Australians have long represented many features, and like the Ancient Greeks, they only show the ideal representations of their characters, take the best of the features and mix them together. These constructions, or rather stereotypes; are just that, a general representation, one which has been idealized. Since the beginning of the colonization of Australia by the British, Australians have represented themselves as egalitarian, giving everyone a “fair go”. These representations give a bad impression on Australia, as they damage the honesty of Australians who state this, as through the history of Australia we have been anything but fair, often showing racism and segregation.
(In reflection) migrants have always been an integral part of Australian …show more content…
Not delving overly deeply into the psyche of these convicts but they themselves had been segregated from England, and the old addict “monkey sees, monkey do” they had been given a place of authority themselves (once their sentence was over) and the segregation came due to their experience of negative bonding (the process of uniting a group of people (and often electing a leader) by the hate of a certain group of people, seen used by Hitler, and more recently Donald Trump; in this case the ‘hated’ group is migrants, or ‘non-English), which they started practicing themselves. This is coupled with the results of the Asch Experiment, which records conformity of a group with the only downside being it was recorded in America during a conservative period, however, it showed that 75% of people conform to society at some point (McLeod S., 2008). The Asch experiment relates to the treatment of aboriginals, in which ‘hunting’ them was the status quo (or social norm), where not all Australians wished this, for instance, William Thornhill (Grenville K., 2005) who came to respect and empathise with the aboriginals; despite being pressured by characters such as Smasher Sullivan which is linked to the factors of compliance and internalisation (possibly identification) in conformity. This shows the initial mindset of settlers who paved the way for the future
(In reflection) migrants have always been an integral part of Australian …show more content…
Not delving overly deeply into the psyche of these convicts but they themselves had been segregated from England, and the old addict “monkey sees, monkey do” they had been given a place of authority themselves (once their sentence was over) and the segregation came due to their experience of negative bonding (the process of uniting a group of people (and often electing a leader) by the hate of a certain group of people, seen used by Hitler, and more recently Donald Trump; in this case the ‘hated’ group is migrants, or ‘non-English), which they started practicing themselves. This is coupled with the results of the Asch Experiment, which records conformity of a group with the only downside being it was recorded in America during a conservative period, however, it showed that 75% of people conform to society at some point (McLeod S., 2008). The Asch experiment relates to the treatment of aboriginals, in which ‘hunting’ them was the status quo (or social norm), where not all Australians wished this, for instance, William Thornhill (Grenville K., 2005) who came to respect and empathise with the aboriginals; despite being pressured by characters such as Smasher Sullivan which is linked to the factors of compliance and internalisation (possibly identification) in conformity. This shows the initial mindset of settlers who paved the way for the future