down at the dump (assignment)
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Name: Patrick Victor Martindale White
Born: 28 May 1912
Died: 30 September 1990
Occupation: Novelist, playwright, poet, short-story
writer
Nationality: AustralianEducation: Bachelor of Arts (University of Cambridge)
Notable award(s): Miles Franklin Literary Award
1957 Voss
1961 Riders in the ChariotAustralian of the Year Award
1973
Nobel Prize in Literature
1973
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Down at the Dump is a story about two familieswith different social status.
Whalley is from lower class family while Hogben
is from middle class family.
This story also portrayed the forbidden love
between Lummy Whalley and Meg Hogben due
to their different status.
One day, both families went to two different
places; Whalleys was off to Sarsaparilla dump
while Hogbens family went to a funeral.
At the funeral, Lummy met Meg and they fell in
love to each other.
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Later, Mrs.Hogben found out about their
relationship when she saw her daughter were
kissing with Lummy.
Mrs.Hogben could not accept the relationship as
she afraid of the view of other people towards
their family.
Then, they went back to their respective home
However later, Meg and Lummy met again silently.
The story ended with a glimmer of hope, whetherthere is any promising relationship between the
two of them.
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Sociological criticism examine expressions
of specific areas in literary works,
including:
Cultural issues
Economic conditions during which a
piece was written Political arena and popular political
beliefs
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1) Language
Two families
Whalley harsh, dirty, honest language
Hogben nice, fluffy, sensitive language
Textual evidence:
Ere! she protested. Waddaya make me
out ter be? A lump of wood.
(page190, line 15-16)
Reflect their socio-economicbackground
Whalleys family
Hogbens family
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2) Forbidden love
Lummy Whalley
Meg Hogben
Textual evidence:
Mrs Hogben disagree with their relationship.
She is more concern about their own position
in the society.
Concern about how people view themselves
Reflect their culture and the way of thinking
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Invented by Sigmund Freud
Structural
Model
Id
Super
egoEgo
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1) Meg Hogben
Respect parents even though she had differentviews from her parents.
Textual evidence:
Meg argued with her mother about wearing hatat the funeral.
Although at first she did not want to wear it, but
finally she did.relate to superego (ego-ideal) that motivates to
do things morally proper.
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2) Mrs Hogben
evoked little details- surface appearance
Textual evidence:
You didnt do your shoes! Mrs Hogben
protested. I did, said Meg. Its the dust.
Dont know why we bother to clean shoes atall. They always get dirty again.
relate to superego in structural model of
Freuds theory.
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