Captivating figure to this day, Ned Kelly was a man, better known as a notorious bushranger who led a gang of outlaws known as “The Kelly Gang” during the 19th Century. With the corrupt Victorian police force always on Kelly’s tail, many rumours were rife as to on who this mysterious figure that was both admired by his sympathisers but also deemed an outlaw by the government. But surely to anyone Kelly seems like an outgoing, carefree bloke, but on the contrary, he had a deep, hidden past full of pain and frustration. With modern society’s perspective Kelly’s numerous tales of daring feats, some still view him as a villain, many sources have continuously swayed the reader’s perspective. He became the hero of justice disguised as a typical Aussie …show more content…
bushranger. Fighting for the poor, Ned Kelly gained loyalty from his sympathisers which was generously given back, all mentioned in the “Black Snake” written by Carole Wilkinson. Even before becoming a prominent figure in Australian history, Kelly was well known as a local hero after saving someone’s life and potentially a second one too.
One of Kelly’s first noble deeds represents Kelly’s true self. Though being young, Kelly has already been well praised as a hero due to his magnanimous deed, thus hinting his future role. Realising that the police force is a heinous force to be reckoned with, Kelly wanted to band up together with others and save the public whenever a chance would come by. One of his first heroic deeds included his rescue of Dick Shelton who was plunging to his death. Another example of Kelly’s bravery is when, Kelly selflessly broke up a fight between two hawkers in his own hometown. He was put in jail due to the absolute power and unrighteous behaviour the police had owned in those days. Depicted as a local hero whilst being young, Kelly lives up to his admired deeds. Although he had his fair share of misdeeds such as being the horse stealing business, he was still better known as a kind-hearted bloke who couldn’t do anything except lend a helpful …show more content…
hand. With the public in need of a hero to fight against dishonest thugs, Kelly took on the role of being their saviour.
Watching the corrupted actions of the government, as they relentlessly sentenced his mum to jail for protecting her child from Fitzpatrick’s assault, now known as “police persecution” and “police harassment”. Evidence in favour of Kelly, described him harmless to the public but only to the Victorian Police Force was harm, aplenty. The police were despised by the many people, prior to their cruel behaviour they owned whilst the normal citizens whom they pledge to protect. Kelly was always polite to his hostages, Kelly would never harm them and became a bushrangers who assured that they would only raid banks, not the public. He would only targets the corrupted police officers. In the past, Kelly had accused the police of their misdeeds through the famous “Jerilderie Letter”, which till this day stands in the National Museum of Australia. Although labelled a murderer, nevertheless Kelly became the true enforcer and protector of justice as he fought against the unscrupulous that has bestowed
Victoria. Renowned for his audacious deeds, Kelly became a very iconic man who fought for people who couldn’t fight back or for people who didn’t have the wits to do so. Kelly protected his sympathisers, notably his family from inhuman schemes. Respecting his sympathisers’ admiration, Kelly wanted them to survive and carry on his hard-fought dream. Loyalty was clearly palpable when it came to Kelly and his family. Expressing his personal duty as the eldest son, Kelly resolved that he wouldn’t leave Australia, when he clearly had a chance for a better life in America until his mother was rightfully released from prison. During his daring and deadly effort to escape death, he still altruistically faced the police in order to rescue his gang from death and with more than twenty bullet wounds he rode on his horse, relinquishing any liable assistance from his sympathizers. Although suffering from these shot wounds, he was able to withstand the discomfort of death through sheer will-power. In his situation he chose to abandon all help from his sympathisers, worrying for their safety and his honour. With his reputation and his friends on the line, Ned Kelly was only able to let his daring valiant reputation live on, despite losing his best mates to his enemies. Kelly was interpreted as a villainous character, yet most people believed the absolute opposite. Known by many as a hero, Ned Kelly represents the heart and soul of Australia. Aiding his companions, Ned will always preserve in the name of justice, continually diminishing abuse. Saving lives had always been easy since a very young age. Pleading for an uprising and in return Australia got better, Ned Kelly. Don’t you just admired him?
Edward Ned Kelly (1855-1880), an Australian bushranger, was born in June, 1855, at Beveridge, Victoria. He was the eldest son of John Red Kelly, an immigrant from Ireland, and Ellen, also an immigrant from Ireland. Ned Kelly was most known for stealing horses and robbing from banks. Some people think that Ned Kelly is a victim because he and his family were victimized by police. The Kelly’s were blamed for many crimes hey didn’t commit, Fitzpatrick abused Kate Kelly and got away with it and Ned’s mum (Ellen Quinn Kelly) was gaoled for a crime she didn’t commit.
On Page 66-69 of ‘The Black Snake The daring of Ned Kelly’ he took hostages but never hurt them and treated them with care. After the robberies, he took the hostages and treated them to tea and entertained them. He to treat them cruelly but chose not to out of his own will. This proves that Ned Kelly is a kind-hearted man and is very astonishing. he was also an entertainer and rode into the town with unbroken horses on pages 72-73 which shows his perseverance. Although Ned was a Hero he was also villainous.
