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Rabbit Proof Fence Analysis

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This film ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’ is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara and is loosely based on a true story. The film is about three aboriginal girls who ran away from the Moore River Native Settlement, north of Perth, Western Australia, to return to their Aboriginal families, after being placed there in 1931. They walked 2,400 km of the Australian rabbit-proof fence to return to their home at Jigalong, while being pursued by white law enforcement authorities and an Aboriginal tracker.

This film made me feel shocked and saddened because it showed me how the aboriginals were treated and what kind of life they lived in. They were treated as …show more content…

For example, when the three young girls escaped Moore River they came across a lady who works for European people as a servant. This lady is raped by the European man she works for and she can’t do anything about it because no one would care. She had no one to go to for help, no police, but thanks to the three girls the lady was saved from being raped that night, the man saw them and went away. I felt a huge sense of horror when the children at Moore River were taken into a box and beaten if they have done something wrong. This abuse needed to be addressed, there could have been other ways of punishment instead that avoid violence. Molly did not agree with the way of the Europeans either, “ They make me sick, these people, they make me sick.” If I were in this situation I would fight for justice, gather others that are on my side and head straight to the government, Mr. A. O. Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines. This makes you think about our world and our society. We are still facing the problem of equality between races. Its shouldnt matter about the colour of your skin, we are the same. It is wrong to downgrade someone for what they are born with, something they cannot change. I believe that laundry is the only thing that should be separated by

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