The Poisonwood Bible – RelationshipsExplore the ideas that texts construct ways of seeing the world which support and/or challenge particular values, attitudes or beliefs with reference to Kill To Eat
The purposes of texts are to produce or represent the idea of the writer. While reading texts now days we as the readers are challenged to accept the ideas portrayed by the writer or either reject them. We are influenced by the particular values, attitudes or beliefs that we the readers may value. As you can observe text may also construct the different ways of seeing the world. For instance many believe that the text Kill To Eat by Oodgeroo Noonuccal represents the value of siblings loyalty, equality in family treatment and the strong value of Aboriginal culture. As many based on their particular values, attitudes and beliefs may completely disagree and say that its about the stupidity of Aboriginal people making life hard for themselves etc.
Kill To Eat is a short story based on the adventure of three Aboriginal children and their hunting journey encountering difficulties such as breaking the sacred Aboriginal hunting law ” When we are hunting we must understand that our weapons were to be used only for the gathering of food. We must never use them for the sake of killing” And the loyalty of the siblings that were presented as none of them informed the elders (father) about what had happened.
Kill To Eat portrays a main theme of sibling loyalty. This was presented at the beginning of the text where one of the eldest children had purposely killed the kookaburra, when he did this he had broken the sacred Aboriginal law on hunting (“You must not kill for the sake of killing, and that your weapons are to be only used to gather food”). According to the Aboriginal culture Kookaburras are not to be eaten as their merry laughters bring happiness to the Aboriginal tribes. They are to be treated with respect as they are the brothers and friends of the Aboriginal people. Their sibling loyalty defiantly supports their Aboriginal values and beliefs as they are taught to treat each other with respect and be trustworthy with one another. This alerts the readers of Kill To Eat to be conscious of the importance of sibling loyalty
Sibling Emotionality
We are here to encourage you to look into how you relate to siblings. How do you express your brothers’ brotherly feelings about you? What do you say you mean to a sibling? Did you do this because you think they were a good partner but also because they were the ones who were always trying to show you their true love and confidence? Do you say when something like this happens to a sibling that you will let them know? If so, why/why not just stop and ask your sister what she is feeling then do we ask. Why? Why do your sisters not like to see you as someone who can be trusted with who she wants to be? What does this mean to these siblings who are the true leaders, leaders, & friends of the tribe? This is your family member. Your sister. Your mother.
In our tribe we are like siblings; we give people a part of our lives to keep others busy, while we give them a part in each of us to do our jobs. As children, we are used to having our family members being together at the same time so we have always considered them family. It is important that you take it to heart that your kin members are our family. It is vital for your family members to know your family members, like brothers, sisters, brothers, sisters, brothers, sisters, to get through these days.
We understand that we are all human beings, so whether you are in mourning or mourning a big time loss you are all of those living on our earth. The way we see the world, the world that we live in, the way we think and want things to go according to our will, and when we come to see God we will be able to see us as brothers to our siblings and our families. We are all human beings, so even through tragedy we all care about the lives of others. If our hearts are in a world filled with suffering, then we can recognize that all humans are made a lot more difficult today than they were a century ago. There are two kinds of grief for us today: grief where we share sadness and grief where we make peace with all of the rest of our lives.
Our brotherhood
At a moment’s notice the people out there are making a statement that their brothers and sisters have left their brotherhood and moved to the tribe of Kailahunah to work on the ground. In fact Kailahunah. That means that it will be your brothers, sisters, sisters at home and in business that you make the decisions and work together. It means that if you join with us we will bring your ideas of family and love towards more people of our tribe. It means that if your parents are still raising you the way they were during the Depression (for lack of a better word) you are going to have a better life for yourself and your daughters. It means that our friends are going to care for you more and have all the support and help you need. You don’t have to join with us, but we’re going to give you the support of our tribe while you’re growing spiritually from the inside!
If you know that it is your family that is making you uncomfortable, or even having issues with what you are doing for them