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Textual event or incident Vocabulary used to help construct the character. Language forms, features and structures used to narrate the event or incident. Symbols and significance
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Garys role as a team member in the Australian rules final Fishing with his dad Provoking the siblings about television Attending the do after the final Garys mateship with Darcy
gallivanting (p.112)
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Darcy is a substitute father for Gary Darcy is a role model for Gary Silence is pivotal to Australian male conversation
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Spending time with Cathy Attending Dumby Reds funeral Painting over racist graffiti
Long road and many obstacles towards reconciliation Only non-Indigenous attendant
Worksheet 8
Character matrix: The construction of Mr Blacks character in Phillip Gwynnes Deadly Unna?
Textual event or incident Dad drinking at the pub. Stereotype and behaviour used Mr. Black drinks, therefore is a drunk, therefore he must be a dead-beat dad. Vocabulary used to describe stereotype Effect on the responder
Take sides with Gary who becomes the unloved hero Dont like/respect Dad but feel sympathy towards Mrs. Black, Gary and other children
Violence
Racism
What is the effect on the responder? Does the use of stereotypes in Deadly Unna? such as Indigenous males are good at sport appear to be just another form of racism? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Questions: 1. Do you think that the reader will have the impression that All Indigenous people are the same from reading this text? 2. Why might grouping all Aboriginals in together be offensive?
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If Phillip Gwynne wants to teach against racism, why does he have the Indigenous character of Dumby as a good sportsman and a criminal and why does this Aboriginal character have to die for his actions? Is this a racist ideology or just a misguided effort?
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2. Using the lists you have just created, consider the options which may be said to be present in creating meaning in the novel. Complete the following table using the given example to guide you. Gary Black unsure Dumby Red confident
3. Do you find that these options give you the entire picture of the main characters? How might they be represented in a different light? List three things that Gary might be criticised for: a) b) c) 4. List three things that Gary might be admired for: d) e) f) Try doing this activity for: 1. Mr Black 2. Mrs Black 3. Mr Robertson 4. Pickles 5. Clarence 6. Teamman