Introduction - Explain briefly what your selected ballad is about and the reasons why you picked it. - What/how does it tell us about living in Australia during times past? (100 - 150 words) The ballad I have selected is Female Transport. Female Transport is about a girl called Sarah Collins who committed a crime and was sent Van Diemen's Land to pay for her crimes. In Van Diemen's she endured many struggles of working and being a convict. She warned us in the ballad not to come her for it is really hard and that we should not commit a crime. The reason that I picked this ballad was because it had a more open background relation to Australia. It is relatable because Australia and Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) used a place to transport convicts to and make them work as their punishment. Female Transport explains a lot about Australia's past. It displays the fact that Australia was originally where they placed convicts to work and establish Australia for what it is today. After the convicts were brought, Australia continued to develop and became what it is now. It tells us that living in Australia in the past would have been really hard because anyway to come here was as a convict and you were extremely …show more content…
It explains that working there is not painless and easy and the whips are there to make fear into the convicts that work so they will work. I have used onomatopoeia(with a bang) and alliteration/imagery(scary, sharp) to reinforce that being whipped is a scary thing and put more emphasizes on the tension from going to whipped and how she is really scared. With a bang makes you think about the sound surrounding her when the whip is cracked and have an image of what could have happened. This poem is to reinforce the fact that working as a convict for your crimes is not an easy
They ate different foods, and had a different religion. When the English came, they brought conflicts, along with people with different cultures that changed Australia’s from the it was, to the way it to today.
Why Australia? What is Australia anyway1? The continent itself is clear enough, burned into my mind on long hot afternoons in the Third Grade when I learned to sketch in its irregular coastline: the half-circle of the Great Australian Bight, the little booted foot of Eyre's Peninsula. Spencer's Gulf down to Port Philip … … I know the outline; I know the names (learned painfully for homework) of several
In Reading Tim Wintons hopeful saga, Cloudstreet, you are immersed in Australia; it is an important story in showing the change in values that urbanisation brought to Perth in the late 1950’s such as confidence and pride. But it was also a very anxious and fearful time period in terms of the Nedlands Monster and his impact in changing the current comfortable, breezy system Perth lived in. The role of women changed significantly with more women adopting more ambitious ideologies and engaging in the workforce something never seen before. But most of all it was important because it changed Australia’s priorities as a nation, it shaped the identity of individuals that we now see today, and it created a very unique Australian identity.
Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy provides an insight into 1960s/70s Australia and helps reinforce common conceptions about Australian culture. One common conception Goldsworthy reinforces in this text is Australia’s increasing acceptance of multiculturalism. Maestro, set in the 1960s to 1970s, shows Australians growing more accepting and tolerant of other cultures. This shift in perspective was occurring near the end of the White Australia/Assimilation Policy, which was phased out in the late 1970s/early 1980s. An example of this shifted perspective in Maestro is Paul’s father’s opinion about living in Darwin:
ballads and poems, a few have risen to the fore front of the genre as an
In the nineteenth century, the “History wars” became the fight between the most prominent historians revolving around the deception of frontier conflict between the labor and coalition. The debate aroused from the different interpretations of the violence that took place during the European colonization and to what degree. It became a crisis in history, emerging from the dispossession of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) that resulted in exclusion of their traditions and culture. The ATSI were the first people of Australia that brought along a different culture, language, kinship structures and a different way of life (Face the Facts, 2012). Post European colonization was a time where the ATSI people experienced disadvantage in the land they called home. With the paramount role as future educators, it demands proficient knowledge on the Australian history and one of the most influential moments in our history started from the first European settlers.
Don’t pick a song just because you like it, it must have meaning. Your list must be typed and include the following information: Song title, artist, and a short three to five sentence explanation as to why the song represents you.
Gard, S. (2000). A history of Australia. The Colony of New South Wales. South Yarra: MacMillan Education Australia Pty Ltd.
During the whole story the main Character Janie, has been Investigating love her whole life and she had dreams that she’s always wanted to chase but her grandmother’s teachings set her back. When she finally finds love with a man named tea-cake it changes her life and makes her see life in a new way. That’s why I chose these songs. Because They connect, to love and dream chasing. In my first song, “Dreams” by J.cole, we see the theme of love and finding that perfect girl in the lyrics of the song. In the song
In the essay I hope to explain why I picked each poem and to suggest
D) The whips are forms of forcing submission onto citizens and how the police does not persecute by the law but rather tyrannize. The change to using these methods is symbolic of the need of a greater force to control the people of the town.
Lyrical Ballads very much reflects Wordsworth and Coleridge?s feelings on society at the time and to me they seem to be of the same opinions as the general population during that period. The poetry and indeed the Romantic Movement also illustrated the ?hour of feeling? well and therefore I believe that Lyrical Ballads captures the ?hour of feeling? very successfully.
One song that has been of importance to me since coming to Maryland would be “Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Ray. The entire album from which the song comes from is one of my personal all time favorites. I remember seeing her for the first time on Saturday Night Live where she was the musical guest. She was performing her popular single “Video Games” off of her album Born to Die. Her performance was not theatrical at all; in fact it was very minimalistic. The performance was supposed to be just about the song and not specifically about her showmanship. The critics gave her negative reviews about her lack of energy and how the performance was lacking emotion. It just made me more intrigued in her music. I downloaded her album right after that and didn’t really get around to listen to it until the beginning of the summer going into my freshmen year at Maryland. I would be lying if I did not say I had a huge crush on her, which also added to my liking of her music. One particular song on the album that was most important to me was “Summertime Sadness”. The song portrayed my feelings of leaving home for school and starting a new chapter in my life. The song’s genre also are subgenres of Rock which have inspirations to bands/producers Dr. Warfield has taught our class.
The song that I chose for for my Essay is “Neil Diamond-America”. This song is all positivity on American ethics and American culture. All it talks about it America's great accomplishments. It talks about how great that is that people from other countries are coming from land and by sea just to see how amazing it is to live in America. It talks also made me realize that most Americans don't see America in the same way, that we don't realize the places we have and how truly great our country is. This song analyzes what a foreigner looks in in finding a safe haven or just a new place to live.