Divine wind and how it challenges or promotes the Australian culture

The divine wind, by Gary Disher challenges some of my ideas about the Australian culture. The philosophy behind Australian culture is built upon the ideal of mateship, equality and multiculturalism. The lack of mateship and the disrespect of other cultures, opposes my understanding of the Australian culture. The author uses setting, characterisation, language and point of view to express and convey his ideas about the Australian culture.

The novel focuses on an Anglo-Saxon point of view to highlight the problems with the Anglo-Saxon community and to give the impression of an unbiased reflection of the Japanese culture in the 1940's. The novel is written in the first person and through the persona's relationships, the reader can gain insight into the social behaviour of the community. The novel represents a society dominated by white Anglo-Saxon people that used migrants as a cheap labour force. The novel shows the struggles that the Japanese people faced. The discrimination and the ...