“The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love and Murder” is studied as a historical non-fiction novel, in which Lois Simmie shows the reader the actions of a man who sets his life up in a series of lies and betrayal. Her purpose is clear, to intrigue the audience with a true story of the murder of Polly Wilson, which had not yet been heard. Though not a lot of people had ever heard of John Wilson, the first ever Saskatchewan RNWMP officer who was found guilty of a crime, being that he killed his wife, and hung to his death. She writes her novel that is not only entertaining to her audience but also serves the purpose of educating fellow Canadians about the true life events that followed John Wilson and his fellow RNWMP officers.
... 1960’s were against intellect and to discourage, they resorted to physical abuse or bullying. The aforementioned builds empathy and positions the reader to challenge the views of the 1960’s. Similarly when the Shire President who should be a good guy, is in reality a heavy alcoholic and someone who sexually abuses his own children. Henceforth this displays moral duality, a major theme, and correspondingly includes the 1960’s Australian context of alcoholism. Moral duality is also presented through Ruth Bucktin, the Sargent, Mrs Wishart, the town folk and even Eliza Wishart. A big issue of the 1960’s was the racism that was present. Likewise, Corrigan exhibits racism especially on the Vietnamese, Lu family. It is the time of the Vietnam War, national service, recruiting men to fight in Vietnam, and the fear of communism was very much present throughout Australia.
Rudd was brutally beaten in the face after being called into a bar brawl on Christmas day. After receiving multiple facial injuries as well as a skull fracture and being hospitalized, the police officer was only eager to get back to work. Rudd told interviewers from his hospital bed “I have no hesitations getting back to work,” (“Courageous Police Officer”). The courage of the policeman had been seen as remarkable and heroic. Many people would take a traumatic event like such and use it as a way to resign from their job but Rudd simply said that it is what he does and he would not trade it (“Courageous Police Officer”).
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.
Ned Kelly was a notorious bushranger in Australia. People formed thoughts on Ned Kelly after his death. Some doubted him, as a villain who committed all behaviours of crime. Some believed he was a hero who fought for the fairness of people. Whereas, many saw him as a victim with no community status. I strongly believe that Ned Kelly was indeed a victim, who suffered unjust sentence and whom police treated very unfairly. He had low economic status and he was not able to defend his rights. If you look back and read through his history, you would find the pages of evidence and the numerous reasons why Ned Kelly was the dreadful person everyone thought he was. But... there is also evidence that indicates that Ned was not a ruthless person- but
...g him, the ending of this story would be much different. The more high-class society refuses to help those in need, and care only of their own gain the less lower society will have increasing criminal activity. Criminals have to do their part also, staying blind and letting societies inner workings manipulate them does not help anyone especially not themselves. By over expressing society and making a simple-minded hero, Callaghan creates an extreme example of what can happen when society denies rehabilitation. If everyone in this story had worked together in a positive way Red Ryan’s life and Kip Caley’s fictional story may have had a happier ending
York frequently blew off steam on weekends, after a long tedious week. His conduct was often reckless and uncalled for; such as it was the evening he shot his initials in a tree outside a church. Once again, his actions...
When wandering physically or mentally, courage will lead you back to the path. In “Home of the Brave” a heart touching memoir by Katherine Applegate, Kek experiences his new life in America with the assistance of his caring friends and family. He struggles along the way but never loses hope to find his mother. The most important theme in “Home of the Brave” is courage. Courage is when you have hope to better the future for you and others. This theme is shown when Kek continuously strives to find his mother even though his friends are indirectly saying that she is gone.
If you think Ned Kelly was a bad guy, you’re wrong, so what if he killed a few people, he was just protecting himself! On page 52 it states that when Ned was hiding from the police, the police were looking for him and eventually they found Ned, The police started shooting at Ned and he would try to hide behind trees
Today, we have a lot of veterans who are coming home from war that are being displaced. In this chapter it talks about a Vietnam War soldier named Norman Bowker who arrives home from the war. In the chapter, Speaking of Courage from the book ‘The Things They Carried’ written by Tim O’Brien, Norman feels displaced from the world and everyone there. A returning soldier from the Vietnam War is driving around a lake on the 4th of July in his fathers big chevrolet, but then realizes he has nowhere to go. He starts to reminisce about his father, ex-girlfriend, and his childhood friend. Norman talks about all the medals he had won. He starts to think about his fathers pride in those badges and he starts to have a recollection about how he had almost own the silver star but blew his chance. He continues to drive around the lake again and again. He continues to imagine telling his father about the story of how he almost won the silver star, but failed to do so. This paper will analyze Speaking of Courage with the new criticism/formalism lens.
The True History of the Kelly Gang is a fictional novel written by the Australian writer Peter Carey. The novel is presented as an autobiography written by the Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly, to his daughter. It portrays Ned’s life as a child and as an adult. The audience also reveals the struggles of discrimination he overcomes as an Irish in the Australian world. This novel is packed with many themes but the most obvious and eye-catching would be racism. We are also able to identify many quotes and passages used within the text to demonstrate this theme. Carey’s persuasive language and point of view plays a crucial part in promoting the theme of racism.
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