Perspectives

In what follows, we will look at “Growing Up” by Anthony Hill from different perspectives related to literary period and similar works.

Literary context

Published in 1999, the short story can be considered a contemporary, post-modernist piece of fiction. The story explores a theme which has been predominant in the Australian society since World War II, during the period when post-modernism developed. Furthermore, the style of … 

Other works with the same theme

The theme of racism in Australian society has been explored by numerous Australian authors in their fiction. Here are just a few relevant examples of short stories that you can compare with “Growing Up”.

“Freddy Andrews” by Polly Borland (Contexts, p. 120) is a short story constructed as a portrait of a half-Aboriginal young man who struggles between reconciling his two identities and tries to …