The contexts of Henry Lawson's stories still engage rural australian readers today.
We can see this through the settings, structures and themes of the narratives and the characters.
The settings in Henry Lawson's narratives show similaarities between now and then because of the dryness, harshness and remotness of the bush. For example women today still lead a life that the drovers wife led. She faced drought, remotness, fire, flood and disease in livestock.
If you went into any country town and spoke to any man's wife, they would have stories of all of these hardships. Today drought is the main hardships throughout the bush and it's just one of hundreds, country people will have to face. THis is why the contexts of Henry Lawson's stories still engage country Australians today.
The themes in Henry Lawson's narratives portray the life Australians leed today. THe loaded dog is a narrative that uses typical Australian humour and mateship to illustrate Australian life.
For example the ingenuity of putting so much time and effort into blowing up fish.
This is similar to today's young bush lads.
The characters that Henry Lawson uses in his narratives are very sterotypical of Australian bushmen.
For example In a Dry Season,the bush larraken boosts about his fighting ability, his lost fortunes and his many escapades. Australian blokes today still do that at the top pub on saturday nights.
The structure of Henry Lawson's narratives follow the structure of narratives today- Orientation, complication and resolution.
This is shown in Joe Wilson's Courtship, in that we find out about Joe and his circumstances and how he deals with the complication of courting Mary. This engages rural Australian raeders because we become immersed in the story line from the very begining, as he hints that his marriage is not so good.
Marriages still follow the leed of Henry Lawson today, as they start out exciting and develope into trouble.
In conclusion, the contexts of Henry Lawson's narratives still engage rural Australian readers today.
This is the answer to the first question from Crookwell High group A.
(we are split into 2 groups)
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