Quotes From The Bridge Belonging
BUILDING KEY CONCEPTS
Familial Belonging *** Assimilation vs. Acceptance *** Social and psychological barriers to belonging
Familial Belonging
Cultural contexts: contrast European and Aboriginal beliefs and attitudes to family
Investigate scene between Nan Dear and Dolly when Dolly seeks help with her Family Tree. Note Nan’s response when Dolly tells her they can’t include their cousins.(p.125)
What is Gladys saying when she instructs Errol to call her “Auntie”? (p.146) What is the significance of this?
“Shame! They might be drinkers, but they’re still our people.” (p.139) What does this say about Nan Dear’s approach to belonging?
(p.169-170) Contrast Errol’s sense of familial belonging to Dolly’s.
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How can the “new Assimilation policy” be seen to be played out in the play? How does this policy destroy any possibility of Aboriginal belonging in non-indigenous society?
Errol represents the difference between Assimilation and Acceptance. He says (p.149) “What matters is you. Not your address.” But then asks her to run off with him to a “better life” in the city, separated from his family and hers. Dolly’s concerns (p.171) reflect those things to which she emotionally and spiritually connected: the land and her family. Later, Errol asks to marry Dolly, accepting that they will both live on the river flats with her family. He has reached acceptance and understanding.
Hypocrisy of Government Assimilation policy: will hide the humpys from Queen, but will show her how to throw a
Familial Belonging *** Assimilation vs. Acceptance *** Social and psychological barriers to belonging
Familial Belonging
Cultural contexts: contrast European and Aboriginal beliefs and attitudes to family
Investigate scene between Nan Dear and Dolly when Dolly seeks help with her Family Tree. Note Nan’s response when Dolly tells her they can’t include their cousins.(p.125)
What is Gladys saying when she instructs Errol to call her “Auntie”? (p.146) What is the significance of this?
“Shame! They might be drinkers, but they’re still our people.” (p.139) What does this say about Nan Dear’s approach to belonging?
(p.169-170) Contrast Errol’s sense of familial belonging to Dolly’s.
What …show more content…
How can the “new Assimilation policy” be seen to be played out in the play? How does this policy destroy any possibility of Aboriginal belonging in non-indigenous society?
Errol represents the difference between Assimilation and Acceptance. He says (p.149) “What matters is you. Not your address.” But then asks her to run off with him to a “better life” in the city, separated from his family and hers. Dolly’s concerns (p.171) reflect those things to which she emotionally and spiritually connected: the land and her family. Later, Errol asks to marry Dolly, accepting that they will both live on the river flats with her family. He has reached acceptance and understanding.
Hypocrisy of Government Assimilation policy: will hide the humpys from Queen, but will show her how to throw a