Chiratip+Lertsuwan

Welcome to Chiratip's Wikipage. Here, you will find 3 different representations of Australian at WWI with each text giving different perspectives. I have selected a frame from the movie 'Gallipoli', an australian army recruitment poster.


 * Australian Army Recruitment Poster**
 * The 'Spirit of the Anzac' commentary by Mike Subritzky**

The poem ‘Spirit of the ANZAC’ written by Mike Subritzky tells a story of Australian war soldier’s lives, from the beginning of their training for war to their deaths. The author foregrounds the characteristics of courage, teamwork and determination of the Australian soldiers through the use of poetic techniques such as rhythm, symbols, emotive language, alliteration and imagery. Australian soldiers are characterized as determined soldiers adapted in the harsh war environments. Subritzky portrayed this by using symbols and alliteration. “ //They clad us in the colours of the forest,”// The phrase ‘colours of the forest’ symbolizes the trenches where the Australian soldiers fight. Using alliteration on ‘clad’ and ‘colours’ makes the readers understand that the Australian soldiers were camouflaged to the trenches. Through the use of emotive language and visual imagery, the author foregrounds the idea of Australian soldiers being brave. “//So give us comfort as we lay down bleeding”.// The phrase ‘//as we lay down//’ gives the readers an image of the soldiers lying down. The emotive word, ‘//bleeding//’ sends a sad feeling to the readers. The way Subritzky uses these techniques consecutively makes the visual imagery a catalyst to the emotive language. The phrase, “//this foreign soild becomes our graven bed”// shows that the brave soldiers fought and died with pride, but they couldn’t be buried at their


 * Anzac Visual Text**