To be a True Blue Aussie you have to have a mate because “You've to have a mate,” as verbalized by poet Dave Butler in 2013. For in Aussie culture, a mate is a person whose actions speak louder than their words. In Australia, being a mate is a value that is held in the highest respect. This value is portrayed in the film The Castle that is on an authentic Aussie family story. In this film, mateship is put to the constraints to preserve the memories within one castle. In the movie, The Castle mateship is portrayed in minuscule acts of kindness to large acts of intrepidity. A more diminutive act of mateship is when Dale goes and optically discerns his brother Wayne who is in jail every Monday. Every Monday no matter what? This might be considered brotherhood by some but not every brother would go and see the black sheep …show more content…
Mateship is a value and important part of attitude towards others that lasts forever and ever, like the Anzacs. The Anzacs are the originals of mateship because of their compassion to defend each other's backs. For these reasons, all Australians are still proud to say that the Anzacs fought for Australia and for their mates. They rest in Australians hearts today in harmony and peace. They fought hard, defended each other's backs and they appreciated that they could always turn to each other for a shoulder to lean on. A shoulder to cry on. A shoulder to bestow their fondness of memories with. This true form of mateship is visually exposed by a character called Lawrence, a lawyer in the movie The Castle. Laurie becomes a mate after a five minute conversation with Darryl in the movie. Now that is what, you call a true blue Aussie. His hand of compassion was out there waiting to be prehended by someone. This value could only be seen as by few and one of those few was Darryl Kerrigan. As soon as their hands, Laurie answered the call like any mate
Inside the group of mate-ship held by the boys at black-rock the truth about the death of Tracey is withheld information and was quoted to not be spoken about. “I don’t wanna hear names, just zip it alright”. People outside of the group, e.g. Police Officers, general public urge the boys, particularly Jared, to tell the truth. But to no avail, with his friendship with Ricko and the boys in Jeopardy he continues to lie about the issue to all those around. This poses the sense of consensus that all the boys in the group unanimously agree to ‘back each other up’. In ‘Property Of The Clan’ personification is used immensely to provide personal meaning to the boys in the group. In particular, the word ‘Mate’ is used excessively as a sense of belonging. This is notably used by Ricko. Often ‘Mate’ is highlighted as a tool of blackmail to Jared. "They're your mates. Forget about it”. His use of the ‘Mate’ reminds him that he belongs to the clan and must heed to there calls despite constant outside pressure from family and authority. Throughout the duration of the play the pressure grows exceedingly too strong for Jared to handle and even though he is hesitant to want to lose his mates he feels as though as he should tell the truth, and does so. "I'm not a dobber, but I had to tell someone”. Jared shows great courage in breaking out of this negative sense of mate-ship and coming
Australia has the terrible condition of having an essentially pointless and prefabricated idea of “Aussiness” that really has no relation to our real culture or the way in which we really see ourselves. We, however subscribe to these stereotypes when trying to find some expression of our Australian identity. The feature film, The Castle, deals with issues about Australian identity in the 1990’s. The film uses techniques like camera shots, language and the use of narration to develop conflict between a decent, old fashioned suburban family, the Kerrigans and an unscrupulous corporation called Airlink. Feature films like The Castle are cultural products because they use attitudes, values and stereotypes about what it means to be Australian.
Having no brothers and growing up in a household full of women, I often sought out brotherhood in any possible way, whether that is in the form of schoolhouse friends, teammates, or fellow soldiers...
The representation of mateship in Blackrock challenges the popular ideas held by Australian society towards it. The play’s negative representation of mateship reshapes the reader or viewers attitude towards it. The boundaries of
This bond of friendship helps the men of Alpha Company survive on a day to day basis. They rely on each other for entertainment to drone out the monotony of the days. With hours and hours of marching and no action the men need a release or the boredom would drive them crazy. An example of this is “Kiowa teaching a rain dance to Rat Kiley and Dave Jensen, the thre...
