Readers are often prompted to investigate the imbalance of power in society through representations of race or ethnicity. Discuss how race or ethnicity is represented in two short stories you have studied this year. Race and ethnicity brings an imbalance of power in society. Archie Weller's "Stolen Car" and Victoria Zabukovec's "The Young Stranger" are examples of short stories which represent these imbalances through themes and issues and the characters presented in these two texts. …showed first 75 words of 783 total…

…showed last 75 words of 783 total…powerless and downtrodden, leave readers to believe that race and ethnicity are unfavourable in society. Living in a world dominated by non ethnic and non coloured members of society will only mean that people other than that will be marginalised and rejected. This is all done in favour to regulate power in society, keeping it distributed evenly amongst those with authority; namely those who are non ethnic and non coloured, living in a western society.