RABBIT PROOF FENCE INTRODUCTION 50‚ 000 half- cast aboriginal children were taken away from their families in the 20th century. Can you imagine being taken away from everything and everyone you ever loved or cared about to never see them in your life again? The film “The Rabbit Proof Fence” directed by Philip Noyce set in Western Australia highlights unfairness and the vulnerability of aboriginal people. The stolen generation is a devastating story. It is honestly hard to believe that
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to maintain their cultural identity. Throughout the world’s history native cultures have drifted away repeatedly due to the encroachment of various settlers‚ whom enforce their traditions onto the indigenous peoples. In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Christian missionaries came to Nigeria- specifically where the Igbo tribe was located‚ and imposed their religion and culture upon them. Similarly‚ in the film Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Philip Noyce‚ the colonial government of Australia
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individual (and combinations of several) techniques to reprensent the concept of the physical journey and specifically that it is the journey‚ not the destination that matters. Noyce has used a number of filimic and literary techniques thoughout “Rabbit Proof Fence” to ddo this. The use of symbolism‚ lighting‚ characterisation and camera angles all enable Noyce to express the physical journey being explored. The cover of Kellehers’ novel ______ uses visual techniques such as colour‚ blending and dark patches
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Q1. ’Rabbit Proof Fence’ highlights how experiences change our point of view. Discuss. Can you imagine being an Aborigine? Living in the outback? Hunting for food? What would your point of view be if you were brought up that way? Or maybe you were a white person. What would your point of view be then? What would you think of the Aborigines and their way of living and the way they were brought up compared to you? All the different experiences people have such as how we are brought up‚ our beliefs
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recaptured and sent back to camp. The other girls keep walking along the rabbit-proof fence until it runs out‚ but they don’t lose hope‚ they keep walking until it continues and they can feel their home. They are then reunited with their mother and grandmother after 9 weeks of walking to get home. This is when the epilogue begins to give us details after. Symbolism: RABBIT-PROOF FENCE – the fence is referring to the actual fence but is very symbolic because it is built by whites and it gives the feeling
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Rabbit Proof Fence A contemporary Australian feature film released in 2002 and direct by Phillip Noyce. Child characters: Molly (14)‚ Daisy (8) and Gracie (10) walk 1600km home to their desert home in Jigalong from the mission called the Moore River Native Settlement north of Perth * Noyce uses oral and written historical methods to tell the story * He uses real and fictional characters to present an emotive and supportive narrative of the girl’s journey‚ showing the white authorities
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History can be defined as “the methodical record of public events” where memory is defined as “the faculty by which events are recalled or kept in mind”. Thus history and memory interrelate as history can be seen as the contextual justification for memory. “The Fiftieth Gate” is a poignant interweaving of history and memory. The text follows protagonist‚ Mark Baker an historian‚ son of Holocaust survivors Genia and Yossl (Joe)‚ on an historical journey through
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‘Rabbit proof fence’ Knowledge and understanding The film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’‚ Directed by Phillip Noyce‚ has created a powerful and moving film based on the true story of three young aboriginal girls who were forcibly taken from their families in Jigalong‚ W.A‚ 1931. The film gives the audience an insight into the aboriginal culture and spirituality. It also exposes the racist government policies that were applied to the aboriginal people and resulted in what
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The film‚ Rabbit Proof Fence‚ produced in 2002 and directed by Phillip Noyce‚ follows the journey of three Aboriginal girls‚ Molly‚ Daisy and Gracie‚ who in 1931 were forcibly removed from their home in Jigalong‚ Western Australia‚ then sent to the Moore River settlement. The young girls escaped and fled across the harsh‚ desert landscape using the rabbit-proof fence as their only guide‚ to return home. The film is based on a lamentable period in our history. It’s set in a context where European
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Throughout Mark Baker’s The Fiftieth Gate‚ understanding the past is represented as a continual and dynamic process. Baker gives a holistic representation of his parent’s experience of the Holocaust‚ demonstrating the complimentary relationship between history and memory. This notion is explored in the autobiographical book through the depiction of his parents’‚ and his own past. The bricolage style of the text aids in portraying the interplay between history and memory‚ enabling a more cohesive representation
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