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Deadly Unna

As a result of what happens, Garys perspective of life and people of the Port changes.

Deadly Unna is a novel written by Phillip Gwynne about fourteen year old Blacky and his life at the Port. The novel is based around the game of football but deals with many issues facing adolescents such as racism, human behaviour, courage and morals, violence, sacrifice and relationships.
What Blacky learns is that his town is racist, learns to stand up for what he believes in
Blacky discovers how racist his town is.

It seemed that Blacky was not aware of how racist his friends were. The footy team's attitude between the Nungas and Goonyas was very serious. They always made racial comments among themselves and Blacky's reaction was to go along with his friend to be racist. This is shown when Pickles asks him whether he is friends with Dumby.
"Mate of yours now, is he?" "No way. Not him. I hate his guts." Page25.
But the truth was that Blacky was friends with him but because everyone......


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Approximate Word Count: 1181
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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