Summary Of The Novel 'Red Dog' By Louis De Bernieres
Australiana Essay
There are many aspects of Australian culture that are represented in the text Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres. It is a humorous and loving non-fiction story that depicts the climate and natural splendour of Western Australia. Literary devices are used to make passages more decorative and elaborate. De Bernieres make use of colloquial expressions (Australian vernacular) which are a strong feature of Australia communication among ‘outback blokes’, while lovingly describing how Australian landscapes mark out the natural beauty of Australia and the special qualities it holds. Through de Bernieres emphasis of these 3 features, we sense a connection between the language and the landscape.
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De Bernieres describes the outback and the harsh Western Australian beaches. For example, “Even the red earth looked less red. Visitors to that place can’t believe that the mining companies are actually allowed to leave all those heaps of red stones and red earth all over the place, without caring about it at all, but the strange fact is that all those heaps and piles were put there by nature, as if She had whimsically decided to mimic the most unity and careless behaviour of mankind itself.” This describes that the outback was all red: it had red stones and red earth all over the place. This strange natural phenomenon has made visitors think that the red stones and red earth were left there by mining companies. “Through this ungentle landscape galloped Tally Ho, raising his own little plume of red dust in the wake of the greater plume raised by Jack Collin’s car.” This means there was red earth everywhere, so when Tally Ho ran, he raised a plume of red dust and when Jack Collin drove his car along the red earth, he raised an even bigger plume of red dust. “In those days nobody bothered much about whether or not the sun was bad for your skin...” This means that the sun on Cottesloe beach may have been harsh, hot and damaging to your skin. We can see the Australian outback and the harsh Western Australian beaches are harshly described, with the addition of a bit of humour in
There are many aspects of Australian culture that are represented in the text Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres. It is a humorous and loving non-fiction story that depicts the climate and natural splendour of Western Australia. Literary devices are used to make passages more decorative and elaborate. De Bernieres make use of colloquial expressions (Australian vernacular) which are a strong feature of Australia communication among ‘outback blokes’, while lovingly describing how Australian landscapes mark out the natural beauty of Australia and the special qualities it holds. Through de Bernieres emphasis of these 3 features, we sense a connection between the language and the landscape.
There are many techniques the author uses …show more content…
De Bernieres describes the outback and the harsh Western Australian beaches. For example, “Even the red earth looked less red. Visitors to that place can’t believe that the mining companies are actually allowed to leave all those heaps of red stones and red earth all over the place, without caring about it at all, but the strange fact is that all those heaps and piles were put there by nature, as if She had whimsically decided to mimic the most unity and careless behaviour of mankind itself.” This describes that the outback was all red: it had red stones and red earth all over the place. This strange natural phenomenon has made visitors think that the red stones and red earth were left there by mining companies. “Through this ungentle landscape galloped Tally Ho, raising his own little plume of red dust in the wake of the greater plume raised by Jack Collin’s car.” This means there was red earth everywhere, so when Tally Ho ran, he raised a plume of red dust and when Jack Collin drove his car along the red earth, he raised an even bigger plume of red dust. “In those days nobody bothered much about whether or not the sun was bad for your skin...” This means that the sun on Cottesloe beach may have been harsh, hot and damaging to your skin. We can see the Australian outback and the harsh Western Australian beaches are harshly described, with the addition of a bit of humour in