Characterisation

The main and single character of the story “Freddy Andrews” by Polly Borland is Freddy Andrews. All the others are only mentioned generically: his parents, his siblings or other aboriginals. 

Freddy Andrews

Freddy is both the protagonist and the narrator of the story. As a result, we can identify his traits based on what he tells us and on how he tell the story.

The narrator defines himself as confused about his ethnic identity, because his mother is Aboriginal and his father is white: “I'm confused with my Aboriginal identity.” (l. 1)

Though he has Aboriginal roots, others see him as a “whitefella” (l. 14) because of his “white skin” (l. 25).

The way Freddy talks indicates he does not have a lot of education; he uses slang words like “fella” (l. 4) and inserts unnecessary words in his account, normally used in oral communication. Furthermore, he mentions at one point that he “spent time in jail and stuff like that” (ll. 16-17) which also hints that he is not necessarily a rule-abiding citi...