Rabbit Proof Fence & Peter Skyznecki Belonging
The process of studying the concept of belonging has opened my eyes to the importance of one’s connection to their cultural heritage to a feeling of belonging. Phillip Noyce’s film Rabbit Proof Fence, Peter Skzynecki’s poems “Feliks Skrzynecki” and “Postcard” and ______________(the related text) all powerfully explore the concept of belonging and the centrality of culture through a variety of film, poetic and ___________ techniques. In particular, all four texts investigate how a sense of belonging arises from a feeling of connection to places, with Molly’s connection to land and her mother, Feliks’s connection to his garden and Polish friends, the persona’s contrasting lack of connection to Warsaw in “Postcard” and (the related texts). The idea that an individual can choose not to belong is explored in Molly’s escape from Moore River Training settlement, the persona’s rejection of his father’s
Polish friends in “Feliks Skrzynecki” and his rejection of Warsaw in “Postcard,” and ___________(the related text). Yet the texts differ in their portrayal of the idea that attitudes towards belonging may be modified over time. While the persona in “Feliks Skrzynecki” and “Postcard” ambiguously changes his attitudes towards his Polish heritage, Molly and Mr Neville do not change their attitudes in Rabbit Proof Fence. Each text powerfully explores the significance of culture to a sense of belonging through a variety of techniques. 1st aspect of belonging:
Each text studied presents a clever exploration of the idea that a sense of belonging comes from a connection made to cultural places and communities. Throughout Phillip
Noyce’s Rabbit Proof Fence, Molly has a strong sense of connection to the land and to her family. At the beginning of the film, there is a tracking aerial shot of the changing Australian landscape and Molly’s voiceover, speaking in her traditional Aboriginal language.
As she says, “Our people, the Jigalong people, we were a desert people then,
Polish friends in “Feliks Skrzynecki” and his rejection of Warsaw in “Postcard,” and ___________(the related text). Yet the texts differ in their portrayal of the idea that attitudes towards belonging may be modified over time. While the persona in “Feliks Skrzynecki” and “Postcard” ambiguously changes his attitudes towards his Polish heritage, Molly and Mr Neville do not change their attitudes in Rabbit Proof Fence. Each text powerfully explores the significance of culture to a sense of belonging through a variety of techniques. 1st aspect of belonging:
Each text studied presents a clever exploration of the idea that a sense of belonging comes from a connection made to cultural places and communities. Throughout Phillip
Noyce’s Rabbit Proof Fence, Molly has a strong sense of connection to the land and to her family. At the beginning of the film, there is a tracking aerial shot of the changing Australian landscape and Molly’s voiceover, speaking in her traditional Aboriginal language.
As she says, “Our people, the Jigalong people, we were a desert people then,