Rabbit-Proof Fence

This essay examines two themes from the social justice unit studied this term, slavery and white superiority. I chose these two themes because many African American teens who probably don’t know the hardships their ancestors went through and in the film Night John brings those hardships to life. I also chose these two themes because in 1931 aboriginal and half caste kids (half European, half aboriginal) were taken to be assimilated of their culture and be thought “the right way of living” but a…

Colonization appears in many texts, but three that are significant are Things Fall Apart, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and Lagaan. Colonization affects many cultural components and it can also force the colonized to adapt to new cultures, which prompts conflict between those who are in revolt and the colonizers while resulting in the outcome of a serious tragedy such as death. In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, it may seem as if the focus is on a single main character, but it is on a…

point of view from the African perspective instead of the white settler perspective. The movie Lagaan directed by Ashutosh Gowariker telling a story about an Indian tribe fighting against the British for what is right, no Lagaan. Also the movie Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce where 3 sisters are taken from their mother and home and put into a new school/society which their sole purpose was to raise girls to be a proper and helpful use to society. are all stories describing the…

In Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo is more successful than Doris Pilkington, the author of Rabbit-Proof Fence,in conveying the challenges faced by the main characters. Katherine Boo used the two narrative techniques, dialogue and descriptive language in her passage. Katherine Boo used descriptive language in her story which helped the readers really understand the challenges faced by the main characters. An example of Boo’s descriptive language is,”...when strapping Hindu boys began…

Molly. Directed by Phillip Noyce. In the Epilogue, we have recent footages of Real Molly and daisy, where they enlighten us again about their lives and their daring journey. Based on the events, Rabbit-proof fence is a moving story of racial prejudice, agoraphobic desert views & amazing endurance of three little indigenous girls. The film of Phillip Noyce has created quite an incite in Australia, where in real the kidnapping of “half-Caste”…

stories of colonization and westernization. Some of these stories are Things Fall Apart, Dakota 38, and Rabbit Proof Fence. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, a man named Okonkwo’s life as a member in the Ibo tribe in Nigeria is described. Second, In Dakota 38, a tribe’s annual journey is followed and along the way the explain the history of the Dakota tribe. Lastly, In Rabbit Proof Fence, 3 young Native Australian children are taken from their tribe and eventually escape from where they are…

perfectly. In the Moth Aleeza Kazmi said “I am brown” she stood up for herself. She stood up for what she believed in. If people don’t make their decisions or choices in life then those people probably won’t be able to live on their own. From the “Rabbit Proof Fence” Molly said “we are going back home”. Even though that the Molly and her 2 younger sisters could get in serious trouble Molly still stood up cause she wanted to go home. This also leads to the…

Indigenous nations by degrading them with stereotypes. However, there have been films that reshape Indigenous images on film by representing Indigenous epistemologies. Three significant films are The Business of Fancy Dancing, Smoke Signals, and Rabbit Proof Fence. All of these films engage in Native Tradition of storytelling and the understandings of family and community. The film Smoke Signals was written by Sherman Alexie, who is a Native American film maker. Over the years, most films…

The English wanted the Antiguans to be more like the white settlers here; They had to speak English and respect the queen. Another comparison, In ‘A Rabbit-proof Fence’, the girls were kidnapped to ‘better their future’, they were taken to these settlements to get rid of their ‘native tongue’ and learn English, get an education, and become slaves to white families and learn from them. The tourist, according…

had said they had even talked with people in Japan. There was no proof of them being spies yet the government assumed they were and made them move out of their homes. We watched the movie Rabbit Proof fence which was based in Australia so we could compare how the mixed race people were treated poorly just because they weren’t white and seen as uncivilized and needed to be taught the proper way of life. Watching the Rabbit Proof Fence taught me it wasn’t just Canada that treated people poorly.…