from a child intelligence and character and eventual greatness.
Sally Morgan expresses at one point in her reading "My Place" that she only had one .
goal during her high schooling which was to leave school. Sally's mother had hopes .
that her daughter would achieve brilliance and believed she had "too much talent to .
waste" (page 88) and therefore would not allow this leaving to occur. Her mother .
wished for her daughter and her siblings "to have a good education and to "get on in .
the world"" (page 88) with desired professions such as a doctor. Sally found her only .
interests lie in art, and wanted to make a difference through painting and drawing. .
According to her mother this was not an acceptable occupation to strive for and Sally .
was strongly advised against becoming an artist, with reason that "there's no future in .
it"(page 96). Sally's school art teacher also ridiculed her artwork in front of the class, .
and the combination of this and her family's advice drove her to give up drawing and .
proceed to burn all her paintings. This saddened Sally very much as she believed that .
"drawing was her only talent" (page 97). .
Sally Morgan is now currently a well-known artist famous for her aboriginal artwork, .
proving that aspirations and dreams are never to be out of reach or unrealistic, if you .
have the intelligence to believe in it, and the character to strive for it. .
The character through which Vera Brittain expressed in her biography entitled .
"Testament of Youth" was one that held a feminist attitude toward life. In a .
world were greatness was only achieved through aspiring to be "the first one engaged" .
Brittain too, like Morgan wanted to achieve something that was ridiculed by her .
peers. Brittain's attendance to her schooling institution of Saint Monicas she believed .
did not equip her with the knowledge she desired to continue to tertiary study, as it .
was "regarded by many of the parents who patrionised it as a means of equipping girls .