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Analyse the histories of Simpson and the donkey, explaining the differences among historians.
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S181 DIFFERENT HISTORIES ASSIGNMENT 2 TOPIC Analyse the histories of Simpson and the donkey, explaining the differences among historians. TUTOR Helen Brash STUDENT Vicki Macdonald Student No 12000167 Analyse the histories of Simpson and the donkey, explaining the differences among historians. The legend of the Anzacs began during World War One in Gallipoli and included the myth of "Simpson and his donkey". This myth began with the death of John Simpson Kirkpatrick in 1915 and the subsequent press release in the Sun Herald by C.E.W. Bean, the official war correspondent. Bean's writings about Simpson and his bravery have long been accepted and reproduced in popular texts, school books, etc, portraying Simpson as a national identity. Peter Cochrane has since challenged this myth of Simpson and has begun to decentralise him and argue that the story of Simpson was embellished to serve a valuable and social purpose. This essay will analyse these two different histories of Simpson and the donkey and the...
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