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Alienation and
gave me one hard backhander
isolation caused by across the face, so hard I fell
an abusive father
down and slammed the door on
my sporting childhood. (p. 15-16)
Physical
dislocation on
freight train
Technique
Metaphor
disturbing/grotesque
HSC Online:
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/area_of_study/belonging/3725/simple_gift.htm
http://nebo-lit.com/topic-areas/belonging/The-Simple-Gift.html
Lack of control
over destiny
By labelling
himself a bum,
Billy identifies
himself as a social
outcast
imperative (expressing a
command or request)
personification
negative/loaded verb
labelling
intertextuality
(related to William
Goldings The Lord of the
Flies)
absolute term
irony
symbolism uniform is
symbolic of their status.
Billys clothes are
symbolic of his.
metaphor
metaphoric use of
shivered as it applies
Physical sense of
belonging to
Bendarat.
Exclusion
emphasised
through
clothing/image
Connects with
sharing the hobo hour. (p. 49)
Old Bill by
offering a gift of a
carton of cigarettes
Recognises his
Then he stumbled off, an old man
own disconnected before his time, sleeping in a
future in Old Bill carriage, and I shivered as the sun
came up. (p. 51)
HSC Online:
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/area_of_study/belonging/3725/simple_gift.htm
http://nebo-lit.com/topic-areas/belonging/The-Simple-Gift.html
Security of the
home Billy has
created, Carriage
1864
Sense of family,
by tracing lineage
A relationship has
centred Billy. His
life has direction,
routine and
meaning. He has
reached a sense of
belonging.
A wage or money
does not create a
sense of security
emotional intensity of
vulgar slang
simile
repetition
irony
self-depreciating humour
anaphora (repetition of
word/phrase at the start of
successive lines)
extended metaphor
paradox
reaffirmation.
HSC Online:
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/area_of_study/belonging/3725/simple_gift.htm
http://nebo-lit.com/topic-areas/belonging/The-Simple-Gift.html
belonging
Recognition of the
importance of
belonging to his
family for Old Bill
Ultimate act of
belonging:
making love to
Caitlin
Welfares
definition of
belonging
Role of physical
I knew that Old Bill was giving
home in concept of me more than these keys I held
belonging
holding someones past in my dirty
hands. (p.166)
Romantic
commitment
Trappings and
requirements of
belonging. Billys
uncertainty about
belonging in a
school
environment
superlative
hyperbole (exaggeration)
simile
light imagery
invasive authority
metaphor
surreal/magical colour
imagery
metaphor
low modality
symbolism
HSC Online:
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/area_of_study/belonging/3725/simple_gift.htm
http://nebo-lit.com/topic-areas/belonging/The-Simple-Gift.html