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Civilization is often seen under a positive light and associated with progress, order, and morality ;however, there are many negative aspects to civilization as well, especially seen thorough the eyes of a female settler. In Susanna Moodie's memoir, Roughing it in the Bush, symbols, diction, and figurative language are used to paint a picture of the perceived wilderness and this in turn shows her views on civilization and address the Victorian, European settler perception of nature as a double edged sword. Her descriptions and use of characters as symbols give the readers a window into the life of a female settler and her experiences of wilderness, civilization, and culture shock.
In Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush, her representations of the characters gave readers insight on what each person represented as well as her impression of them. Brian is shown as both a representation of nature and how the wilderness can taint civilization. Brian encapsulates the essence of Victorian views of nature. On one hand, he is kind and benevolent, often bringing Susanna the gift of milk, but on...
The repetition of the word, 'bush' in, " Bush all round - bush with no horizon.." creates a vivid visual image of the bush setting and emphasises the loneliness experienced by the drover's wife and her family. The family's loneliness is reinforced in, "...The everlasting, maddening sameness ...longs a man to break away and travel as far a way as trains can go...". This juxtaposes the traditional perception of the bush,which is that of beauty and pleasure, and depicts a tedious environment incapable of nurturing curious thought,an another hardship on the family. This is ironic as this iconic story symbolises Australia, it does this by portraying the country side in a negative light. Therefore, the harsh environment highlights the determination of Australians in the face of
‘The Drover’s Wife’ opens with a vivid visual image of the house which becomes a character in itself, the lexical word chain “round timber, slabs, and stringy bark, and floored with split slabs” shows us the poor, rough materials used to build only what is necessary to survive. Thus, we can visualise the simplistic nature of the lives the drover’s wife and her children live in their environment. Strong visual imagery is employed to depict the landscape; “Bush all round – bush with no horizon, for the country is flat. No ranges in the distance… No undergrowth”. The repetition of “no” emphasises the lack of distinguishing features, the land is monotonous and contains “nothing to relieve the eye”. The environment is isolated; they are alone “There is nothing to see, however, and not a soul to meet”. This helps the audience to develop an understanding of the isolation and loneliness of Australians living in the bush during the Colonial
Max Oelschlaeger is an American ecological philosopher and works with the Center for Environmental Philosophy at the University of North Texas. Besides The Idea of Wilderness, Caring for Creation and The Environmental Imperative are two of his other books. The Idea of Wilderness won the Texas Institute of Letters’ 1991 Carr P. Collins Award and the 1998 San Antonio Conservation Society award. Oelschlager argues that the change of the idea of nature to the idea of wilderness has changed through the writings of environmentalist, scientist and that religion has played a huge impact on how we view and understand our relationship to nature. He hopes that humans realize their relationship with nature and learns to appreciate what nature has to offer. Oelschlaeger uses more archaeology evidence and reports and other works written by environmentalist and theologists.
Distinct visuals have been created in the minds of the responders through ‘Henry Lawson’s’ two well known short stories, ‘The Drover’s Wife’ and ‘In A Dry Season’; these visuals of isolation, stoicism and the struggle to survive in the harsh rural Australian outback through Lawson’s use of sibilance, misjudgement, symbolism, third person narration and also complex word choice. In contrast John Constable of the visual The ‘Flatford Mill’ has used bright colours, brushstrokes, positioning and also symbolism to create the distinct visuals of tranquillity, serenity and freedom in this text.
