Comparative Ideas and Quotes

Question 1

What are the convergent ideas and themes

Answer 1

Race, Power, Oppression, Family, Community, Memory and Grief

Question 2

What are the divergent ideas and themes

Answer 2

Struggle, Resistance and the Generational Gap

Question 3

Model introduction sentence (Essentially, same but different)

Answer 3

(Insert theme or idea) is presented within both texts, however different characters have different attitudes and beliefs regarding (Insert theme or idea).

Question 4

Reference to structure of 7 stages in introduction (Essentially author’s message and how its constructed)

Answer 4

Enoch and Mailman include a timeline of indigenous history displayed through a series of events and stories where multiple different character perspectives are explored, which allow the reader to empathise and connect to the history of Indigenous Australians.

Question 5

Reference to structure of Longest Memory in introduction (Essentially the comparison of messages and how its constructed)

Answer 5

Similarly, D’Aguiar doesn’t follow a linear narrative structure, it does however differ as few slaves never really display a sense of identity or culture. The reader learns of the cycle of abuse and mistreatment, and how it is solidified through time.

Question 6

Memory Quotes (2 from Longest Memory, 2 from 7 Stages)

Answer 6

“Don’t make me remember. I forget as hard as I can” (Whitechapel)

“Memory is pain trying to resurrect itself” (Whitechapel)

“I miss my grandmother. She took so many stories with her to the grave.”

“A collection of images appear, depicting the phases of aboriginal history.. Dreaming, Invasion, Genocide, Protection, Assimilation”

Question 7

Grief Quotes (2 from Longest Memory, 2 from 7 Stages)

Answer 7

“They begged and cried. The night was torn apart by their grief.”

“Too much has happened to put right. I would need another life.”

“Our cultures that have been denied us. But we have been taught to cry silently.”

“Grief, grieving, sorrow loss death pain.”

Question 8

Equality Quotes (2 from Longest Memory, 2 from 7 Stages)

Answer 8

“Africans may be our inferiors, but they exhibit the same qualities we possess, even if they are merely imitating us.” (Mr Whitechapel)

“There is no sight so perfidious than that of a white woman and a black man.” (Editor of The Virginian)

“Have you ever been black? You know when you wake up one morning and you’re black?”

“The one thing that I find comforting about death is that other people die too.” (Reference to white people)

Question 9

Power and Prejudice Quotes (2 from Longest Memory, 2 from 7 Stages)

Answer 9

“The whip ate into him but like all gluttons who have gorged themselves to their fill” (Whitechapel)

“There are two types of slave: the slave who must experience everything for himself before coming to an understanding… the second is brighter, lives longer.”(Whitechapel)

“One took a handful of my hair.. the other washed his face in my blood … My children stolen away”

“Don’t tell me we’re not fighting. Don’t tell me we don’t fight most of our lives.”