In Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poems, dreamtime, then and now and we go. Each poem demonstrates a different way of how the aboriginal lifestyle has significantly changed. Through the aboriginal’s special connection to the land, how colonisation affected their lifestyle and a loss of cultural identity. through these points we can show how a painful disconnection from them with the aboriginals and their land has their lifestyle a place they are no longer familiar with anymore. And how Nooncuall felt about all these problems by showing them through her poems and poetic techniques. In the poems then and now and we are going Noonuccal tells us through the use of quotes and techniques how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have lost their cultural identity in today’s generation. …show more content…
We are going to show a loss of cultural identity through the technique simile in the quote “where now many white men hurry about like ants” this is like how it was before the white men came the aboriginals will hunt their prey for food but now the aboriginals are being hunted so the white men can claim the land like it was their own and no one was there or terra nullius, so that’s how we are going and then and now show a loss of cultural identity in the modern generation
Protest Poetry: Time is Running Out Poetry is written for a variety of reasons like entertainment and expressing emotions. Poets like Oodgeroo Noonuccal (formerly Kath Walker) use poetry to express their feelings and protest against things happening in the world. Noonuccal was an indigenous Australian woman born into the Noonuccal tribe. She wrote poetry thoroughly throughout the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, demonstrating her point of view on social problems that were occurring at the time and in
By exposing issues surrounding prejudice, individuals are challenged to alter their ideals, promoting change in societies. Both Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird and Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem Son of Mine raise ideas of bigotry that possess the ability to inspire societies to become more inclusive. Through exploring the transformative capacity of innocence, injustice and hope, composers allow the audience an alternative insight into prejudice. Untainted innocence provides prejudiced individuals
The Municipal Gum by Oodgeroo Noonuccal portrays the miserable, hopeless and despondent living conditions of the Aboriginal people. It expresses the feelings of the Indigenous people who are deprived and displaced from their native culture and native land by the white people. The general theme and the ideas addressed in this poem includes raising awareness of the tremendous discrimination and prejudice by white Australians against the aboriginal people. The discrimination is developed strongly within
Australia. Many Australian poets have been and are fascinated by the issues relevant to Australia. Many in fact nearly all of these poets have been influenced or have experienced the subject matter they are discussing. These poets range from Oodgeroo Noonuccal Aboriginal and women’s rights activist to Banjo Patterson describing life in the bush. Bruce Dawe is also one of these poets. His insightful representation of the dreary, depressing life of many stay at home mothers in “Up the Wall” is a brilliant
Sanchit Varshney Professor E. Sweeney ENG 273 Online 9 July 2024 Women Empowerment Throughout history, women have played a pivotal role in society. Their contributions, however, have been overshadowed by systemic oppression and societal biases. This is strikingly evident in the African American context, where black women had to fight both racial and gender injustice. Black women have been at the forefront of resistance and resilience, challenging stereotypes and redefining their roles in society