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77 pages 2 hours read

Jack Davis

No Sugar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

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Essay Topics

1.

No Sugar is meant to be performed on a stage. How would seeing it performed by actors, versus reading it in script format, strengthen its effect? Are there any ways in which it might weaken it? Discuss.

2.

What is the significance of the title No Sugar?

3.

No Sugar makes heavy use of Aboriginal dialect. Did this use of language enhance your engagement with the play, or was it distracting? Why or why not? 

4.

Who is the hero of No Sugar? 

5.

Why would Mr. Neal state that “a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing?” Is knowledge ever a bad thing? Bad for whom? Discuss. 

6.

What role does religion play in No Sugar? 

7.

In the world of No Sugar, what do you think the more effective tactic for fighting systematic racism would be? Why? 

8.

Do you see Billy as a traitor? Are the natives who work for the whites—Topsy and Billy—undermining the cause of the Aborigines? Why or why not? 

9.

By the end of the play, do you see any cause for the Aborigines to hope for substantial change? Why or why not?

10.

At the end of the play, Joe and Mary have each other, but must say goodbye to their families. Do you believe this is the right choice for them to make? Why or why not?

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