Edward (Ned) Kelly was an infamous Australian bushranger of Irish descent that lived from 1854 to 1880. Black Snake is one of many pieces of literature that has been written based on Ned Kelly’s life. Black Snake is a historical fiction novel based on non – fictional events. Black Snake shows different perspectives on what really happened, so the person could’ve slightly changed the story to back up their point of view. Carole Wilkinson is an award- winning Australian author. All throughout Australian history there has been a continual debate on whether Ned Kelly was a hero or a villain. This debate has good evidence for both sides, so it comes down to personal interpretation. In Black Snake, Wilkinson constructs Ned Kelly as a hero. She portrays …show more content…
The ways Wilkinson crafts Ned Kelly as a hero is through the dialogue she uses for her characters, the types of language her characters use and by also backing up her novel with historical evidence. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate how Carole Wilkinson crafts Ned Kelly to be a hero in Black Snake.
Dialogue is the language used in a conversation between two or more characters. A character’s speech in a novel can drastically affect the reader’s response. Dialogue helps readers to find out more information on a characters personality and values, it helps the story to advance and it helps the story have difference. In Black Snake, Carole Wilkinson uses dialogue to develop our knowledge on Ned Kelly. In Black Snake, many pieces of dialogue reveal vital information about Ned Kelly’s
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Throughout Black Snake, Ned Kelly is described, using language, in a variety of ways. Some people, such as Superintendent Hare, felt very strongly that Ned Kelly was a villain. “Ned Kelly was a flash ill-looking blackguard…. Notwithstanding all his boasted pluck and boasts, how game he would die” (Pg. 127, Wilkinson, 2002). Others, such as Ned Kelly’s mother (Ellen Kelly), felt very strongly that Ned Kelly was a hero and that police mistreatment towards him and his family was what drove him to become an outlaw. “Think what the police have done to me and mine, and then tell me if you wonder that the boys turned and smote the ones who had so persecuted them” (Pg. 128, Wilkinson, 2002) Others, such as Constable Richards of Euroa, feel that Ned Kelly did commit wrongdoings and did break the law, but he was standing up for people that were struggling and didn’t have a voice and helping those being mistreated. “He was a bushranger but he was the gamest man I ever saw” (Pg. 129, Wilkinson, 2002). The language techniques included in Black Snake are imagery and figurative language, language that can make a reader absorbed in a book and finally, colonial words correct to that time period. In Black Snake, many words are used that can be defined as imagery and figurative language. Imagery can be defined as the use of words to create a vivid mental
Throughout the centuries, there have been an infinite amount of literary works written by a sea of authors that write a variety of genres. All of these works are precious in their own way, and even if their theme is similar to that of another, the author always ads a bit of his/her own flare in order to make said literary creation unique in some way. William Wordsworth’s “London 1802” and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Douglass”, although quite similar in form and sentence structure, do add their own flare through the use of specific details. Through the use of these devices, the speakers show their disgust for the evil deeds humans do and
Ned Kelly was the leader of a lawbreaking group of criminals named the ‘Kelly Gang;’ a group established in 1876 that included Ned, his brother Dan, and their two friends Steve Hart and Joe Byrne. Ned was a significant figure in this gang;
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition, inspired, and success achieved- Helen Keller. By using the dialogue, an author can show you how their characters develop, whether they go from being horrible and mean to a respectable person, or vise versa. You get to know the conversations and listen to each of them talk, creating a voice for each one as you continue the story. The authors in “Lemon Tree Billiards House” and The House of the Scorpion use dialogue to develop their characters and the mood of their stories in the same way.
In contrast, by appearance of a horny sexual character, Joyce, viewers are positioned to see the danger of a woman as she rallies support which turns into a mob after she fails to proceed what she wants – sexual intercourse. However, the actions of main character, Edward, and the clothes worn him and more importantly, an awkward looks of him with scissors for hands positions the viewers to see him as a person who can't and never will fit in ordinary suburbia. Burton’s use of these characters is to convince viewer that whether conformity is good or bad, distinct individual is always to be left behind.
