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Mind Map by Isaac Lim, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lance Sy Lato
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Copied by Isaac Lim
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The Massacre
- Weapons
- The blacks, despite trying
to combat the attack of
the whites, are powerless
against them
- "was beginning the coil of his body to launch
(the spear), but there was a shot and he
gasped like a man about to sneeze"
- although the blacks may be more prepared to fight in terms of
strength, the whites are more cunning on the way they fight,
eventually leading all of the blacks to get killed
- 'coil' creates the image of a tight spring, 'launch'
highlights the explosive force required to launch
the spear; when complemented with each other
an image of the black mustering all the strength
he needs to hurl the spear is created
- conjunction 'but'
- although the blacks may be more prepared to fight in terms of
strength, the whites are more cunning on the way they fight,
eventually leading all of the blacks to get killed
- "was beginning the coil of his body to launch
(the spear), but there was a shot and he
gasped like a man about to sneeze"
- The blacks, despite trying
to combat the attack of
the whites, are powerless
against them
- Tactics
- The whites were more
cunning in their battle
techniques preferring to
ambush the aboriginals
instead of charging them
head on
- Alternatively, the
idea of them being
reptilian could point
to them being like
snakes.
- Snakes are portrayed to
be deceitful and cunning;
they use stealth and
strategy to get to their
opponents
- Snakes are portrayed to
be deceitful and cunning;
they use stealth and
strategy to get to their
opponents
- “In the first dim light, the men slid
over the side of the Hope and waded
to the shore… The blacks had heard
them long ago on the river, in spite of
all their efforts to be quiet.”
- The adverb “slid” brought about a slimy
and reptilian image of the men crawling
over the boat to get onto shore. This
adverb is effective in describing the
movement because it uses imagery to
convey an image of the men moving with
stealth.
- The adverb “slid” brought about a slimy
and reptilian image of the men crawling
over the boat to get onto shore. This
adverb is effective in describing the
movement because it uses imagery to
convey an image of the men moving with
stealth.
- Alternatively, the
idea of them being
reptilian could point
to them being like
snakes.
- The movements of
being undercover
and evasion is also
mimicked by the
aborigines shown
when
- “Thornhill got the gun up at his
shoulder but he was too slow
again. The place where the boy
had been was empty, only the
trees looking back at him.”
- The personification of the “trees
looking back at him.” can be read by
the audience as a suggestion of
mockery where the trees are looking
down at him as if he was a failure.
- Culture clash implied as
tactics are different:
whites have original tactics
and blacks use their tactics
against them
- Culture clash implied as
tactics are different:
whites have original tactics
and blacks use their tactics
against them
- The personification of the “trees
looking back at him.” can be read by
the audience as a suggestion of
mockery where the trees are looking
down at him as if he was a failure.
- “Thornhill got the gun up at his
shoulder but he was too slow
again. The place where the boy
had been was empty, only the
trees looking back at him.”
- However the
whites were also
charging
straight and
- “surround(ing) a
humpy (and) were
breaking it apart
with the butts of
their guns.”
- The “humpy” which was a small
temporary shelter made from bark and
tree branches, was the place where the
aborigines were residing within. The
plain, blunt use of the verb “breaking”
plainly displays their commitment to end
the threat for which the blacks had
posed by not moving away when asked.
There was no difference when the two
sides went face to face.
- The “humpy” which was a small
temporary shelter made from bark and
tree branches, was the place where the
aborigines were residing within. The
plain, blunt use of the verb “breaking”
plainly displays their commitment to end
the threat for which the blacks had
posed by not moving away when asked.
There was no difference when the two
sides went face to face.
- “surround(ing) a
humpy (and) were
breaking it apart
with the butts of
their guns.”
- Both sides were
- “Running with a
spear up at (their)
shoulder(s)” and
“hit(ting each other)
on the back with
clubs.”
- The imagery created by these quotes
are barbaric where both sides have
complete disregard for human life
and just want to get rid of each other
for good.
- The imagery created by these quotes
are barbaric where both sides have
complete disregard for human life
and just want to get rid of each other
for good.
- “Running with a
spear up at (their)
shoulder(s)” and
“hit(ting each other)
on the back with
clubs.”
- The whites were more
cunning in their battle
techniques preferring to
ambush the aboriginals
instead of charging them
head on
- Social Hireachy
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