traumatising event that victimised 50,000 of indigenous children and families, and who still suffer to this day. Phillip Noyce captures this dramatic feeling of trauma and immense control by the European Settlers in his 2002 film, Rabbit Proof Fence. Filmed in Western Australia, it follows the true lives of 3 half caste girls who have been stolen from their families, and a take a bold journey to walk their way back to their home town, Jigalong. 900 miles through the harsh Australian desert, the…
Molly & Gerry both drive change. Remember the Titans and Rabbit Proof fence both are movies which deal with a lot of racism and discrimination, but Molly and Gerry both tried to drive as much change as they could with either their team or family. In Remember the Titans, Gerry represented his strong decisive leadership skills and the way that shaped his team into being so successful in the NFL matches. In Rabbit Proof Fence, Molly showed out her creative resourceful skills that helped the girls…
is what happens in the true story of the film, Rabbit-Proof Fence, which follows three “half caste” Aboriginal children, (sisters), Molly, Gracie and Daisy, who were forcibly taken from their families in Jigalong, Western Australia in 1931. The girls escape from the training institution they are brought to, and walk hundreds of miles back to Jigalong. They deny the English life even though it is partly theirs; it is not their home. Rabbit-Proof Fence is a story that proves multiracial people…
it Actually Important I think this class benefits students in a ton of ways. We are the society’s future and I think it’s important to know Canada’s successes and failures so we know what to do and what not to do. My generation and generations to follow need to know the past of Canada so the future can be even better. I think it’s important to know what to do and what not to do when it comes to approaching people who are different then us. We need the knowledge of the Beothuk so another group…
Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…
"Well, use your head, son," he said, smiling. Which really meant, "That's all I'm going to tell you," or "I don't know the answer, so don't embarrass me." A Partnership Is Formed The next morning, I told my best friend, Mike, what my dad had said. As best I could tell, Mike and I were the only poor kids in this school. Mike was like me in that he was in this school by a twist of fate. Someone had drawn a jog in the line for the school district, and we wound up in school with the rich kids. We…