NOONUCCAL

Question 1

(1) THE PAST *campfires

Answer 1

“a thousand thousand campfires in the forest, are in my blood”

• personification
• repetition to highlight distinct contrast

Question 2

(2) THE PAST *where we

Answer 2

“where we are one… where we belong”

• repetition and use of inclusive pro-nouns
• enjambment to portray personal connection to the land

Question 3

(3) THE PAST *suburbia

Answer 3

“Tonight, here in suburbia as I sit… In easy chair before electric heater

• inclusion of mundane ideas to allow for interplay between past and present
• symbolic nature of the heat, thus juxtaposing the natural world to post-colonization

Question 4

(1) REED FLUTE CAVE *My..My

Answer 4

“My Rainbow Serpent… My Mother Earth”

• conversational tone
• use of passive pronouns to highlight cultural ownership
• symbolic of a parental figure
• the term “Mother” uses anthropomorphism by giving it emotions

Question 5

(2) REED FLUTE CAVE *stored

Answer 5

“… stored in the Dreamtime”

• cultural intertextuality to highlight shared spiritual experiences
• extended motif of the land as the physical medium of the Dreaming

Question 6

(3) CHINA… WOMAN *weeping

Answer 6

“the weeping wildflowers in their path”

• personifies the fragility of the natural world
• use of alliteration inters loss of both cultures
• “weeping flowers” symbolize the Stolen generation

Question 7

(3) CHINA… WOMAN *twines itself

Answer 7

“The great Wall twines itself… like my Rainbow Serpent”

• kinaesthetic tone to suggest a connection between cultures
• snake metaphor
• historical intertextuality highlights a juxtaposition between man-made and nature

Question 8

THESIS STATEMENTS

1. AB spirituality/identity…
2. Language & ideas are distinct qualities…

Answer 8

1. Aboriginal culture and spirituality shapes Noonuccal’s identity as it guides her to behave and encompass her worldview as they recognise it in every aspect of life
2. Language & ideas are distinct qualities in a text that have enlightened and engaged readers to understand Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s cultural and personal connection she has to the Spirituality

Question 9

TOPIC SENTENCE:

The Past

Answer 9

Connectedness with nature is essential as it is a spiritual reference point to restore all aspects of her cultural identity, in terms of preserving beliefs and notions of belonging

Question 10

TOPIC SENTENCE:

China… Woman

Answer 10

As individuals continue to resonate with the notion that the past and present simultaneously exist, renewed perspectives of ourselves, our culture and our universal connectedness become significantly evident in our lives

Question 11

TOPIC SENTENCE:

Reed Flute Cave

Answer 11

The uniqueness of identity is culturally integral to our sense of connection, as it unites one’s beliefs to another culture’s beliefs