The secret river IOP
By Anne Hindenberg The secret river IOP- Write individual oral
presentation secret river by kate grenville-does not just tell
thornhills families story, larger story of what happend when white
met black on edge of settlement across country during early 19th
century1Dick ThornhillCape TownNine month journey to Australia
Nature, exploring Befriended tribe of nativesHe ran and called and
laughed with them, and he could have been their pale cousin Thomas
Blackwood Rejected William Thornhill
-Focus IOP on character dick thornhill, most connected/
passionate about him-expect most readers same connection to dick,
shares same ideas/values about natives population nowadays-dick
born cape town, 9 month journy australia-loved
nature.river/forests-befriended natives thornhills point-learnt to
throw spear light fire rubbing two sticsk"He ran and called and
laughed with them, and could have been their pale causins"-after
willaims participation in bloody dispersal of local natives, dick
leaves home blackwoods settlemet up river-dick regects fathers
claim/ownership/domination of land-chooses life that blances nature
with human consumptions2Clash of civilizationNatives
CultureAlternative path of Australian development
Childhood in Australia Interaction with the nativesConflictLife
after the massacre Themes and ideas-main themes -clash of
civilization-natuves culture-alternative path of australian
developemt
Main ideas-childhood in australia-interaction with
natives-conflicr with father-life after massacre3Inspiration
Relationship between Dick and the natives He had seen Dick there on
a spit of san, playing with the native children, all bony legs and
skinny arms shiny like insects, running in and out of the water.
Dick was stripped off as they were, to nothing but skin. [pg
211]Dicks demeanor change after massacreMonologue form best
insight
-inspired dicks relationshop with natives-no care that natives
different skin shade/way of life-"he had seen dick there on a spit
of san,playing with the native children, all bony legs and skinny
arms shiny like insects, running in and out of water. Dick was
stripped off as they were, to nothing but skin" (pg 211)-moved how
massacre changed dicks emeanor/ relationshop with family-extremly
curios how duck found out about massacre, thought dick was still to
young to funlly understand-hence envision how dick found out, his
opinions (later point in his life on what had happend)-best
expressed in monoluge form, get best insight into
thoughts/feelings.-Format very person/devotes attention to dicks
character-all his opinions and thoughts were not obvious througout
the book4
