No Sugar Character Analysis

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the play, No Sugar, Mr Neville is the Chief Protector of Aborigines. He displays his power by making them wait until his is ready to help them. As in act 1, scene 7 Jimmy Munday is waiting to see Mr Neville, as he needs a fare for the eleven o’clock train. Mr Neville is reading a newspaper and Jimmy is still waiting outside for the train fare, Jimmy sees Miss Dunn and starts talking to her about the train fare. Miss Dunn doesn’t know what’s going on, she goes up to Mr Neville’s office and tells him about Jimmy waiting for a train fare. Mr Neville tells Miss Dunn to tell Jimmy to wait until his ready to give him a train fare. Jimmy doesn’t have any patience, he goes up to Mr Neville’s office and tells him where’s my train fare? Mr Neville tells

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