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1. Explain why they are “silent and subdued”.
The Aboriginal are silent and subdued because the Europeans came and took complete control over them, working them into slavery and into the life of a “white man”, The Aboriginals also had no say in this.
2. How are white men represented? Why?
White men are represented as what they were outisders, because they came with no knowledge on the sacredness of some of the Aboriginal places, and the ways of the Aboriginals, they just came and saw fit to destroy the status quo.
3. What is a bora ring and explain why it is so central to this poem.
A bora ring is like an intiation to Manhood from Childhood. It was so central to this poem because the bora ring was a sacred thing treasured by Aboriginals everywhere, it states that a mothers child becomes a man, and now the bora rings were used as dumpsites for the white people.
4. Explain their reaction in line 8.
Their reaction is angry and they want to amke a statement that the white people ha no right to do what they have done to the ways of the white people.
5. Lines 9-17 begin a ‘litany’. What is the effect produced?
The effect is to give an idea of how long the Aboriginal people have been here, and the way their life was, before the settlement of the Europeans.
6. Comment on the significance of metaphors used in the poem.
The metaphors used in this poem are really deep, as in they portray alot of meaning, they show how they Aboriginals felt when the “takeover happened”.
7. Comment on the structure and form of this poem.
the structure and form of this poem, really gets its meaning out, it really describes they feelings of the Aboriginal people, and shows that they Aboriginal people have surely been mistreated.
8. Why does Thunder have a capital letter?
Probably to show that whoever the thunder was referrerd to that, that person was either loud, or had an obvious leadership quality.
9. Comment on the mood and atmosphere created here.
The atmosphere created here is a sort of angry one, where they are kind of saying that they were here first, so you get out.
10. Combine comments on its theme, title and conclusion.
The theme suggests that they are not only people, but the enviroment aswell , the title we are going may say that not only are the white people taking their people, but the enviroment aswell, and it also states things of the Aboriginals ways, these things could all refer to the conclusion which is basically saying that the Aboriginal life is coming to an end, the enviroment as no chance, and the Aboriginal people are becoming like the white people more and more each day.
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