The One Day in the Year
There are many issues in society today, which where prevalent around the 1960?s when Alan Seymour wrote the play ? The one day in the year?. Although most of the plot within the play is concentrated around Anzac Day, issues such as the generation gap, functions of education and class divisions, are of major significance to both the play structure and the audience, to clarify differences of opinion.From generation to generation, moral thoughts and behaviour undergo considerable change. Muliticulturalism is one such significant change, it opened the eyes of the educated youth, helping them to see this change as step towards an economical and diplomatic future. Where as in previous generations, a lack of education, formed an uneffective one-eyed view of any change. Alan Seymour has purposely used characters with clashing personalities, to portray the generation gap, functions of educ
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Father Alf, Anzac Day, War Alf, Anti-Discrimination Act, Alan Seymour, Wacka Alfs, generation gap, , Sydney Cook, class divisions, differences opinion, Wars Wacka, middle class, generation gap functions, education class divisions, cook family, functions education, education class, previous generations, lack education, functions education class, middle class citizens, gap functions education, gap functions,
Approximate Word count = 602
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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