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//__Down to the beach__// is a December 2007 poem composed by Sylvia Chidi. The purpose of this text is to inform the audience, being beach lovers and younger people, that the beach is calm, fun and a unique place to be. This text is related to the Australian Cultural Perspective of Life’s a Beach. It is related as the beach in many Australian’s eyes, as a part of day to day life. The beach is a place to get away and enjoy yourself and in this poem by Chidi, we can observe that this text explains this in a short and sweet way. Stereotyping has been used in this poem as it reads “Only there the ladies reveal saucy behinds whenever the raging sun is still kind”. This line shows that the opinion of the author is that a beach is where women go to tan and do nothing else. This text does not subvert any common stereotype but on the other hand, it silences the surfers and fitness junkies that use the beach for uses other than tanning and building sandcastles. It also however, marginalizes the group of family, as the poem states “young lovers” and “kids”. This text contributes to our understanding of the Australian Cultural Perspectives in both positive and negative lights. It did add to our understanding by stating what a fun and enjoyable place the beach is and how different individuals spend their time but it also gave the beach and Australians more of a stereotypical look and attitude but in conclusion the poem //__Down to the beach__// met its’ purpose of telling the audience about the Australian Cultural Perspective of Life’s a Beach.

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