My report's focus is to see how the New Zealand identity is portrayed in New Zealand art and literature. The texts I chose come from the early nineteenth century - The Piano - to the 1940s in Frank Sargeson's short stories. Even though these texts may not be very modern, you can still see that there are a number of different factors that are in them which link to my theme.

New Zealand Society
In the short story ‘The Hole that Jack Dug’ and in the song ‘Whaling’, the male belongs to the working class. In "The Hole that Jack Dug", Jack is a married man who a worker at a quarry. His wife doesn’t like that he does not get a better job, such as one in an office. Even though Jack has the ability to get a better job, he prefers labouring than anything else. In ‘Whaling’ this man is stuck as a whaler for a job, possibly because he lacks proper education. "But I'm whaling... Not where I want to be." This lack of education forced him into a job he didn't want, which might......

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Title: Development Of A New Zealand Identity
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