The Stolen Loaf

“Stop and put your hands where I can see them!” The officer hollows as he continues running after the boy, who has the stolen loaf of bread cradled in his arm like a running back running a football. Donny bolts through the busy sidewalks filled with people. The officer continues behind him and radios in but is slowly losing track. “We have a 10-43 requesting backup on Yawkey way.” Donny has a 100 foot gap on the enervated officer. Donny reaches the street corner and makes the split-second decision to turn the corner only to collide with an ongoing pedestrian. They both collide hard and fall to the ground. It takes a few seconds for Donny to process what just happened and as he gets up to start running again, the man stops. “I’m sorry kid”, the man says, “Nice Bruins shirt.” Donny can hear the sounds of the sirens in the distance. “Thanks” Donny mutters, “I gotta go otherwise I’m screwed.” There…

I began to incorporate many more vegetables and began to look at what I was using when I cooked. I began to become more conscious of what I was putting into my body and how it would have a direct affect on me. I started using tofu and soybean based products as meat substitutes. I think that when many people think of going vegetarian they automatically assume it will be too hard or too expensive and that is not the case. There are vegetarian alternatives to everything you could want from bacon to…

The effects of the plot of the stolen generations. During the years between 1905 and 1969 aboriginal and Torres strait islander children were forcibly taken from their families and put in government institutions or missions where many were abused mentally, physically and sexually. Poor living conditions were also common, and most children grew up almost entirely without affection or knowing that their parents even existed. This resulted in one of the biggest losses of culture in human history,…

Effects of the Stolen Generation negatively impacted the lives of Indigenous Australians. During the period of 1910-1970 Indigenous children were taken from their families and moved away in hopes to end the ‘Aboriginal Problem’. Aboriginal women were to reproduce with white men, creating ‘half-castes’. Whilst away from their families they experienced many levels of abuse and were forced to take on white attributes. After these happenings, the experiences the members of the Stolen Generations…

Between 1910-1970, many Indigenous children were removed from their families due to government policies back then. The generations of children that have been removed under the policies are known as the Stolen Generations which till this very day, trauma and loss are still felt from Indigenous communities, families and individuals. The Stolen Generation greatly impacted on Indigenous families as it greatly removed several generations. This left the Indigenous oral culture and the cultural…

What sort of impact did the film have? Political: The former national Liberal leader John Hewson stated: ‘John Howard and his ministry should, as a matter of compulsion, take the first opportunity to see and discuss the movie Rabbit Proof Fence. And, not just because of this move, they should immediately say "Sorry!" along with, and on behalf of, the rest of us.' Did the film have an affect on you personally? Ie.) Did it change your way of thinking at all about Australia and/or being an…

The given extract is a speech delivered by Stan Grant on Racism and Australian dream in 2016 at Ethics Centre, Sydney, Australia. He primarily targets the audience belonging to Australia. With the use sarcastic and confronting tone speaker expresses his disappointment and serve his purpose to inform the audience about the historical brutality suffered by the aborigines with the use rhetorical questions, anaphora, and juxtaposition. Stan Grant at the start of his speech uses rhetorical question…

made up of many racist players. Jackie Robinson had a difficult time, with all the racist comments he received. He could not fight them because he would be kicked off the team. While play on the Monarchs, Jackie Robinson had a very good batting average and stolen base Percentage (Obias). Because of his stats, it caught a Major League Baseball manager’s eye. His name was Branch Rickey (Swaine). Branch Rickey was the manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey was the only person who saw Jackie’s…

the loss of my loved ones, where everyone in Australia says sorry. February 13th 2008, a day that is sure to go down in history being the first of hopefully many days where everyone that has wronged us can apologise. It is difficult, trying to forgive for all of the horrible things they have done, and are still doing. Around 10 years ago I used a company to try find my siblings and biological parents, I had no memory of my aboriginal name so nothing came up. I pray that all of my family are…

This is further backed by the animal’s national flag being a plethora of arrows deviating from a single point, supporting the Rabbits’ role as vehement expansionists. In addition, the quote “…they stole our children,” appears within the book, which serves as a direct reference to the Stolen Generation, a devious act conducted by the British government to “destroy the native, but save the man.” The novel serves as an ever-evolving recount of Australia’s journey in history, which both arouse and…