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Novels are produced for a cause or purpose for the readers. The author either talks about their own experience or stories that they have learnt in life, and then they transform it into a text that we can all understand. In the text ‘Dougy’ by James Moloney, he states real life problems, inviting the readers to learn from the themes and problems that occur. James Moloney tells us that children are not born racist. There will always be critics in life and rules are there for a reason.

One of the key themes in the book ‘Dougy’ is that children are not born racist. Racism is clearly stated throughout ‘Dougy’ from the start to the end. It is clear that in the world we live in today, we are still fighting racism too. During the text ‘Dougy’, parents change the way their children see life without even knowing it. By their white parents talking badly about black people, the white children are influence that black people are not equals. By this negative influence the white children start to think like their parents do. Children are born with role models and through role models children start to get an idea in life about what is wrong and what is right. In the text, after Gracey received help from the Government and the school to participate in the State Championships in Brisbane. The white people got angry and jealous of what an aboriginal girl had achieved. They started making accusations about how it was unfair she received funds from the government and how everything comes free for the aboriginals.“My mum and dad reckon it stinks… that blacks get things for nothing that everyone else has to work hard for.” (p20) Children are molded by their parent and the people who surrounds them through they childhood. Children pick up every littl...

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...is when the war started. If didn’t only not listen to her father but also tiny and by that she was badly hurt and a lot more people hurt and wounded by the war. That’s why rules are so important to follow. People don’t make rules to keep from having fun but to keep you safe.

Through novels and texts we are able to understand the life we live in and the problem that are produced not just to us, but also for our friends and family. There is no doubt that in life, we have to fight for what we want. With that said we are the ones making our own problems, as the themes from ‘Dougy’ clearly states, children are not born racist but made through their parents actions and hatred towards others. There will always be critics in life from all around us everywhere we go and rules are there for reason. We are the cause to our problem so we have to be the solution to them.

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