The article written by Diane Kirkby “Beer, Glorious Beer”: Gender Politics and Australian Popular Culture, is focused on the gender inequalities on the alcohol drinking of beer by the male and female sex roles. Author Cyril Pearl stated ‘Beer is a religion in Australia’ in 1969. This article shows that masculinity is proven to be to dominant gender due to for some time, only the males where allowed to drink beer and drink in the pubs. In colonial Australia in the twentieth century mostly woman were the ones to manage and work at the pubs, However woman also enjoyed their beer but drinking beer has been advertised to be a masculine beverage. Australian pubs goal was to primary sell beer to the males, Pub culture had become what it meant to be an Australian male considered to be boorish,
The Australian people and the way live are not as different as one might think. They do some different ways of living, and different ways of believing, but one thing they are not is negative or mean. Most live a happy modest life, most are happy and want everyone around them to be as happy as they are. They have had their difficulties but always come back on top. The Australians diverse way of looking at life has shown that they truly are what they seem to be friendly, down to earth and very conscientious about their way of living truly sets them a side from most places in the world.
The Australian people and the way live are not as different as one might think. They do some different ways of living, and different ways of believing, but one thing they are not is negative or mean. Most live a happy, modest life, most are happy and want everyone around them to be as happy as they are. They have had their difficulties, but always come back on top. The Australians diverse way of looking at life has shown that they truly are what they seem to be friendly, down to earth and very conscientious about their way of living truly sets them aside from most places in the world.
The director I will be exploring is Tim Burton, who is famous for his creepy, unusual, gothic take on fantasy, animated and horror films. An auteur is a director who is identified by and associated with the way they have put together their film. All of Tim Burton’s films have similar aspects that prove that he is an auteur and these can be seen through character, costume, style of movie, soundtrack; and camera, editing and audio technique. The two aspects of film I will be focusing on are visual language techniques and sound techniques which I will be comparing in the movies Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Sleepy Hollow (1999) to prove that Tim Burton is an auteur. Themes in both films. Points on his views on society
A distinguished cultural trait to Australia is often when female friends or friends of the opposite sex get together or meet, they will often hug each other followed by a kiss on the right cheek. Another thing unique to Australia is a subculture, group within its own unique values, norms and behaviors that exist within a larger culture, of the Australians who live in the Outback. Only a very small 10 percent of Aussies live in the Outback, mostly miners, sheep farmers or cattle herders, giving them a different way of life compared to those who live near the coast. Very similar to a subculture is a counterculture, a group that rejects the values, norms and practices of a larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns. An example of a counterculture in Australia is the Sharpies; the Sharpies are members of suburban youth gangs that were most prominent in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The Sharpies were most well known for their violence and for dressing sharp, hence the name of the
In ‘’The True Meaning of Friendship, What is it that makes a true friend?’’ Alex Lickerman explains the true meaning of friends are and he categorizes them in what makes them. The Japanese use the word kenzoku which means a non-related family. What draws people to become friends is the common interest that they both have. Another is the history. Something that both people going through the same experience. But most of the time if that is your only thing. You could lose or fail the friendship. The common interest is another one. Even though it is not strong to keep a friendship going it helps to start one. Equality is the last one in that section. Which means if one friend needs help another friend will be there for the help. He also talks about
La La Land is a musical romantic drama film released in 2016. The movie is written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starred by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as main actors. The film is about an inspiring actress called Mia and Sebastien a musician who is a jazz pianist. The two characters met and fall in love in Los Angeles.
The 10th Kingdom centers on a parallel universe where fairy tales have their kingdoms and are real. In an early scene, when a group of trolls travel through a transporting mirror to the real world, they declare this new land, upon first seeing New York City, as The 10th Kingdom, which explains the title. Although this film is considered many genres, such as romance comedy, science fiction, and adventure, one genre speaks the loudest: The 10th Kingdom fits in the fantasy genre because of its focus on multiple mystic lands and with the strong use of magic. Despite that a strong amount of science-fiction-specific elements exist, such as transporting through different dimensions through a magical mirror and an arrow that can redirect itself to
This is a movie about a professional killer, or "Cleaner", named Léon played by Jean Reno, and his unlikely interaction with a 12-year old girl, Mathilda played by Natalie Portman. Mathilda's family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Agents (DEA) lead by Agent Stansfield played by Gary Oldman. Agent Stansfield, is portrayed as a drug addict, mentally unstable and an overtly violent and corrupt law enforcement team leader.
From a young age, we learn what it means to have a friend. According to the Free Dictionary, friendship is by far more than just sharing time together. A true friendship