Comparative Study of Texts

The module relative investigation of writings ought to stay in the Board of Studies prospectus as it can give an amazing understanding into the human condition and social estimations of a period. The play â€Å"Away† by Michael Gow and sonnets distributed in â€Å"Sometimes Gladness† composed by Bruce Dawe are the two writings which reflect comparative conditions that the run of the mill individual living in rural Australia between the 1950’s and 1960’s experienced. There were numerous noteworthy occasions that occurred during these two decades, for example, the repercussions of the Great Depression and the country’s military inclusion in the Vietnam War.These occurrences prompted an episode in unnecessary industrialism and rising clash among the Australian populace regarding the matter of induction. Through the examination of the previously mentioned writings, correlations can be built up. The 1950’s and 1960’s saw the start of a very consumerist Australian culture where by cherished qualities were supplanted with triviality. In the play â€Å"Away†, Gwen’s fanatical yearning for everything materialistic started to assume control over her life and influence the connections she had with her family.The lessening beliefs of the pre-boomer age are the resultant of the Great Depression which happened in the late 1920’s and mid 1930’s. Numerous Australians were left jobless which gave them the powerlessness to help themselves with a home or even a tolerable supper. On the left hand side, you can see two men strolling down the roads with signs stayed nearby their neck watching out for a vocation so they can effectively accommodate their family. In Gwen’s showdown with girl Meg while being blamed for intentionally deserting Jim’s cardboard container containing Christmas presents, she clarifies how she has â€Å"Sacrificed!Gone without. Experienced hardship so what befell us wil l never transpire. So you’ll never realize what we saw †never, never, never. † The short sentences followed by the reiteration of the word ‘never’ offer accentuation to Gwen’s destroying circumstance as she reviews the troublesome stage in her life that except if you were in similar conditions, will always be unable to comprehend. On the correct hand side of the slide shows a house framed by Australian cash. This speaks to both Gwen and Jim’s want to live the Australian Dream of home ownership.Gwen’s cash arranged nature regularly makes her look down on other people who she accepts are not qualified for the benefits she is as they have not worked for it. While in conversation with Meg about Tom’s family and their up and coming occasion she says â€Å"They both work don’t they? In a plant, isn’t it? I’m sure that’s what I heard. A shelter. They shouldn’t be going on a vacation in the event that they can’t bear the cost of one. † Gwen sums up their family as opposed to the hardships she monetarily battled with in her pre-adulthood that she continued through to gain what she has today.These past encounters have made her value the estimation of cash to which she pledges to never need to live so hopelessly until the end of time. In like manner, comparative ideas in regards to expanded commercialization in this specific timespan can be seen in Dawe’s â€Å"Enter Without So Much as Knocking†. This sonnet follows phases of a man whose life since birth is based on industrialism. The 1950’s were where social qualities with respect to commercialization were significantly changing, particularly because of the new advances in technology.The TV, being one of the significant improvements just began to become standard in Australia a couple of years before this sonnet was distributed. The sonnet opens with another conceived infant being brought into a chaotic quick city paced way of life. The principal words heard when conveyed into the front entryway were Bobby Dazzler on Channel 7, â€Å"Hello, hi, hi all you fortunate individuals. † The redundancy of the word â€Å"hello† gives accentuation on the incongruity of the materialistic world the kid simply has gone into. In spite of the fact that Bobby Dazzler alludes to the watchers as fortunate, the unethical morals and absence of human feeling that the youngster is presented to would propose otherwise.The photograph on the left shows an individual who is encircled by materialistic items alongside the word expend to show how the persona in the play’s entire life rotates around commercialization. Consumerist perspectives are additionally observed later in to the sonnet, when the family are characterized as a â€Å"Well-prepared easily run household†, utilizing names that would regularly be given to business items when publicizing. The hyphenated words make an all-encompassing posting impact that would show up when perusing item portrayals before considering buying.This dehumanizes the family as though they have been bought as articles and have not been depicted dependent on close to home qualities therefore exhibiting