... , "loved like an only child," is a symbol for Poland, the homeland of the persona's father. His powerful, almost familial, kinship with his homeland shows his choice to not accept Australian culture, but instead to seek comfort in his own world. This attachment, as the audience is told that the poet's father has, "swept its [the garden's] paths ten times around ... 's Gallic Warforgot his first Polish word." The Polish language is a motif for belonging in his father's world. The persona has begun to lose touch with his culture, and has chosen to assimilate to Australian culture. He is mov...

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... stories, in fact it would probably be impossible for the stories to exist without such a strong connection to family. This is a wonderfully Australian trait. The culture gap between Amy's strict Pentecostal family and Jack and his mother is not only observable, however one of the only places in the ... world where you might find the two families living in the same street, would be in Australia. To an Australian, this may well read as ... walk the line of myth and reality, and tend to be deficient in the classic beginning, middle, and end structure. Malouf stories are saturated in Austra...

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Japanese Society and Culture The nature of Japanese society and their way of living is similar and different in some aspects as opposed to Australian society. Many areas that influence or maintains order in society can be portrayed through the families, teenagers, school, roles ... As the world war II ended, families have become less formal and more democratic, therefore children are given much greater freedom. In contrast to Australian families, there is somewhat more flexibility regarding their children and allow them to have freedom, but for the well-being and protection of their ... in th...

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... weren't completely one of them. Yet because my grandparents were born in Italy we weren't completely Australian."(marchetta 7). Josephine was not fond of her Italian ethnicity. She viewed her Italian culture and traditions as a barrier that separated her from society. "I think if it comes down to ... from Glebe as far as these people are concerned." (marchetta 167). As Josephine spent more time with her nonna, she began to see her culture as a gift; something that differentiated her from everyone else. "Well, I'm not sure whether everyone in this country will ever understand multicultural...

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... dangerous to stereotype any group of people, it must be accepted that we, as Australians, share common characteristics which are unique to our people. While the stereotypical qualities of the Australian identity - such as the country lifestyle, family values, mateship and sport - that are evident in the film Gallipoli still exist today, they have inevitably evolved to form new variations ... of their old meanings. As a result of the numerous, continuing and significant changes to our nation and lifestyle - including immigration, urbanisation multiculturalism, and our seemingly endless a...

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... 15 years older than she was and with whom she had been forced into a marriage with. When they did reach Australia, the way that the Australian women behaved and their attitudes to men shocked Josie's grandmother. Josie understands that her Nonna's early years were fraught with difficulty and loneliness, as she ... traditions of the Italian community have refused to die in Josie's family and she often questions some of the particular on-going ways. She says "culture is nailed into you so deep you can't escape it". Josie's journey of discovery essentially teaches her not to be ashamed of wh...

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... analysis of multi-cultural Australia and the struggles that each generation of immigrants has with finding their place in Australian society and defining their identity. Josephine, Christina, Nonna Katia and in fact all of the characters have a story to tell about culture in Australian society." - Melinda Marchetta 2. As a set text for "discovery" Josephine is on a journey of discovery. The year for her is ... ...

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... to a reader from the sixties, is due to the vast ideological differences in societies concepts of how women should behave in comparison to the entrenched system of patriarchy that dominated Australian Anglo-Saxon society up to the late sixties and early seventies. From the seventies change began when patriarchy was challenged by women's movements and individuals such as Germaine Greer. In ... 1971, Greer's book The Female Unich focused on women's issues and rights helping women to challenge many of the patriarchal views long held by Australian society. Many women began to campaign for e...

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... throughout her final year at High School. Josie struggles to be fully emancipated through her relationships with friends, relationships with family and her culture and traditions. These events fulfill her search. Josie discovers her identity and emancipation throughout her relationships with her friends. The friends that impact ... realization of these events is a big enforcement to Josie's emancipation. Josie's identity and emancipation are dependent on her family culture and traditions. Events of her culture and traditions are tomato day, having to go to Nonna's house every day and di...

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... examines the changing perspectives between a father and son. At first he son could not understand the physical nature of his father, the hardships that he has endured, or the Polish Culture that he hangs onto. As time passes and the child grows and matures, his perspective of his father changes. The quotes "I never once heard him complain about work, weather of ... that of the father when looking at his son. He feels that his son is slowly detaching from him. As the father hangs onto his Polish culture, his son is slowly conforming to the new Australian way of life. The poet uses the ad...

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The 'Happiest Refugee' is a coming of age autobiography of Australian comedian Anh Do. The exiting and thrilling book highlights key elements of Do's life featuring both his darkest days and his happiest hours. Anh and his family were faced with ... over his problems to become a better human being. Being stranded on a boat in the middle of the sea, having an abusive and not being able to fit in to the culture are three of the events in Anh's life that he has hurdled over....

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Contrast the effect that the cultural influences of Australian society in the 1930's and 1940's had upon the development of both Davy and Jack Meredith. To grow up during the years when there was war and depression would have ... lives. Having this background told to us, later in the story when the Second World War is at its beginnings, we can see how Davy feels he has betrayed the culture that formed him. Unlike the stereotypical Jack-who follows his fathers footsteps and desires to play war hero, Davy chooses a safer role-that of a war correspondent. During the era in ... ...

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... . However, the reality of a family in actual situation is not idealistic, issues like family violence, parenting, gender roles, ageing always exist. The crime of family violence is widespread in the Australian community. A survey indicated that violence was in one out of three households (Family court of Australia). The violence could be physical, emotional neglect, economic, verbal abuse, sexual assault, or even ... outlining the requirements for a good family, or members of the family, we also define some of the criteria for good citizenship. As "moral beings", defined either by wester...

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... contaminating the land. In modern China it is common for three generations of the one family to live together in the one unit or flat the size of an average Australian house that accommodates only one generation. This causes privacy issues because with so many people living together in a small apartment there will often be no time to ones- self. The ... the selling of girls to rural families because girls can help out around the house and become married to their son. The one-child policy is an interference to China's culture. In the past families have preferred more children because the...

• Word Count: 740
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School