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Tracks & Charlie's Country essay topics, Topic 2: "...as I…
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Topic 2: "...as I relaxed into Eddie's time. He was teaching me... about enjoying the present." (Tracks). Compare how the two texts examine the willingness to change.
CC: Charlie shows his unwillingness (justified) to change by choosing to escape to the bush with "a supermarket" like range of food on offer. This unwillingness to change to the coloniser's life represents the majority of how his community feel about the takeover.
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Tracks: Davidson demonstrates her willingness to change in order to achieve her ultimate goal of crossing the desert.
Willingness to change links with environment; both characters need to adapt to their environment in order to survive / go about their everyday life
There is an unwillingness or inability to change in the societies of both texts, which drives both protagonists to seek a stronger connection to country and to 'find themselves'
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“It was essential for me to develop beyond the archetypal female creature who from birth had been trained to be sweet, pliable, forgiving, compassionate and door-mattish.” Tracks (p. 34)
Robyn displays great willingness to break away/ change how society perceived her as a woman of the 1970s
“I wanted to… unclog my brain of all extraneous debris, not be protected, to be stripped of all social crutches, not to be hampered by any outside interference.” (p. 91)
Topic 1: "...as I walked throughout that country, I was becoming involved witth it in a most intense and yet not fully conscious way." (Tracks) "I'm free now! And this is my country!" (Charlie's Country). Compare the ways in which the two set texts explore the importance of a sense of belonging.
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Looking into the quotes:
Both referring to connection of some sort. Showing how Robyn may have not been as "involved" or "connected" to the country originally until she does this trip. She doesn't really have to have to be "involved" in it or she is not really taught to, its not apart of her culture. Whereas for Charlie it is, his connection to his land is his connection to his culture. His sense of belonging. So therefore possibly for Robyn since its not really something she used to doing, appreciating the land could bring her a sense of belonging since she hasn't really connected to her own lifestyle, is an outsider. the land makes her feel a sense of belonging since it is so different from her old lifestyles?
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“…as I walked through that country, I was becoming involved with it in a most intense and yet not
fully conscious way.” - robyn
"This is my country, I can dance with it."
Nature to help them in their search for belonging, Robyn because it provides her with the solitude she wants and charlie because in returning to his “mother country” he is reminded of his values and where he wants to belong.
In both text it's almost that to belong is to not belong in the normal ways in which we would think. Neither of the protagonists feel a sense of belonging within their society. They seem so feel more isolated in the society.Which leads to their journeys into nature where they can pursue a sense of belonging within themselves, without the constraints of the societal expectations.
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For charlie this isolation he feels within society is clearly stated when he is at the hospital and the doctor states ‘Do you mind if I call you Charlie? I have difficulty pronouncing foreign names.’ and charlie is response is,
‘Now I’m a foreigner?’.
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