Australia Short Stories

A homos Agreement by Elizabeth Jolley, The herders Wife by the Henry Lawson and The Kangaroo by Eve S completelyis atomic number 18 three short stories that all convey a strong spirit of Australian individuation which contrasts to stereotypical sexuality roles. At the heart of for each one of these short stories is a fearless free wo human being cling toing their families. embellish is equal differently in each short story exactly it is used to compliment the strong women in A Gentlemans Agreement, The herders Wife and The Kangaroo.Elizabeth Jolleys A Gentlemans Agreement, tells the story of a working class single mother who fools a rich doctor into letting her and her family live on his land for the tolerate of their lives. thither is almost a complete reversal of stereotypical gender roles as usually it is men who are the decision makers and manipulators in alliance but in this story it is the woman. The title of A Gentlemans Agreement, portrays the mother (who is the protagonist) as smooth talking bloodperson. Although she is poor she is very intelligent, unconditional as hygienic as organism a very fondness person.She even takes advantage of the rich by letting her poor neighbours into the luxury apartments she cleans. While these people were away at their offices or on business trips We had wedding receptions and parties in the penthouse and the old folk came in to soak their feet. There is no dominant male figure in the family, so the solo provider and carer for the children is the mother, although she does drive home a lazy, rude son who stackt keep at one job. The mother represents one type of well loved Australian identity, that is battler, the underdog who is at first disadvantaged, who succeeds in the end.If the read the text edition is read for a gendered reading she also represents clever, determined woman who can successfully sort after her family without a man. Australian landscape is delineate as a sanctuary for the fa mily in The Gentlemans Agreement, it makes them adroit and brings them closer together as a family. We lost my brother and therefore suddenly we saw him running and running and shouting, his voice lifting up in the wind as he raced up the slope of the valley. I do believe hes laughing Hes expert Mother just stared at him and she looked so happy too. I slangt think I ever saw the country look so lovely before. The relationships in the family are strengthened by their surroundings in the countryside. The landscape is represented as a beautiful write out with its peaceful nature that helps the family forget their problems of the past and brings out the best in each of them. In contrast to landscape be represented as a sanctuary is the landscape in Eve Salliss The Kangaroo which is represented as harsh and alien.The family in this short story are Arabic and unfamiliar with the Australian shrub. On their trip to see relatives in Berri, they have a rather strange encounter with a n iconic Australian animal, a kangaroo. The kangaroo was incredibly vicious, The kangaroo turned to face him, rose high above his full stop and grabbed him from behind the neck with a large calamitous fist, sinking black claws into his nape. The kangaroo is represented as almost evil and is a threat to the family which is tenia them from getting to where they want to go.This could be symbolic of the Australian government being a threat to immigrants and not letting them through to our country. The kangaroo represents an obstacle that the family essential smite and Zeen is the character who overcomes it. She is another brave and determined woman who wants to protect her family. Although at the start of the story she seems quite superficial wearing unmingled leather stilettos and Candy Frost lipstick , she fights hard to save her conserve who cannot fight off the kangaroo, which is another reversal of gender roles, the woman being stronger physically then the man.Although Zee n may not have been born in Australia she still represents the type of Australian identity that is in A Gentlemans Agreement, an independent women who overcomes a struggle to do what is best for their family. another(prenominal) short story with a strong sense of Australian identity is The Drovers Wife by Henry Lawson. Although the drover is the full point of the family, he is absent so his son Tommy tries to protect his family when they find a snake outside their house but his mother is the one who cincture up all night in case the snake comes up through the cracks in the floor, to protect her children.The Drovers wife is the objective hero of the storey, although she is isolated and nonsocial she puts up with living in the bush for married mans sake even though she rarely sees him. The drovers wife has to take care of her children and cope with disasters without a man to turn to but she always seems to rise above the struggles and maintains dignity in the midst of chaos. Even when she is reduced to tears, she laughs when she pulls out her handkerchief and pokes herself in the center because it is so tattered.The drovers wife tries to maintain a validatory outlook so her children arent upset, although she may sometimes feel lonely she sacrifices her own happiness to take care of them, in the bush where her husband can support them. Although the landscape can be represented as overwhelming and isolating in The Drovers Wife. Bush all around bush with no horizon, for the country is flat. No ranges in the distance. The bush consists of stunted rotten apple trees. No undergrowth. Nothing to relieive the eye cardinal miles to the nearest civilisation. The repition of bush is used to show how similar the bushland looks and how it seems to be everywhere. In this depiction Lawson describes the bush in a way which makes it seem atrociously ugly and harsh. But this representation of the bush also adds to the representation of Australian identiy, that the woman has overcome the bush, to care for and protect her family no matter what. The Drovers Wife, A Gentlemans Agreement and The Kangaroo, are three short stories which depict a sense of Australian identity in that stereotypical gender roles have been reversed and in the characterisation of the brave women in each story.They are all incredibly strong and independent as they are doing what is best for their families. Landscape is represented differently in each story (harsh and beautiful) but the landscape in all has in some way helped contribute to the battle each woman has overcome in the short stories. The Australian identity of strong women is very relevant to Australia to today and will hopefully continue to be a huge part of Australian identity in the future.