1. How does this title refer to two groups of ‘settlers’? Who are they? The title refers to the British settlement in Australia. About the Asians and the British.
2. How is the first line of the poem successful at being ‘forceful’ regarding the Great-Grandfather’s presence in Australia? The first line is very forceful because it says he arrived in a short, precise manner.
3. What action are the ‘early settlers’ doing that gives them equally a strong presence? They are making trenches and we have a group that is really 'dug in'.
4. How is the intention of the Great-Grandfather juxtaposed to the beliefs of the ‘early settlers’? He just wants to live and go on his farm and live normally but people think he is a terrorist and a devil.
5. What action does the Great-Grandfather do that ties him both to the ‘early settlers’ and to his own culture? He calls them 'bastards' in his own language which is hypocritical but this is ironic because he came as a settler on the boats. The book can show either the British person or the Asian Grandad as they are both not used to each others culture. The are being defensive using the 'fight or flight' technique, they are trying to classify this strange person that might be a 'terrorist'.
6. How does this short poem highlight the irony of the hatred that immigrants experience when they come to a 'settled' land like Australia? Its ironic because we are all immigrants, none of us have originally been here except for the Aborigines. So even though we were her before the Asians we do not own the land.
6. How does this short poem highlight the irony of the hatred that immigrants experience when they come to a 'settled' land like Australia? Its ironic because we are all immigrants, none of us have originally been here except for the Aborigines. So even though we were her before the Asians we do not own the land.
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