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Stay: the Last Dog in Antarctica Jesse Blackadder Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Jesse Blackadder Book Summary Based on the life of Stay who was smuggled to Antarctica in 1991 and is still having adventures there today! Themes Loyalty Belonging Responsibilties Place Disability Betrayal Pranking Society and How it Functions Power Relationships Curriculum areas and key learning outcomes Stay is an excellent resource for Year 4 onwards and could be used for the following subjects: •SOSE/HSIE • English •Literacy and Language •Science • Mathematics learning outcomes: It could also be used to achieve the following ACELT 1613, 1620, ISBN 978073333177 ACELA 1469 E-ISBN 9781743098196 ACSSU 073, 094 Notes By Michael Armiger Appropriate ages: 8-12 1 Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Jesse Blackadder Contents •Introduction •About the Author •Author Inspiration Themes Study Notes on Themes and Curriculum Topics • Loyalty • Belonging • Responsibilties • Place • Disability• Betrayal • Pranking • Society and How it Functions • Power Relationships Activities Bibliography About the Author of the Notes 2 Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Jesse Blackadder Jesse Blackadder During their time apart Stay has several adventures (or ‘jollies’ as they’re known locally). She is taken to Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica is based on the true different stations aboard light aircraft, a helicopter Introduction and a sled. She does get to meet huskies, though ironicallyadventures named of a guide ‘Stay’ dog is not box, only like telepathic; one of many able seen to their leader, Blackie, takes a dislike to her and bites near shops across the country. In this case though, the and become lost in a crevasse. She is rescued when the ropes holding her to the sled, causing Stay to fall longs for adventure. Stay is conscious of the important helps the humans recover her. workhear the she thoughts does collecting of humans money and for other the dogs,Guide she Dogs also she sends a mental message to another husky, who but this Labrador imagines a more interesting life and Stay is reunited with Chills again before they are simply one where she belongs to a family the way that meant to board the Aurora Australis for the return other dogs do. Antarctica.trip to Hobart Stay but has she now is dog-napped become so much again, a thispart time of Hobart and smuggled on board the Aurora Australis by by Chill’s friend Kaboom, allowing her to remain in One night, Stay is dog-napped from outside a store in the lives and culture of the people living in Antarc- tica that she realises that it is where she belongs. Chills, a researcher about to embark on a study of pen- sheguins may in Antarctica.have brought Initially the situation she is apprehensive about by wishing about tersNot onlywho isman it more the stations exciting have than become being chained the family up forChills’ a change motivations of life. in stealing her, but she also believes thatoutside she a once supermarket, longed to butpart Kaboom of. and the charac- Stay’s arrival in Antarctica coincides with the imminent departure of the resident huskies due to the signing of an environmental agreement. She quickly becomes a celebrity not only among the crew of the ship but to all those manning stations in Antarctica. She is so destroyed.highly prized, A wooden that others leg needs try to tosteal be hercarved themselves. for her at She is badly damaged in a scuf�le and one of her legs is Chills and Stay are separated. Davis Station, but the repair will take some time and so 3 Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Jesse Blackadder Author Inspiration About the Author Jesse says: Stay: The last Dog in Antarctica is Jesse book. Jesse was awarded the Antarctic Art ‘I travelled southChasing on anthe Australian Light Antarctic Arts Blackadder’s fourth novel and her �irst children’s Fellowship in late 2011 researching my historical where she met the real ‘Stay’ on which this book is �iction novel , based on the true based.Fellowship The effect2011-12 that and this travelled extraordinary to Antarctica continent story of the �irst women to reach Antarctica. had on Jesse is evident in the book and her ability called Laser Dave dognapped her and brought to depict the language and camaraderie of the I was lucky enough to meet Stay when a scientist the surrounds of Davis Station in Australian as an award winning author. Jesse lives in Byron the Guide Dog on their three-day �ield trip in unique characters that work there re�lect her skills out enough about Stay to realise she was a true Antarctic Territory. During that time I found y. Stay: The Last Bay, NSW and is completing a Doctorate in Creative Dog in Antarctica was born. Drawing on media arts through the University of Western Sydne Antarctic legend, and the idea for as well as tall reportsStay’s history and various and imagined biographies, the rest .’ tales and rumours, I pieced together some of 4 Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Jesse Blackadder Jesse Blackadder With Blackie about taking care of Chills (pp 189- Stay190) communicates her feelings telepathically to Curriculum Topics humans Notes on Themes and Stay tries to direct Chills actions (p 52) Ranga’s Stayactions thinks (p 35) about Chills reading her thoughts Stay thinks Chills is stealing (p 56) EnglishAnthropomorphism (p 97) TalkingTrying to to be Kaboom found (pabout 168) her feelings for Chills (pMissing 199) Kaboom (p 188) inanimate object with human characteristics but usesInterestingly the traits the that book we doesassociate not simply with Labradors invest an to provide the fundamental elements of Stay’s character. This allows the themes of loyalty and Suspense and Plot Device the perception of betrayal to be explored in the book. [Please see the reading and discussion questions below for quotes and text references toStay take is madeher somewhere of �ibreglass she and has therefore no ability has to nostop on these and other themes.] control of her own movements. If humans want telepathically. There are several instances where Stay communicates with both humans and dogs shethem, is takenapart fromand hidden trying toor communicateis confused by with the them telepathically though with a key difference. Being actions or language of those around her. Stay has to a dog she can have a conversational exchange wait until things are explained to her or revealed in with other dogs but mostly is only able to send overheard conversations. thoughts to humans. The one exception is an exchange with Kaboom late in the book as their relationship grows. (p199) is created. This is particularly the case when Stay believesBy withholding that Chills key is pieces stealing of information, money that hassuspense been Stay talks to other dogs With Jet the Guide Dog about humans and how to raised for the Guide Dogs. (p 56) As Stay Gulliver’s learns in�luence them (p19) Travelscrucial information,East of the Sun so andthe readerWest of learns. the Moon This plot Blackie is critical of Stay (pp 118, 120, 134) device is used in ‘journey’ tales, such as Blackie bites through Stay’s ropes (p 140) , , With Blackie and Cocoa about leaving Antarctica (p164) 5 Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica Jesse Blackadder The Quest for the Holy Grail and many others. Discussion Point: Why are the characters in When Stay is hidden in a bag with no idea where informalStay so informal and when with is iteach not? other, even when 151).she is or why, the reader asks the questions and they have only just met? When is it okay to be wonders what will happen to next. (pp 7, 35, 57, Activity: telling them about what you did on the weekend Self-ful�illing Prophecy but do notWrite use a a salutation letter to your at the best beginning. friend Pass the letter to another person who then adds From the beginning Stay wishes for adventure Dear Prime Minister, or To Queen Elizabeth II smelling the sea air. Later she rationalises that a formal salutation, sheand wasn’timagines dognapped herself �lying by Chills. to the She docks had and looked , for example. him in the eyes and wished for an adventure. Themes This allows us to believe Stay has control of her own destiny and negates a moral judgment about Chills stealing Stay (from the disabled Loyalty after all). Stay wishes for adventure (p 4) Stay’s perspective is that of an outsider. She is Stay is not dognapped, justi�ies being taken controlnot quite her a dog,own yet movements. she can communicate Though her abilitywith (p 34) dogs. She seeks adventure, yet is not able to Stay wishes to stay in Antarctica (p 196) Informal Language certainlyto in�luence not the inanimate. outcomes that affect her may seem limited, her personality is not passive and situationOften we theresee a transitionis an immediate to more absence informal of compareIn terms oftheir how behaviour she relates to towhat others, she believesStay must formality.language as relationships develop, but in this isjudge acceptable them by and their that words serve and her actions, interest. and For Stay these are conscious decisions. This is the strength of the classic anthropomorphic ‘A nickname already?’ Laser asked. fable ‘This is Stay,’ she said. ‘Stay, this is Laser.’ as a result of our natures or ambitions. From last year had to live with “Scumbag” all winter and personal, by relationshipsillustrating the to choices our football that we teams make and ‘Laser’sone pretty of the good: girls you got should “Slumpy”.’ be happy.
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