connections each culture has to their ultimate ancestry. Comparing her aboriginal identity to China’s culture‚ explores story telling however‚ ultimately‚ allows the audience to make
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Good morning year 12 English class and Mrs Francis. Today my job is to explain to you the power of the texts I’ve chosen in context with the problem between black and white Australians. We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal They came in to the little town A semi-naked band subdued and silent All that remained of their tribe. They came here to the place of their old bora ground Where now the many white men hurry about like ants. Notice of the estate agent reads: ’Rubbish May Be Tipped
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When your culture identity is marginalised you can feel dislocated and displaced‚ and believe that you do not belong to your culture or the dominant culture. The text ‘We are going’ by Oodgeroo Noonuccal explore this notion in response to the theme of not belonging. Noonuccal clearly describes the notion of Aboriginal people not fitting in as ‘subdued and silent’. Noonuccal’s use of sibilance and alliteration usage in the ‘s’ creates a soft tone effect which makes the aboriginal people feel a feeling
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We Are Going (Quote Burger Paragraph) The influence of one racial group could wipe out an entire community. In “We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ the poet describes how the native people‚ or the Aborigines‚ were forced out of their native lands by white settlers. In the poem‚ the Aborigines feel that they have become the strangers in their old homeland‚ whereas the actual strangers are the white settlers‚ as can be indicated in the line “We are as strangers now‚ but the white tribe are the
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2011 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N English (ESL) Paper 2 — Modules Total marks – 40 Section I General Instructions • Reading time – 5 minutes • Working time – 1 hour • Write using black or blue pen Black pen is preferred Pages 2–3 20 marks • Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 • Allow about 30 minutes for this section S ection II Pages 4–5 20 marks • Attempt either Question 3 or Question 4 • Allow about 30 minutes for this
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