Stephanie+La+Motta


 * Dangerous Dogs**

- Vets say that banning dogs wont stop attacks - Ted Baillieu said that he wants to get rid of these dogs asap - A fine may go to the owner for $19,000 - Anyone who owns a dangerous dog will spend 20 years in jail - AVA- Socialising of dogs- better then outlawing - More funding for this -Common victims are children under 10 years

Ted Baillieu and our government want to get rid of all dangerous dogs in Australia and if you don’t you will get a fine of $19,000. They also want to make it that if you have a dangerous dog you spend 20 years in jail! Most people who are getting attacked are people under the age of 10.


 * Background, Attitudes and Values**
 * Billy **
 * ** Background ** || ** Attitudes and Values ** ||
 * ** Billy has a abusive and alcoholic dad so he ran away from home **
 * ‘See ya dad. I’ve taken the alcohol. Drink this instead to celebrate your son leaving home.’ ** || ** Billy values kindness that Irene, Ernie and Caitlin show him. **
 * ‘ There are men like Ernie, the train driver, in this world. Men who don’t boss you around and don’t ask prying questions and don’t get bitter at anyone different from them.’ ** ||
 * ** Billy is intelligent but he doesn’t like school **
 * ‘I failed year 10 subjects except english. I can read. I can dream. I know all about the world.’ ** || ** Billy is proud to be homeless and able to look after himself. **
 * Caitlin says: **
 * ‘ Homeless and proud of it.’ ** ||
 * ** Billy’s mother is out of the picture but no one knows why yet. ** ||  ||


 * Good work Steph! Detailed character analysis!**

**Caitlin** **Old Bill**
 * ** Background ** || ** Attitudes and Values ** ||
 * ** Caitlin comes from a rich family but isn’t proud of it **
 * ‘ Dad says why bother. The is to rich for his own good’ ** || ** She likes Billy’s manners **
 * ‘Such perfect manners, eating scraps at McDonalds’ **
 * ‘So well mannered, so unlike every boy at Bandarat Grammar, or any schoolboy Ive ever known.’ ** ||
 * ** She works at McDonalds because she likes to earn her own money **
 * ‘ He buys me everything I want. But mum and I have a deal. Whatever I earn she doubles and banks for me, for university in 2 years’ ** ||  ||
 * ** She doesn’t like her school it’s to fancy and she thinks it unnecessary. **
 * ‘I shine my shoes eve week, and wear the school blazer on sports day, and I feel like a real dork.’ **
 * ‘So they can charge people like my dad $10.000 a year to make me wear a uniform.’ ** ||  ||
 * ** Background ** || ** Attitudes and Values ** ||
 * ** Old Bill’s daughter died **
 * ‘ They switched off the machine and Jessie lay there for hours still not moving, then she died’ ** || ** Old Bill likes company **
 * ‘ I like this kid. I like his company.’ ** ||
 * ** Old Bill’s wife died **
 * ‘ My wife died one year to the day after Jessie.’ ** || ** He likes kindness **
 * ‘I almost cried, a kid like that with nothing giving stuff away.’ ** ||
 * ** Old Bill likes to drink **
 * ‘ I hear a bottle crash outside my carriage. I go out to check and find an old man with long gray hair and beard sitting on the train track looking at the beer stain the wooden sleepers.’ **
 * ‘ He couldn’t believe he dropped a full bottle.’ ** ||  ||

I told them how I feel About Billy I love him So much They got angry. Daddy is the angriest man in the world But he will understand. If he truly cares about The way I feel. Daddy wants to meet Billy Poor Billy. Daddy is going to Ask 1000 questions. Oh well The more I see Billy The better. Billy has been great I love his company How he treats me normal And how he makes me feel alive again. Im glad I gave him my house Im glad he will be safe And warm And free from life as a homeless kid. I can’t wait to go on my holiday And be free From memories The past And the drink. I love walking past pubs with my head held high. Billy has changed me And I’m grateful. Very grateful. Living in the house alone is Great. I love opening the curtains in the morning Letting the world inside. Then closing them So I can be free from the world. I love Caitlin I would love to spend eternity With her. I love every moment with her I treat it like my last. Every time we kiss I feel like im floating on clouds I feel like no one can touch me. I feel like nothing will ever hurt me. That is why I have asked Caitlin To move in with me. And she said yes. Now the house will have new memories And the ghosts of Jessie and Old Bills wife Would live with Old Bill in his carriage.
 * How I would have liked the Simple gift to end: **
 * Caitlin: **
 * Old Bill: **
 * Billy **