Aboriginal boomarng

Explain the pourpose of the activity:

I think that the pourpose of this activity was to try to understand the caulture of the aborigines and how they hunt.

Explain the story on your boomerangs, including the meaning of the colours:

The meeting place: To me the meeting place represented when we go camping on new years and we are all having fun and dancing to the years top songs

The sun/stars: To me the sun represented when we go swimming and kyaking/paddle bording in the summer. The stars represented at camp when we did solo and we just admired the stars because we dont see them at home how we seen them at camp.

What went well when painting your boomerangs:

When I was painting my boomerang I think that my patterns didnt go as planned but my i didnt give up and I keept going to make it the best i could.

My boomerang:

children of blood and bone

Chapter 22 - Amari
I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of them filling the narrow path. Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered where they came from, where else they might have ended up,
“Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly diviners, the laborers outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking skeleton.
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is


A message i take from this is that things arnt always what they seem, like Amari always thought that the laborers were clean and we treated good when in reality they were treated really bad and treated like they were slaves. It just shows Amari that she sould be more greatful for what she has and not believe everything that her parents tell her.




Chapter 23 - Zélie
Metal gates fly open on the sides of the arena floor, and an endless flow of water rushes in. This has to be a mirage. Yet liter after liter flows in. The water covers the metal ground, crashing with the expanse of a sea.
“How is this possible?” I hiss under my breath, remembering the laborers no more than skin and bone. So many dying for water and they waste it on this?
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is

this could be compared to chapter 22 like it says above when Amari thinks that the labourers are all squeaky clean when really they are "dressed in nothing but tattered rags" and are treated horribly. it compares to this chapter because they are waisting all the water on having battles and killing the labourers who were "dying for water".


Chapter 28 – Amari
Be brave, Amari.
This time I hold onto Binta’s words, wrapping them around my body like a suit of armor. I can be brave.
(EXAMPLE) A message I take from this scene is that we keep the people we love in our hearts. Their words can make us strong.


A message i take from this is to believe in myself because i can do anything.

Chapter 33 – Zélie
Gods help us. I close my eyes, trying to drown the tragedy out. Through it all, the cheers never stop. The praise never ends. As we stand on the platform, the crowd rejoices as if there’s a reason to celebrate this bloodbath.
Beside me, Tzain holds me close; he hasn’t really let go since he carried me from the ship. He keeps his expression vacant, but I can sense his remorse.
Though the competitor in him has prevailed, we’re still covered in the blood of those who have fallen. We may have triumphed, but this is no victory.
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is


This chapter reminds me of the movie/books the hunger games where the compettitors are put into an arena and are forced to fight to the death whalst the crowd whatch over the screen and chear every time someone dies.

Chapter 49 – Amari
Strike, Amari.
Father’s voice rings in my head, but it’s not his strength I need.
Be brave, Amari. Binta soothes instead.
Be the Lionaire.
(EXAMPLE) King Saran sees the ability to hurt others as strength. Amari has realized that strength can mean something else, as she learned from Binta. I believe strength comes from being strong enough to do what is right.

A message I take away from this text/quote is that people arnt always right and they dont always know what you mean, for example; she hears her father telling her to strike, but, thats not what she wants to hear, she needs to hear someone who is closer to her heart and who isnt as demanding as her father (King Saran).