Stubborn The Characterization of Alice Nannup

Alice was also brave even to a person who is bigger than her physically. When she was staying in the dormitory, there was a girl who accused Alice. The girl accused Alice that Alice had been talking about her. Alice who had no idea told her to get out of her way but she got hit from the girl. However, Alice was not afraid and went hit the girl back who was bigger than her physically. But she wouldn‘t tell me, so I told her to get out of my way, and she hit me. So I up and hit her back, I gave her the works. She was a bigger person than me, too, but I just lost my block p. 72. Alice was brave not only to a person who was bigger than her, but also to a person who even has higher position than her even to people that has authority. As an instance, when Alice had a fight with Miss Ryan and Miss Ryan had called the police woman to come over, Alice was not at all afraid. She even bravely had a confrontation with Lady Dugdale, the police officer. I was really frightened then, and angry too. I said to her, ‗Lady, you better not, you better not Miss, because if I get that whip off of you, you‘ll get it too. You touch me and I‘ll get Mr Larsen. You better talk to Mr Larsen first.‘ p. 103. Alice, who was not afraid of Lady Dugdale, spoke to her bravely in an angry manner that Lady Dugdale should not even dare try to touch her. This shows that Alice has a brave trait even to people with power. Alice is also a kind of person is brave to point out what is wrong even if it risks her job. It is seen when she told Margaret, Mrs. Cashmore‘s daughter, who treated Roma in an improper manner to treat Roma as a guest. Then Margaret had a nice little girl from another farm come to have a holiday with her. She got a bit cheeky with her little friend and I told her ‗This is your guest. You ought to treat her as a guest.‘ As I was saying it Mrs Cashmore just happened to walk in the door. ‗What‘s going in here?‘ she said. I‘m just telling Margaret, as she‘s picking on Roma, that if you have a guest you have to treat her as a guest.‘ Well, Mrs Cashmore flew at me for telling her daughter off. I flew back at her and ended up shouting, ‗Well, if that‘s the way you feel – you can keep yo ur job. I‘m off.‘ p. 131. Mrs. Cashmore who happened to have caught Alice telling off her daughter got angry. However, Alice bravely told Mrs. Cashmore that it was okay for her job to be taken away if Mrs. Cashmore cannot accept what Alice did to her daughter. What Alice did, needs courage to correct what is wrong. Alice‘s reaction proved that she is a brave person. Another proof that shows Alice was a brave woman was that she does not remain quiet when she was accused falsely. Instead, she bravely gave her reasons to prove that she has done nothing wrong. This happened when Alice was accused for having squandered her money. With her bravery, Alice proved her innocence even when others were trying to blame her. ‗Who said that, I‘ll skin that person,‘ I said. ‗They should mind their own business. You want to see something?‘ and I put my hand under the pram and pulled this COD parcel out. ‗This is where my money goes. I don‘t know whoever told you I was squandering my money, but in here are articles I‘ve got for my kids. This belongs to the kids, and I spend it on the kids p. 188.‘ Alice reactions towards many situations that she was encountered have shown that she was indeed a brave person. However, because of her identity as part of the Aborigines society, the white people still had power over many aspects in the society which made Alice could not win over the white people by herself as part of the colonized society.