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    1) The fence is designed for keeping farmers on one side and the aboriginal people on the other side. The fence is a symbol for racial separation and the movie is called Rabbit Proof Fence because it’s very important for directions and guidance back to Jigalong‚ and also because the tracker and the police uses it for their own purposes‚ but luckily Daisy and Molly travels along the wrong fence in the beginning of their quest for meeting back up with their mom. 2) I thought of the Jigalong depot

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    experience of journeys provides opportunity for obstacles and determination. Bystanders possess an important role in journeys as they maybe the facilitators‚ of change or be the audience who themselves have to go on their own journey. “Rabbit Proof Fence” directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002 in conjunction with the related texts The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and the audio text Mawson: Life and Death in the Antarctic directed by Malcolm Mcdonald capture the intricacy of the experience and

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    It was satisfactory and pulled me in from the first sentence‚ which says‚ “A rather intriguing story “Our Side of the Fence” is‚ it follows the narrators thoughts concerning his new neighbors that have just moved into his family next door”. 2.) Thesis: “Three things I liked about this wondrous short story‚ was the friendliness and honor the narrators family appears to

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    an enormous issue. That is a keystone in some of the unjust laws that perpetuate in many countries around the world. Australian aborigines had lived on the continent thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. The dramatization of Rabbit-Proof Fence: Australia’s Stolen Generations‚ tells the story of three children‚ Molly‚ Daisy‚ and Gracie‚ that were taken from their mother and family and put into a state funded school for children that are half-cast‚ that is half Aboriginal and half European

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    “Good Fences Make Good Neighbours”- Robert Frost This phrase was first used in 1914 in a poem called The Mending Wall by Robert Frost. This paradox has become a proverb which essentially means that “People live more harmoniously when there are clear boundaries between their properties and lives”. There are‚ however‚ many different opinions on the truth of this proverb. Does separation and the creation of boundaries really keep the peace and make people better neighbours or do the boundaries we place

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    Rabbit-Proof Fence Personal Response Dear diary‚ It had felt like an eternity but the day had finally given way to night. The departure of the daylight offered my sunbaked skin refuge from the dry heat that constantly pressed down on me. My weary muscles lent me just enough energy to lift my heavy head and scan the horizon to ensure that the Tracker was long gone. Occasionally‚ I glanced up and gazed upon the colorful specks of light that were interspersed within the inky black sky. It was heart-wrenching

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    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

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    Our identity development is more influenced by nurture in Fences and in reality. In the play Fences‚ Cory and his father Troy demonstrates the development of nurture in a way the reader can understand from a father and son perspective. Using text to self inferences‚ nurture is the key influence to my identity development passed down from my parents. Troy want’s Cory to get a job based of his feelings towards him playing football. Troy previously played baseball when he was younger and he feels it

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    “Rabbit-Proof Fence” produced by Phillip Noyce. A novel “The China Coin” written by Allan Baillie explore this notion quite explicitly. All people strive to achieve a sense of belonging‚ however‚ this may impeded if their sense of identity fragile. For some‚ their sense of belonging may depend up on acceptance by others particular to a place and a culture may be all extremely powerful and may not need desire acceptance from a board of dominant community. Rabbit-Proof Fence is a drama about

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    RPF Molly Craig: [about everybody in Moore River] This people... make me sick! Moodoo: This girl is clever. She wants to go home.   Mr. A. O. Neville‚ the Chief Protector of Aborigines‚ is the legal guardian of every Aborigine in the State of Western Australia. He has the power "to remove any half-caste child" from their family‚ from anywhere within the state. A.O. Neville: If only they would understand what we are trying to do for them A.O. Neville: Just because people have Neolithic

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