The Kelly Gang

Along with these historical moments being adjusted to better fit a narrative, Carey’s incorporation of magical realism compels the narrative to drift further from being a fact-based to more of a folkloric piece. These elements include the banshee, rat catcher, and a magnificent horseman who appears as a “wraith-like boy” (Clancy 175). The newspaper articles from The Jerilderie Gazette and The Morning Chronicle are also used to show the subjectivity experienced by Ned Kelly. In an interview with Andreas Gaile, Carey confirms the authenticity of the articles, but admits to have personally edited the articles (Gaile 38). In Bliss’s article, she explores how “the enigmatic and suggestive voice of Kelly himself dominates the text, but it is interrupted, edited, and mediated to us in a variety of ways,” the most obvious being the heavily edited newspaper articles (Bliss 48). In the novel it is said that Mary Hearn, Kelly’s fictitious lover,…

Australian film history The first film In Australia, also the first full length feature film in 1906 was, The Story of the Kelly Gang, which was a huge success in both Australian and British theatres, it was also the beginning of a genre of bushranger stories. Until in 1911 when South Australia banned the screening of bushranger films, Victoria soon followed. Thanks to the work of pioneers of Australian movie making such as Raymond Longford and Ken Hall, the Australian cinema continued to…

Robert Drewe’s 1991 novel Our Sunshine explores the insights of the famous outlaw, Ned Kelly. The text perceives Ned in a way we have never seen him before, changing the way the public views Ned forever. Our sunshine is a re-written version of Ned Kelly’s life which Drewe successfully achieves, the uses of textual themes complimented with language techniques and dominant themes are portrayed within the text. The theme of loyalty is continuously brought up in the novel and the techniques of…

Many affects are rising with the increase of gang numbers. However, many people think “gangs” gets a bad press. Good amounts of people agree that gangs are a crucial part of growing up, with a positive and older role model in position. Author Casper Walsh says gangs are good for society and can increase wealth in the economy with a responsible and wise elder. Even though gangs are profitable, gang lifestyles are very brutal and violent because mafias create problems for problems for society and…

Gangs would like nothing more than to have no involvement with outside authority, however, because many gang members come from that neighborhood they have a connection within it. Many gang members are children of residents to the surrounding community and provide protection for residents. The residents of the community also identify with gangs because of their own family member’s prior involvement within gangs. Even though gangs would like to exclude themselves from the community a…

his back” at the start and also at the end he continues to do so. In DNA, they think Adam is dead then he actually comes back. After they killed him, this was the cycle of violence. Kelly is suggesting that the only way to escape the cycle of violence…

Helping a Friend On May 20, 2014, Sophia and seven of her friends decided to take a trip to Lake Michigan. Sophia’s aunt owns a lake house in Arcadia, Michigan, so the girls decided to rent out the place for a few weeks. When they arrived to the house late in evening, they unpacked and settled in. Sophia, Carly, Kaylee, and Sally slept in the room with bunk beds, while Kelly, Diane, and Lauren slept in the master bedroom. George got the room in the middle all to himself. Everyone managed to get…

Teenage gang violence is one of the most dangerous acts that society often faces. People who are in gangs share similar goals and interests. However, gang violence plays a huge role in society, because teenagers all over the United States are being influenced to join a gang. So why would society change now? People do not realize the numbers are increasing for teenage gang violence. Teenage gang violence should be stopped. If gang violence were stopped, imagine how many people would live a better…

notoriously known for its gangs, crime, and poverty. This neighborhood was mostly recognized as an Irish neighborhood in the mid-1800s. The reputation of the Irish was that they were criminal by nature, and the horrible conditions of the Five Points helped affirm that reputation. Initially a reservoir in the 1700s, Collect Pond was located just north of today’s City Hall. This pond was the root of spring water for Dutch inhabitants of downtown Manhattan. In the neighborhood of Collect Pond,…

Early in the 20th century, a new wave of crime swept across the nation. In the 1920’s and 30’s the Volstead Act encouraged illegal alcohol distribution that became a very lucrative business. This sharp rise in crime formed organized gangs that became more and more violent. President Herbert Hoover decided at that time to crack down on crime and this led to the creation of larger, higher capacity federal prisons. Alcatraz prison was one of the products of this decision, and is possibly the most…