Using the quotation given from the text, write a short essay on it, identifying it and discussing it in its historical
and/or cultural context. The following quotation is picked from the novel “True History of the Kelly Gang” by author Peter Carey.
“God willing I shall live to see you read these
words to witness your astonishment and see your dark eyes widen and your jaw
drop when you finally comprehend the injustice we poor Irish suffered in this
present age. How queer and foreign it must seem to you and all the coarse words
and cruelty which I now relate are far away in ancient time.”
words to witness your astonishment and see your dark eyes widen and your jaw
drop when you finally comprehend the injustice we poor Irish suffered in this
present age. How queer and foreign it must seem to you and all the coarse words
and cruelty which I now relate are far away in ancient time.”