Lewis, David Rich. Neither Wolf Nor Dog: American Indians, Environment, and Agrarian Change. 1994. Google Books. Web. http://books.google.com/books?id=P7UakZd-7boC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=ute+cosmology&source=bl&ots=5_0s_TT4y8&sig=BSdu9GekkFh5u_et9c0yzbOgzTU&hl=en&ei=DkXNTrfHIo--tgevkolj&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ute%20cosmology&f=false
An exposed and desolate house set in the untamed outback is the setting of ‘The Drover’s Wife’. Lawson describes the two-roomed house as being “built of stringy bark”. Similarly, he identifies the environment around the house, such as “bushes… of rotten native apple-trees” and a “waterless creek”. Lawson further explains the surroundings and her isolation in this quote “Bush all round- bush with no horizon…the country is flat”, here Lawson has used the word “no horizon” to state that there is nothing in the distance. This allows the reader to visualize the bush as being clear, flat and empty. These quotes demonstrate that the family is poor and lives a difficult life because the house is made of stringy bark; this offers discomfort and no protection
Throughout the story, Lawson sufficiently shows responders the visual image of the experiences the “old man” encounters drastically shapes Lawson’s theme of hardships within the Australian bush. The use of vernacular and idiomatic language is the reflection of the harshness of the bush on the characters, as it also has the purpose of propelling the comedic element of the narrative, “come on, Brummy, yer ain’t as bad as yer might be… since yer slipped yer mind.” Lawson demonstrates the distinctively visual elements through the use of figurative language, as the audience feels a sense of pathos for the character’s friend’s death. Through the distinctively visual, Lawson thoroughly shows the readers that spending too much in the outback can cause disoriented and eccentric behaviour. The persona inevitably speaks in a monologic fashion to his dog “as though he understood English”, which further enhances Lawson’s character’s eccentric behaviour. The imagery of the “dried to a mummy by the intense heat of the western summer”, demonstrates to the audience the distinctly visual image of what the corpse would look like. Lawson effectively shown the audience the distinctively visual of what the harshness of the bush in “The Bush
The exploration group was welcome to take a shot at the three reservations, and tribal resolutions were acquired before application for financing. Admonitory sheets on every reservation gave oversight and affirmed all polls and methods. Last regards from tribal governments were gotten before meetings started. Composed reports, for example, this one were perused and sanction by consultative sheets preceding being submitted for production. Among the assentions made with the taking an interest tribes was the state of tribal secrecy. A long time of scientist misuse have made suspicion and alert among American Indian countries concerning reservation issues and issues (Deloria 1969; 1991). At times, unreliable exploration has brought about negative
A land has many aspects to it, it’s made up of seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall. There are trees, waving grasses, rolling hills, parched deserts, lush forests and more. The land is moody, inconsistent, and prone to fits of temperament and few characters aside from Alexandra seem to understand the meaning and beauty of such an inhospitable display of behavior. The land can affect the way we feel and act. While reading Willa Cather 's, “O Pioneers” the story introduces a family of Swedish immigrants farming in Nebraska. The Bergson 's family faces the same difficult struggles as other homesteaders, but Alexandra Bergson is determined as ever to see what the land has to offer. After her father dies, she takes up the challenge of making the farm a viable enterprise while other immigrant families are leaving their land
not want to listen to him. She disobeyed him and she had to face the
Whatever mild irritation she had about losing her train of thought was instantly forgotten when she looked over to see why. The large seats offered plenty of space - at least to someone Alison's side - but the man who settled in beside her looked like he could barely be contained, and his rugged appearance at once prompted her angular, dark brows to shoot up in curiosity. She found herself drawn to his mouth as he spoke, then she batted her thick lashes and looked up to his eyes as they showed an endless delight when he motioned to the
Pioneer living conditions for women are definitely not easy. Being a woman, you are expected to take care of the children of the family, feed the family, clothe the family, clean the home, and cook for the family and hired hands. To me, this seems like a full time job for sure, especially when dealing with limited resources. Social events that were available to pioneer women and their families included barn raisings, corn husking, political meetings for the area, school functions, and more such as church meetings.
In this essay I will consider the roles of city and country in three short stories; Water Them Geraniums by Henry Lawson, Short-Shift Saturday by Gavin Casey, and Trees Can Speak by Alan Marshall. I will argue through contributing to character development, they provide insight into the construction of contempory Australian identity. In Water Them Geraniums the outback is shown to be an emasculating force, particularly for women, that strips away their humanity until they function in a mechanical way to survive off the land. In Short-Shift Saturday the narrator is a product of an inherited colonial culture and imagines that it is the alien landscape and culture in which he lives that is the agent of his suffering. In reality, the countryside is used as a device to allow pathetic fallacy, reflecting the emotional state of the main protagonist. In Trees Can Speak the main character is the personification of the land and demonstrates the desirable state of being in harmony with the bush. I will put forward that across these three stories, the relationship between the characters and their environment is used to chart a period of progression from English myths and ideals onto the emergence of an Australian identity.
Roughing it in the Bush is a story that chronicles the hardships and triumphs faced by early settlers in Northern Canada. Susanna Moodie creates vivid portraits of through the way she stresses the degradation relating her status as a gentlewoman, the necessity for manual labour in a new world, and the discrepancy between refined society and the pioneer community. Relaying a cautionary tale, Susanna Moodie uses a straightforward prose filled with hyperbolized descriptions that show a negative bias influenced by her personal hardships and way of life to inform potential emigrants about the realities of living in the bush and to forewarn readers that the pioneer life is not suited towards the upper class and rather, is detrimental to their economic and social status.