In the poem ‘Southern Cop,’ Sterling A. Brown uses an array of rhetorical devices to reiterate the poem’s purpose. One of the rhetorical devices he uses is parallel structure, which he uses to express the the other two rhetorical devices in a more expressive way. He also uses sarcasm throughout the poem to show the underlying harm being caused by the casual approach to the problem. . Brown also uses understatement, expressing the shooting of the negro as lesser than it should be taken (if it was real.) Sterling A. Brown uses these devices to express the poems purpose.
In Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, the nurse Miss Ratched is a fine example of a realistic fictional villain. Possession of three key components is essential in identifying what makes Miss Ratched a villian. Motive is what drives the villain to commit the very acts that allow them to be considered evil in the first place, and often drive their entire being as a character. While they must possess motive, they must also have a sense of morals that coincides with their motives (typically evil, or distorted) and follow their moral compass in a way that often causes trouble for those around them. Additionally, a villain is frequently associated with their opposite; the hero who combats them. Kesey’s character perfectly aligns with these three categories of what makes a villain, and it is unquestionable that she is the villain of the novel.
Black men in America are in a constant state of one-sided battling. It has become a never ending struggle where they must continuously fight the odds set against them. Ralph Ellison conveys this message in his short story “Battle Royal” using two main literary devices. Learned diction is Ellison’s main tool for demonstrating this fight, using it as both a method of describing the intensity of the character’s conflicts and as a weapon to defend himself in his own fight. The other device is the author’s extremely frequent use of overwrought similes. For how else is Ellison to compare the fight he and every other black man has faced than by comparing it to what anyone else would know?
Dialogue is very critical in writing since it can make the piece exciting, or it can fully extinguish the tone of your story
Ned was a victim for many reasons that were out of his control. He was victimised because he was raised in an Irish family and because he was the oldest male in his family he had to take up the role of his father and it would have been hard growing up with no role model. Almost all of the male members of his family were involved in crime. This forced Ned to become a criminal because the police thought of him as one of the Kelly family and a criminal. Ned grew up in an Irish family and his family were criminals this means for the rest of Ned’s life he would be victimised by the federal authorities. This makes Ned a victim of colonial society.
Additionally, Pathos is seen in Cose’s recognition that the history of the noose is a delicate subject. He acknowledges that “sick, benighted souls” have been killed by lynching. Cose explains that lynchings and hate crimes have been directed not only at blacks but also whites, Mexicans, and Asians.
Alex Haley shows how the treatment of African Americans was horribly scary, by using imagery. Alex Haley states, “ Our home was burning down around us. We were lunging and bumping and tumbling all over each other trying to escape. ” Alex Haley uses imagery to show to vividly the horrifying harassment the African Americans received. Alex Haley states, “ My father was a big, six-foot-four, very black man. He had only one eye. How he had lost the other one I have never known. ” Alex Haley uses imagery to show the audience clearly what happened that night and intrigue the audience.
Three innocent police officers by the names of Lonigan, Kennedy, and Scanlon were brutally murdered at Stringybark creek. Kelly and his gang are held responsible. Two widows, and nine children were left helpless by the hands of the Kelly’s. Ned Kelly was originally wanted for the attempted murder of Constable Fitzpatrick, and horse theft, but now he is wanted for murder. Accompanying him is Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne, and Steve Hart.
Toni Morrison's use of dialogue in the novel Song of Solomon allows for the reader to further understand the complicated nature of the characters.
Ralph Ellison, author of “Battle Royal”, presents many symbolic overturns throughout his writing. He places the symbols in an order were the reader could effortlessly catch throughout the story. In “Battle Royal,” however, two of his most eye-catching symbols were the narrator’s grandfather’s speech and the stripper’s scene. Yet, Ellison made it apparent to the readers the power the white man holds, each symbolic reference connects to the white man’s influence.
Naylor’s use of colloquial diction effectively promotes her purpose. In paragraph 3 Naylor writes, in reference to being called a nigger, “Had he called me a nymphomaniac or a necrophiliac, I couldn’t have been more puzzled”. Naylor uses uncommon words, such as nymphomaniac or necrophilia, to convey how stunned she was when the young boy called her a nigger. The comparison of unfamiliar words to the word nigger signifies the power given to a word by the context in which it was used. While explaining the rules set in Naylor’s grandparents home, she writes “Older children were sent out of the living room when it was time to get into the juicy details about you-know-who up on the third floor who had gone and gotten herself p-r-e-g-n-a-n-t!”.