how commercialization has totally demolished our lives. This thought is spoken to in the beguiling picture on the right, with the expression â€Å"Consumerism is executing us all†, anyway with hardly any letters obscured out leaves the words â€Å"Consumerism is in us all†. The Vietnam War was another prime concern which massively affected both the veterans and their friends and family during the 1960’s. In particular, the presentation of enrollment laws inside Australia were very ontroversial as the open felt that they ought not be mightily sent abroad, yet rather utilized for home protection as it were. In â€Å"Away†, it is found out that Roy and Coral have lost their child at war afte r he was haphazardly chosen through the enrollment technique for enlisting troops. Both Coral and Roy have various ways to deal with adapting to the loss of their child which starts to compromise their relationship. Roy sees his son’s association in the war as a commitment to a â€Å"country with one of the most elevated expectations for everyday comforts on earth. † leaving his better half Coral who is still unmistakably upset from the result, with no passionate support.After the school play, Coral anticipates her significant other alone outside where through monolog, can address her careful musings for all to hear to the crowd. Coral has been moved by â€Å"A Midsummer Night’s Dream†, specifically Tom’s job who she really want to think about her young and guiltless child who was removed excessively early. She makes an immediate reference to her child â€Å"Is it better for them to kick the bucket that way? † Through the monologue it is obv ious that Coral is unequipped for managing the agony and misery the world brings to the table, leaving her in a shaky state.The picture on the left is of a youthful Australian veteran who was called up in the main admission of national servicemen under the enrollment conspire, who might have been set in the specific circumstance as Roy and Corals child. Later on in the play, Roy goes up against Coral about her powerlessness to control her low-vivacious conduct around individuals when she is at school capacities and that Roy is likewise as yet enduring yet doesn’t feel remembered for the grieving of their child. Roy endeavors to promise Coral that there are different families out there who have been deceived by the repercussions of the war with the lines â€Å"But.But. We are by all account not the only ones†. The employments of short sentences are unquestionably increasingly incredible in significance as they are directly to the point in his endeavors to comfort Coral from the catastrophe. Coral is just one of a couple of moms who were insulted because of induction. On the right, you can see an enemy of enrollment fight by a gathering of ladies considered Save Our Sons who framed to counter induction and all in all the war. Indistinguishable topics with respect to the nation’s association in the Vietnam War and the negative reaction from the Australian open can be found in Bruce Dawe’s â€Å"Homecoming†.The sonnet is about the way toward bringing home perished bodies from the war who were initially recruited to battle for the benefit of their nation. The title itself â€Å"Homecoming† is utilized in such a mocking way, causing all to notice the incongruity. The idea of a ‘homecoming’ would by and large require a festival and in general give us a warm sensation, anyway that isn't the situation for the arrival of the dead fighters deprived of their pride. In the principal opening lines of the sonnet, the sys tem of how the bodies are gathered for their appearance home are depicted utilizing realistic terms.Through the utilization of visual symbolism, the abuse of the bodies is appeared in lines â€Å"they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags† which dehumanize the veterans by their nonattendance of independence. On the left shows gear on the landing area at Vung Tau, a couple of days before the Vietnam veterans got back. The hugeness of the war is spoken to towards the finish of the sonnet through the figurative â€Å"the arachnid distress swings in his harsh geometry. † Dawe alludes to a spider’s web to depict the far reaching influence the war had on the loved ones inside the network who are still grieving.The picture on the correct shows a trooper being welcomed by his small kids, who was blessed enough to show up home solid, not at all like a large number of his individual war mates. As should be obvious, investigating related subjects of commercializa tion and induction in Bruce Dawe’s sonnets â€Å"Enter Without So Much as Knocking† and â€Å"Homecoming† alongside Michael Gow’s play â€Å"Away† permit us to increase a knowledge into the human condition and social estimations of a period that we would somehow or another not have the option to comprehend on such scale through an investigation of one of them separately. In saying as much, the Board of Studies ought to reexamine expelling the module from the schedule.