Dec 25, 2009

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

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Author: Thomas Keneally
First Published: 1972
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: c.1900
Setting: New South Wales, Australia
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Satire
Subjects: Language or languages, Politics, Racism, Colonies or colonization, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Rape, Violence, Death or dying, Australia or Australians
Locales: New South Wales, Australia

Characters Discussed

Jimmie Blacksmith, a half-white, half- aborigine man bent on achieving social status and material success through land ownership. He murders the families of two of his previous employers. Educated by a missionary, the twenty-two-year- old is perceptive and intelligent, but he is snobbish toward his aborigine kinfolk and frustrated by expectations of failure from his white employers. After being cheated out of wages on several jobs as a fence-builder and after witnessing and participating in the brutal treatment of an aborigine murder suspect while working...

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

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