~Blacktown
Girls~
Rap Point 2
The advantages for not only the boy but for every
person on the face of the earth to follow their cultural backgrounds/beliefs is:
·
It
provides a set of rules and standards for a person to
follow
·
It
teaches you learn right from wrong
·
It
keeps you in touch with the past
·
It has
great historical value
·
It
gives you a meaning in life
·
It
strengthens you in times of need
·
It
makes you feel as if you are a part of something. It gives you a sense of
belonging
·
It
gives you a standard to live up to
·
It
becomes part of you – you become part of it
·
It
gives you faith – something to believe in. It gives you comfort and something to
hold onto through the troubles in your life
·
These
beliefs may make your life harder, but in the long run it will benefit you far
more than the hardships you will have to endure without
them
If a
person was to lose contact with their cultural beliefs many of the things which
may occur could be:
·
There
is a feeling of emptiness
·
The
feeling of not belonging
·
A
person may go stray or lost
·
There
is less meaning to life
·
No
structure in life
·
Lost of
direction
·
No
comfort in difficult times or situations
·
No
standards to live up to
Examples
from the book:
Shandell-
doesn’t believe in the old ways and gets into trouble and only when she comes
back to her cultural beliefs that she regains her sense of
self.
Frog(girragundji)
– the boy talks to the frog in his head for comfort and strength in times of
need.
In the
end they all turn to the wisdom of the elders and the Binna Binna man for
guidance through their
troubles.
