Cultural Identity & Injustice in Australia: White Man, Dark Man by Oodgeroo Noonuccle, Quizzes of English Language

Download Cultural Identity & Injustice in Australia: White Man, Dark Man by Oodgeroo Noonuccle and more Quizzes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 1 DEFINITION 1 Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen my name is Samuel and I am here to show you why White man, Dark Man by Oodgeroo Noonuccle should be in the anthology of social justice and protest poetry. Teenagers dont use poetry to show their thoughts and feelings, but use songs to express themselves. White Man, Dark Man By Odgeroo Noonuccle is a thought provoking story about the English taking over Australia and contributes to the development of cultural identity. TERM 2 2 DEFINITION 2 The first Fleet arrived in Australia in 1788, with English convicts, guards and farmers. With their technology and culture, they forced Aboriginals to work as slaves for them. Between 1788 and 1920, over 190,000 Aboriginals were killed. TERM 3 3 DEFINITION 3 This is due to either the English bringing diseases that werent in Australia before they had arrived, as well as colonists who systematically killed others. The First Fleet brought a culture much different to Aboriginal culture, a culture that included guns and racism driven hatred. TERM 4 4 DEFINITION 4 Oodgeroo Noonuccal is an Australian Poet and a political activist. Odgeroo has published over 160 poems, and was the first Aboriginal woman to publish a book. She was motivated to make this poem because of her cultural history and the ruthless takeover of Australia that started in 1788. She wanted to inform the generation of youth about the culture and social science they were born into, and how it was forced upon the Aboriginal society. TERM 5 5 DEFINITION 5 The emotion expressed throughout the poem is the white man and how he provides examples of why they helped the Aborginal people with democracy, social science and their religion. Abo man, we, have brought you, our social science, and you we have taught, our white democracy. This shows the white mans thoughts that they provided Aboriginals with their culture, a culture the white men believes to be better. This poem was also made to create anger towards the English for the ruthless takeover of Australia. TERM 6 6 DEFINITION 6 Alliteration is another example of a sound device, and can be seen when the white man says Big bad bunyip and his bellow! This helps build smooth stanzas and impacts the poem by focusing the readers attention towards that particular section of the verse. TERM 7 7 DEFINITION 7 White man, Dark man is made in a way that provides ideas as to why white men took over Australia, and forced their culture upon the rightful owners of the land. But as the poem continues, it shuts these ideas down as the Aboriginal man provides reasons as to why they were better without the whites society. Each stanza is told from a different perspective, either the white man or the Aboriginal man, with 4 stanzas all together. TERM 8 8 DEFINITION 8 It using a rhyming technique to capture the audiences attention by rhyming the first verse in each stanza with the last, as well as the second line with the 3rd. For example, Abo man, we, to you have brought, our social science, and you we have taught, our white democracy. This influences the flow by creating smooth stanzas. TERM 9 9 DEFINITION 9 The Dreaming, an Aboriginal collection of stories that tells how the world was made, is compared to as Christianity by using a metaphor. The white man describes aboriginal people as only having Biami, and Big Bad Bunyip and his bellow. This is a part of the dreaming story tales. The aboriginal man then go on to describe that the white man had Jesus Christ. TERM 10 10 DEFINITION 10 Poor black-fellow, all you ever had, was ancestor Biama, except for big bad bunyip and his bellow White fellow, true, your had more for pride, you had Jesus Christ, But him you crucified, and still do. This shows the reader the two viewpoints of the cultures, and helps make an impact on the poem as a whole.