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Make interview script of the landscape in “the scert river”，below is some resourse that you could use. The landscape What kind of relationships do we see in The Secret River between people and the Australian landscape? How do different characters interact with the landscape and what does it mean to them? Compare the various types of dwellings that are built on the landscape in the course of the story – what do each of these represent? What is the significance of the title of the novel? Aboriginal people: Relationship: The Aborigines live in harmony with the landscape. Until the colonists arrived, the question of ownership of the land and its fruits was irrelevant. Interaction- The Aborigines gather wood and food in a relaxed, unhurried manner. The blacks were farmers no less than the white men were. But they did not bother to build a fence to keep the animals from getting out. Instead, they created a tasty patch to lure them in. Either way, it meant meat for dinner. Meaning- home or more like a mother to them.The land existed, and so did they. What the land provided, they ate. They felt the firmness of the land beneath their feet and knew that it belonged to them, and that they belonged to the land. Will: The relationship- own the land [When William first sees the stretch of land on the Hawkesbury river that he wants to claim as his own, he realizes that he can finally gain the security that comes with ownership of land. He and Sal lost the house on Swan Lane because Mr. Middleton did not own the house outright. William wants something that no one can take away from him. He wants the pride and social standing of a landowner, even if that land has yet to be developed. William knows that by establishing Thornhill's Point he is leaving behind his past as a lowly lighterman and taking the first step to building a solid and secure life for his family in Australia. ] Interaction- have put the labour of their hands into this land [They took the absence of permanent structures and tilled fields to mean that the Aborigines had not invested in the land. In the tradition of the Protestant work ethic, a people that did not labor on the land or develop its resources were not considered to own that land.] so as to structure a society and inhabit a land. Meaning- The land means the wealth and security to him and his family and the beginning of new life. Dwellings 1. Sal made a place she called the yard, a patch of earth that she scraped and swept until it was smooth. Within its boundary she made something domestic: the fireplace, ringed with stones ... the water barrel filled from the rivulet, a slab of log laid on a couple of stones that did duty as a table. She cooked and washed and swept, and sat on a log to mend children's clothes or grind up the hominy, just like any other housewife. Beyond the yard she went only for a call of nature, and did not dally." Sal's yard symbolizes the division between the wilderness and the savages (the Aborigines) and civilization. Swept clean, the yard is devoid of the nature surrounding her. Sal carves out a space for herself in which she recreates her former life. Even when William becomes a rich man, Sal insists that a high wall enclose their villa, separating her from the foreign land outside. 2. When the Aboriginal clan finally moves on from Thornhill's Point, Sal ventures into their camp for the first time. She sees their huts and the carefully swept floor of the camp and realizes that it was a real home to them. Just because they do not wear clothes or cook familiar food does not mean that they have not created a home in the same way she creates a home for her family. While Sal had previously wished the Aborigines would go away and leave them alone on their land, she now understands that Thornhill's Point and all of New South Wales is their home. Just as she wants to return to her home in London, she knows that the Aborigines will return to their home on Thornhill's Point. This realization only reinforces her desire to leave Thornhill's Point and and widens the divide between her and William. The significance of the title: Reveal the clash between the white people and aboriginal people about land surrounding by a river Imply the secret that Will killed the aborigines while lied to his wife