Rabbit Proof Fence Belonging Analysis
Belonging is being a part of something and being happy with it. A true sense of belonging is best found in different places for every one, not one particular place. Rabbit Proof Fence (RPF) by Phillip Noyce and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (TBitSP) by John Boyne, demonstrate connections with others and the world around. Molly and Shmuel belong in their homeland. The friendships Molly and Shmuel have help them to overcome everything. However, the world as depicted in each text, doesn’t see Molly and Shmuel as belonging to it.
Belonging is important. Home is belonging. Molly and Shmuel feel a sense of belonging at home. It’s where they feel most comfortable and free to be themselves. In the opening scene using wide and close-up shots, Philip Noyce shows Molly with her family going out exploring her homeland. They are hunting as a family and are shown really happy. Molly has a connection to the land that makes it important …show more content…
Molly is a half cast (half Aboriginal and half White). Mr. Neville sees half casts are impure and need to be breed out. He does that by taking all the half cast children to the Moore River settlement. There the children will be taught wrong from right. They will be taught the Christian way or the “White way” of life by matrons at the camp. This is re-inforced by the matron insisting on English being spoken. Her condescending tone in “We’ll have none of that jabber here,” suggests that Molly’s Aboriginal language is inferior and wrong.
In 1943 Hitler was lead of Germany. He hated anyone that wasn’t German or Aryan (blue eyes, blond hair, light skin and tall). Shmuel comes from Poland making him Polish. Hitler hated Polish people and put them in camps or death camps. Hitler didn’t think people like Shmuel deserved to belong in the world. He put them in camps and death camps. The camps broke people and took them to the breaking point of existents. Death camps were where people were
Belonging is important. Home is belonging. Molly and Shmuel feel a sense of belonging at home. It’s where they feel most comfortable and free to be themselves. In the opening scene using wide and close-up shots, Philip Noyce shows Molly with her family going out exploring her homeland. They are hunting as a family and are shown really happy. Molly has a connection to the land that makes it important …show more content…
Molly is a half cast (half Aboriginal and half White). Mr. Neville sees half casts are impure and need to be breed out. He does that by taking all the half cast children to the Moore River settlement. There the children will be taught wrong from right. They will be taught the Christian way or the “White way” of life by matrons at the camp. This is re-inforced by the matron insisting on English being spoken. Her condescending tone in “We’ll have none of that jabber here,” suggests that Molly’s Aboriginal language is inferior and wrong.
In 1943 Hitler was lead of Germany. He hated anyone that wasn’t German or Aryan (blue eyes, blond hair, light skin and tall). Shmuel comes from Poland making him Polish. Hitler hated Polish people and put them in camps or death camps. Hitler didn’t think people like Shmuel deserved to belong in the world. He put them in camps and death camps. The camps broke people and took them to the breaking point of existents. Death camps were where people were