is addressed to her children. Because of that Alice explains to Mr. Hawke that her money belongs to her children and goes for her children too.
8. Conflict between Alice and some boys.
The last conflict happens in the street. There are three little brothers sitting in the car waiting for their parent which go shopping. The oldest
white boy tells his little brothers to take a look at the „niggers‟. At this point,
the „niggers‟ that are being pointed are Alice and her two children who just walk across the street. Alice approaches the car and tells the children that
she does not feel ashamed of herself as Aborigines. p.192. The two opposing force are Alice and the boys. The boys called
Alice and her children „nigger‟, an appropriate name for the Aborigines. Meanwhile Alice tells to the boys that being and Aborigines is not
something to be ashamed.
9. Conflict between Aboriginal girls and white boys.
The conflict happens when they are walking together. They are Carrie and Bertha, who are very touchy, and there is Jessie who is very
strict: One time we were walking back from government gardens
and there was a bunch of louts coming up the street on the opposite side. These fellas were walking down the street, and
they always slung off at our color you see. This one bloke, he looked over and said, „Pfoo, look at all the
dark clouds. It sure is going to rain.‟ Bertha and Carrie were across the street and into those fellas,
and I tell you what – they bolted, off they fled. Then Jessie
shouted, „Look you girls, pull yourselves together. You know if the police come we‟ll be in big trouble. They‟ll get away with it,
and we‟ll be the one in hot water – all for the likes of them.‟
„But ohh, they‟re not going to call me names, not going to insult me,‟ said Carrie and Bertha p.117-118.
The quotation above explains about friends of Alice, Carrie and Bertha, who are angry because a man mocks them as a cloud rain. They are
called that because of the color of their skins, black. Carrie and Bertha try to approach the man but then Jessie forbids them. Then the conflict arises
between Jessie who wants Carrie and Bertha to be patient and Carrie and Bertha who do not agree and they do not like being treated like what the
man do. Jessie insists not to approach the man so they will not get into trouble and just accept the situation, meanwhile Carrie and Bertha want to
teach the man some manner. In the end, the man runs away from them.Here is one of the racial discrimination toward the Aborigines, which the police
or the law will directly blame the Aborigines for what happen if there is a problem between Aborigines and white people.
B. Racial discrimination Reflected through the Conflicts.
As what has stated in first chapter of the study, this study aims to reveal racial discrimination toward the Aborigines by the white people. In
addition, in the previous subchapter of this analysis, the conflicts of the novel have been discussed. The conflicts of the novel have a significant role in
revealing racial discrimination. In the novel, Alice deals with some problems. Most of them are the
problems of racial discrimination toward the Aborigines by white people.
