Extended Response Question.
“An individual’s identity is shaped by the way they perceive their connections with others and the world around them.” How is this view represented in the film Rabbit-proof Fence directed by Phil Noyce and the novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas written by John Boyne?
Identity, the fact of being whom or what a person or thing is. We as humans in this growing society are influenced from others and the world around us, furthermore benefiting the identity of an individual. In the two texts Rabbit Proof Fence (RPF) by Phil Noyce and the novel The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas (BISP) by John Boyne; there are connections and links that relates back to the perception of how we perceive our own identity, something the defines us. This paper will display how identity shaped by characters and places within the two texts, creates the sense of belonging in individual characters.
RPF is about three ‘halve castes’ girls from Jigalong who go beyond belief and travel boundless miles to reach their loved ones from the ruins of Moore River. This comes from the period of the Stolen Generation, a time of great segregation between the Aboriginal and white people of Australia. …show more content…
‘And everyone was told to leave the houses. Lots of people didn’t want to and they hid wherever they could find a place but in the end I think they caught everyone. And the trucks took us to a train and the train . . .’ He hesitated for a moment and bit his lip. Bruno thought he was going to start crying and couldn’t understand why In addition he has been shaped by these events and have portrayed him to act much older than beyond his years. Majority stands out in his identity, and his tone (as seen above) is able express his feeling and emotion towards the events. As he has been exposed to many hardships (more than any other would these times) it had affected his family and himself.
Quite the opposite, Bruno has misled knowledge of his family and the events of WW2. It is the simply the way he was brought up, to believe Germany is the greatest place on Earth-
“An individual’s identity is shaped by the way they perceive their connections with others and the world around them.” How is this view represented in the film Rabbit-proof Fence directed by Phil Noyce and the novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas written by John Boyne?
Identity, the fact of being whom or what a person or thing is. We as humans in this growing society are influenced from others and the world around us, furthermore benefiting the identity of an individual. In the two texts Rabbit Proof Fence (RPF) by Phil Noyce and the novel The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas (BISP) by John Boyne; there are connections and links that relates back to the perception of how we perceive our own identity, something the defines us. This paper will display how identity shaped by characters and places within the two texts, creates the sense of belonging in individual characters.
RPF is about three ‘halve castes’ girls from Jigalong who go beyond belief and travel boundless miles to reach their loved ones from the ruins of Moore River. This comes from the period of the Stolen Generation, a time of great segregation between the Aboriginal and white people of Australia. …show more content…
‘And everyone was told to leave the houses. Lots of people didn’t want to and they hid wherever they could find a place but in the end I think they caught everyone. And the trucks took us to a train and the train . . .’ He hesitated for a moment and bit his lip. Bruno thought he was going to start crying and couldn’t understand why In addition he has been shaped by these events and have portrayed him to act much older than beyond his years. Majority stands out in his identity, and his tone (as seen above) is able express his feeling and emotion towards the events. As he has been exposed to many hardships (more than any other would these times) it had affected his family and himself.
Quite the opposite, Bruno has misled knowledge of his family and the events of WW2. It is the simply the way he was brought up, to believe Germany is the greatest place on Earth-