lawson
In the two stories, “Drover’s Wife” and “Joe Wilson Courtship” by Henry Lawson, uses effective techniques to tell the story. Where as in the TV documentary, “Plumpton High Babies”, and the recorded performance, “Flying Fox”, uses different techniques from Lawson’s stories but are also very effective. Some Lawson’s stories are very non-romantic and non-glamorizes, for example the “Drover’s Wife”. ... Even though “Drover’s Wife” is set in one setting, Lawson uses techniques like anecdotes to capture audience’s attentions. ... “Joe Wilson Courtship” is a story which goes through a lot of events and ‘ease in” to the story of Joe’s courtship, which is a big contrast to Lawson’s usual style of straight the point. ... Lawson also included some embarrassing incidents in Joe’s attempt to court Mary like the time when Joe was helping Mary with the washing and accidentally offered to hang out her underwear, which embarrassed her. ... Lawson uses series of flashbacks, reminiscences in the story to develop Joe’s character as sensitive, romantic and shy. ... Henry Lawson uses many techniques in his short stories to capture the readers attention. ... Like every good author, Henry Lawson has a climax and resolution in his short stories. ... Henry Lawson has a definite purpose in both of his short stories. In The Loaded Dog and The Dorvers Wife, Henry Lawson describes the settings of the stories by direct, detailed description. ... It is important for Lawson to detail the words picturing the campsite and the species of fish in the river to develop the plot. ... Henry Lawson intelligently compares the children and the drover’s wife to the environment.