Write an essay exploring the injustice of white authority over the aboriginal people as explored in the novel The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

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Write an essay exploring the injustice of white authority over the aboriginal people as explored in the novel The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

        In the chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally white man is an indictment of a racist society and has a distinct authority over the aboriginal race and comprehensively abuses this authority. This is expressed through the language spoken the tone used and the body language depicted within keneallys characters through his vivid descriptions. In this profound novel attitudes of predigest and discrimination towards the aboriginal race are conveyed in many ways. Aboriginal society is severely exploited by the unjust authority that the white society enforces.

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        Thought out the first half of the novel, Jimmie comes under the influence of five main figures that abuse this assumed authority. Initially Mr Healy, an Irish farmer, who was

“Constantly delivering Jimmie with ultermations and stepping up close”

 To him. Keneally cleverly employing the effects of juxtrapositioning by creating a contrast through imagery and language in close proximity to highlight the characters differences to depict a deception of authority. In this case superior body language.

        Confrontational body language portrayed by Mr Healy represented attitudes of superiority over Jimmie. Healy is also depicted as the have the

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