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    The vastness of the outback and the girls’ daunting trip is highlighted by the opening aerial shots‚ and additional overhead shots confirm their tininess against the fence. Name a recurring theme throughout the film. Throughout the film‚ the girls are pictured as frightened rabbits trapped on the wrong side of the fence - wide-eyed as if caught in headlights‚ caged in a hutch transporting them away to the settlement‚ huddled like baby rabbits on the Bush floor. The Eagle Very early

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    In the film Rabbit Proof Fence‚ directed by Phillip Noyce an important/significant character is Molly. The director helps us understand why Molly is a significant character when he shows she is a unselfish caring person. We also notice Molly’s Significance when she uses her leadership skills and knowledge to happily lead her cousin (Gracie) and her younger sister (Daisy) back to Jigalong. The director helps us understand why Molly is significant character by showing how caring and unselfish she

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    in Rabbit Proof Fence‚ Molly’s journey home to Jigalong is a journey from childhood to adulthood‚ which challenges her physically‚ emotionally and intellectually. Through the many obstacles Molly encounters and overcomes‚ she begins to understand her personal strength‚ allowing her the ability to mature and become independent. The geographical distance alone created a physical and emotional exhaustion and frustration which Molly tolerates with maturity and strength. The cinematic technique using

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    journeys require a strong sense of ones humanity in order to be successful. In ken Watsons anthology “at the round Earth imagined corners” ‘A righteous day by Mudrooroo and Journey to the interior’ by Margret Atwood and as well as the film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ by Phillip Noyce have all expanded my understanding of journeys to myself individuals and the world. Through these texts we can observe different aspects of a journey. Journeys are essential in life because they teach us to overcome adversity thus

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    How does the opening chapter of The Handmaid’s Tail introduce the main ideas of the novel? One of the main themes in the novel is that of hierarchy. This is demonstrated in the first chapter‚ through the violent and animalistic imagery of “electric cattle prods” carried by the Aunts “slung on thongs from their leather belt(s)”. This immediately hints to the reader that the women are being kept in the gymnasium by force. Another theme displayed in the first chapter is regime. The description in the

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    their last meal. The sharp squeal of the pigs as I approach them‚ anxiously waiting for the slop that will consume them. Sweet and pungent odors rise from the buckets we carry‚ their shrieking turns to grunts of sheer delight. Prancing along the fence line‚ the excited geldings race beside us‚ almost as if playing tag‚ only to beat us to the grain bin. Gentle in nature‚ I am reminded by the nudge of a nose and the kiss of their lips on my hands‚ that we are loved and needed‚ they are thankful.

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    Personal Boundaries People set up personal boundaries for many reasons. For some it is to keep out neighbors or animals‚ yet for others it is to keep something in‚ such as young children or a promiscuous wife with a wandering eye. In the poem by Robert Frost‚ both Robert and his neighbor have a wall made out of stone between their homes. Because the wall is made out of stone‚ it somehow breaks down and needs to be mended during the spring time. I believe that the wall is both physical and mental

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    Hossain Symbolism of the “Fence” August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply due to the melodramatic actions that take place in the Maxson household‚ but rather the relationships that bond and break because of the “fence”. The “fence” serves as a structural device because the character’s lives are constantly changing during the construction of the fence. The dramatic actions in the play strongly depend on the building of the fence in the Maxson’s backyard. Fences represents the metaphorical

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    the refugees to get over the border fence‚ so they can get through to Spain. Every time the protagonist helps the refugees to get through the borderline‚ we hear about how happy they are through their yells when they reach their dreams. The protagonist has had a really rough and hard past. He has seen endless torture and big massacres done against the refugees who tried to cross the border‚ yet he has also suffered from big losses when he tried to cross the fences‚ he lost the upper part of his ear

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    SUMMARY OF THE FENCE The setting is reflective of the kind of characters and the situation they would be in.  The nipa huts look desolate and empty‚ reflective of how their occupants behave and feel for each other.  They have no neighbors and yet the need for each other seems remote and distant. Hatred overrules. They are most afraid one of them would give way. The building of the fence seems necessary to protect themselves from each other.  Hatred comes from a betrayal-- when Aling Biang

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