Writing Task

How do Henry Lawson express ideas about life in Australia bush in the novel "Drover's Wife"?

Your friend who lives in Melbourne is about to start reading "Drover's Wife" for the English unit. She has asked you the question set out above.

Write a letter explaining ONE aspect of Australia bush explored in the novel.

Dear Amy                                                                                                     19-9-2011

It's nice to know that you're studying Henry Lawson's novel. I've just finished studying the novel, "Drover's Wife. I love the novel, it vividly describes the bush life in Australia.
 
First of all, Henry used many negative adjectives,  like "rotten", "ragged", "waterless creek"...etc.  These adjectives help the readers see that the life in Australia bush is tough and hard to survive.

Also he used some informal language to express how the ordinary life of Australian family is like, for example the children in the novel used colloquial and even foul language. It helps  readers aware of the fact that the characters living in the bush in the novel didn't take any formal education and it perfectly shows how tough the life of Australia bush is.

The house that at the start of the novel also shows how the life is like in Australia bush.  Henry describes it with some bad things like "floored with split slabs", "rough slab floor " to give readers a message about the harsh life in bush.

At last, Henry points out many hardship of living in bush. Like the people in bush need to face many problems such as flood, sun dower and natural disasters to show it's not easy to live in bush.
 
Hope I can answer your question.


Yours
                                                                                                                             
Jimmy