English Creative Task Rationale
The American Dream is a complex set of ideas and beliefs that exhibits crucial lifestyles and factors that supposedly lead to the success of society. However, it does not recognise the evident tension within its ideology; meritocracy at odds with inherited status. This creative piece, in the form of a prose extract, aims to declare and demonstrate the hardships of this ideology.
Focusing on an unnamed Aboriginal girl during the 1950’s when the White Australia Policy was reforming black lives, it begins with the protagonist describing the pain of being abused by her white adoptive father – whom she is forced to live with and not with her biological family. The story unfolds as she gives background to her situation and her life, appealing to her Aboriginality, where she states that she is only half-caste. Furthermore, it also affirms the hardships of Indigenous Australians throughout history of federated Australia. …show more content…
For instance, the narrators monologue makes use of a sophisticated vocabulary, allowing the reader to assume that the protagonist is intellectually smart. This is reiterated as she states that she has the ability to achieve significant marks in English. Collectively, the use of similes, imagery, a bitter tone, and a myriad of other language techniques allows the reader to engage with the story; i.e. “The purple hue surrounding my eye extenuates the fairness of my skin and makes me stand out more than an elephant in a room.” This extract from the text, provides an example of imagery and a simile, comparing the purple hue, a black eye, to a figurative elephant in a
The American Dream is a complex set of ideas and beliefs that exhibits crucial lifestyles and factors that supposedly lead to the success of society. However, it does not recognise the evident tension within its ideology; meritocracy at odds with inherited status. This creative piece, in the form of a prose extract, aims to declare and demonstrate the hardships of this ideology.
Focusing on an unnamed Aboriginal girl during the 1950’s when the White Australia Policy was reforming black lives, it begins with the protagonist describing the pain of being abused by her white adoptive father – whom she is forced to live with and not with her biological family. The story unfolds as she gives background to her situation and her life, appealing to her Aboriginality, where she states that she is only half-caste. Furthermore, it also affirms the hardships of Indigenous Australians throughout history of federated Australia. …show more content…
For instance, the narrators monologue makes use of a sophisticated vocabulary, allowing the reader to assume that the protagonist is intellectually smart. This is reiterated as she states that she has the ability to achieve significant marks in English. Collectively, the use of similes, imagery, a bitter tone, and a myriad of other language techniques allows the reader to engage with the story; i.e. “The purple hue surrounding my eye extenuates the fairness of my skin and makes me stand out more than an elephant in a room.” This extract from the text, provides an example of imagery and a simile, comparing the purple hue, a black eye, to a figurative elephant in a