Taronga - Victor Kelleher

Discuss how the representations of groups in the novel Taronga reinforce or challenges your attitudes about these groups. Taronga is a novel written by Victor Kelleher, which is set in Australia in 1987, two years after Last Days, a tragedy caused by Chernobyl. Australia had been pushed into anarchy, and it had become a fight for survival. The weak were killed, and the strong became stronger. In the novel Taronga, by Victor Kelleher, there are many …

…the character Steve, reinforces both my views and society's view on this group. In the novel Taronga, by Victor Kelleher, there are many groups which are represented, and, as shown, these representations either reinforce or challenge my attitudes on these groups. As can be seen, most of the representations reinforce my attitudes, which shows that my ideologies are very similar to that of Victor Kellerher's, which means that we share very similar values and attitudes.