Rational

I would like to focus my article on Australian beach culture, because I think it is a good representation of Australia. I think beach culture is a good thing because it invites all ages, groups and races to become involved. It represents the easy-going, and laid-back lifestyle that most people think of when Australia comes to mind. I would like to use Noosa as my example of Australian beach culture because at any one time you have surfers, families, teens, elderly, lifeguards, fishermen and tourists all in the one area having a good time. I will use quotes from an elderly couple that have been coming to Noosa  for the last 30 years and now have semi-retired there. They will say how well it represents what they think it means to be Australian. Australian beach culture encourages a healthy, fit lifestyle that all should strive for, and I will include this in my article. I will use the positioning techniques Language Choice, Point of view, Imagery and Repetition to help form my article. 

Homework Questions (The Surfer)

How does the author represent the Australian sea? Explain the words or phrases that 

led you to this conclusion.

    Bondi Rescue represents the Australian Sea as Something that can be fun however it can also be 

extremely dangerous. The clips that made me form this opinion are the ones of the families 

having a fun time swimming and building sandcastles, then the ones of people who have 

drowned and are being resuscitated or have fallen and grazed their knees.  

What type of person do you think this poem was written about?

I think this poem is written about a person who is probably a strong swimmer. The phrases ‘…

Muscle of arm thrust down long muscle of water…’, and ‘…How his brown strength…’ are what 

lead me to this conclusion.

How is the representation in The Surfer either similar or different to those texts that we 

have already discussed in class? Use at least one other test to compare/contrast. 

The representation created in the surfer is very violent. The image created is almost as if the sea 

is alive and it concentrates very much on the sea itself rather than the swimmer. This contrasts 

to Clancy the overflow as the outback is made out to be a very peaceful happy place and the 

representation concentrates more on Clancy himself rather than the outback as it is Clancy’s 

actions that give us the representation of the outback and not just the description of the outback.

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Country in “Clancy the overflow’ is represented in a positive light unlike ‘My Brilliant Career’. This is because Clancy the overflow is written about Clancy, a man, where as Miles Franklin, the author of my brilliant career, is a woman and it has been written from a woman’s perspective. This changes the image that is created of the country in both pieces as most jobs in the country are considered ‘male’ roles leaving the women stuck at home. The positive representation AB Patterson creates in Clancy the overflow describes him outside droving, doing something he loves and having fun whilst doing it. The negative representation Miles Franklin creates in my brilliant career describes her feeling trapped, dreaming about going places and meeting people and getting an education. The representations are very different as one creates and mage of the country being free, happy and a great place to be (Clancy the overflow),  and the other creates the image of being trapped and wanting to escape to be able to live life to the fullest.  

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