Q9: pretend you are Blacky writing a letter
to his father to explain how he felt about the
poor relationship between them
Explain how the old man affected the family
Explain what the old man did
Explain how Blacky felt
Explain how Blacky's mother felt
Aim: to make the old man feel guilty by writing
how his behaviour affected not only Blacky
but his wife who he dearly loved.
Write about the things that were 'important to
him' such as his wife, and how he ruined the
things he supposively loved
The things running through
Blacky's mind when he is on the
boat with his father
Scared, Worried,what is my
father doing?
Mention that Blacky was afraid of his
own father
"Every son needs his father"
"A father is very important in a child's life
Blacky felt: Annoyed, Scared,
Terrified, lost
The old man never supported Blacky or his family
This made it hard for Blacky's
mother to take care of everyone,
whilst doing all the housework.
Made her stressed.
He was very violent ,
not supportive,
physical and was
annoyed easily
Blacky's father was always at the pub drinking
Made his behaviour in
general and towards
his family horiffic
Because of this,
Blacky felt...
Main idea towards behaviour and selfishness
Was the main cause of all of his problems which affected the family
The old man got furious at his children, he sometimes even abused them. He stressed out his wife, and this
made it difficult for her to raise the kids on her own.
Always got angry at Blacky for small
mistakes
This was often caused by the constant drinking of the old man
Write about how the Old mans
actions and behaviours tore the
family apart and what the
consequences were
Blacky's mother gets sick? - as a
result of having to look after 8 kids
by herself all the time? and stress.
link back to
how The old
man was
always at the
pub and never
helping out at
home
overall, what did Blacky think of his father? - Scary, ticked off, harsh, mean, abusive, strict,
ruiner, 'fake' dad, heartless, hard to get words out of, not supportive, it was suprising if the
old man ever congratulated him. These words all made Blacky's family weaker
Blacky was shocked when he saw his father at the football celebration
idea: Blacky and his family
move away from the port, to
avoid the abusive content of
the old man. Eventually
Blacky's mother gets sick. -
Blacky says this is the old
mans fault because he caused
her so much stress