Bill Bryson's Down Under

Bill Bryson presents a unique stance of Australia in his text edition Down Under. He uses the landscape, history and people he meets, as well as the daily activities he experiences to set out his own understanding and perspective of Australia. History plays an important region in the formation of Brysons perspective of Australia. You really cannot cash in one and only(a)s chips in Australia without bumping into some reminder of his [Lachlan Macquaries] tenure. Run your eye all over the map and you will find a Macquarie Harbour, Macquarie Island, Macquarie Marsh, Macquarie River, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Pass, Macquarie Plains, Lake Macquarie, Port Macquarie, Mrs Macquaries Chair (a lookout point over Sydney Harbour), Macquaries fate and a Macquarie town. Bryson uses this to show and even criticise to an cessation the trend Australians tend to retain getting hold of a name that suits them and sticking with it. He finds it hard to believe that one place could have so many places named after the aforementioned(prenominal) thing and no one see anything wrong with it, a trait exclusive to Australia. Bryson often researches the history of the areas he visits and then(prenominal) bases his initial impressions of the places on this information.

Bryson hardly visits a town or city without initiative presenting the audience with an anecdote or design history about the place. By doing this, he is putting the locations he visits into context and also shows the reader how he comes to form his first impressions about a place and what he expects to find and do there. The way Bryson makes his perspective of Australia uniquely his is that he builds upon these initial ideas of a place by experiencing them first hand. Because no one else could have exactly the same experiences as him, the audience is presented with a position of Australia that only Bryson could give. Bryson also discusses and visits the Australian landscapes to build on his perspective of Australia. Throughout the book, Bryson uses the history of the outback as well as his own... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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