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    Aboriginal people. The disempowerment has been perpetuated and depicted in many important texts. The Rabbits, Australian National Anthem, and The Rabbit Proof Fence are three such texts that use language to…

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    somehow present a critique of the conquest and cancellation of various ethnicities and cultures retired in a past that seems very distant. This film manages to provide a path complaint, union learning where cultures intersect and thoughts. "Rabbit Proof Fence" is an approach to the coherent and intelligent situation that manages to keep the viewer's attention. It is a pity that even though it appears as a backdrop, the issue in question isn´t portrayed more depth about the systematic destruction…

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    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…

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    a key role in the suffering of the young girls as they traveled miles striving for life. It is ironic that their lives are put to the test in their journey while their only objective was a chance at life. Figure 5: This picture depicts the rabbit-proof fence, the area the girls traveled for nine weeks on a 1500 mile…

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    Do Not Pay”, the excerpt from the novel, Rabbit Proof Fence, and the speech by Aleeza Kazmi show how it is important to make your own choices. First, in the text, “Words Do Not Pay,” the author, Chief Joseph, Wrote a letter to the white men saying that “words Do Not Pay for his dead people. They do not pay for my country now overrun by white men” in this story Chief Joseph makes a decision by Second, in the piece from the book, Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence, three sisters run away from home to…

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    Rabbit-Proof Fence presented a realistic representation of the removal of Aboriginal children from their families. This film displayed numerous factors that led to child removals including eugenics, paternalism, and Christianizing mission. Half-caste children like Molly, Gracie, and Daisy were relocated to the Moore River Settlement School which trained girls to be domestic workers or farm laborers and eventually these half-caste children were able to be assimilated into the white society. While…

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    and 'Rabbit Proof Fence' present values pertaining to what it means to be Australian. Both Greenville and Noyce represent characters who have the relationship with the land that is uniquely Australian. In 'Secret River', Thornhill felt threatened by the Aboriginal people as he's seen them dancing every night, which it made he thought the Aboriginal people were planning to attack the white settlers, "For every night of that week, the blacks danced and sang." In the same way, in 'Rabbit-Proof…

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    connection with the parent, then this will most likely shape the child to be quite self sufficient but not feel as though they have a supportive family. This being said everyone should be able to find themselves. This is shown in the film “the rabbit proof fence” when at the beginning of the film Molly is being taught how to hunt and is becoming a woman in her tribe. This is an excellent example of parental guidance as when Molly was being taught these skills the film had significant shots of…

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    distressed and feeling isolated. How would you feel if you were separated from your family? The movies Rabbit Proof Fence and 10 canoes both acknowledge aboriginal history and culture, although it is clear that rabbit proof fence provides a more authentic representation of their history, family cultures and values. Rabbit Proof Fence conveys this message through visual and auditory features. In Rabbit Proof Fence, they use a variety of diverse camera shots and angles to convey the tones and…

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    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…

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