What Are The Textual Techniques Used In The Rabbit Proof Fence

‘The Rabbit Proof Fence'' is an Australian film directed and published by Phillip Noyce in 2002. This film follows the journey of Indigenous Australian 14-year-old Molly and her two younger cousins Daisy and Gracie back home after their forced removal by the British settlers in the 1960s. Many elements and conventions of this visual text such as dialogue, camera shots and camera angles are utilised to portray the perspective that challenges the presented idea in the film that the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families is beneficial for them. This perspective, which has been privileged through the director's use of textual features, shapes the reader's response by showcasing the atrocities the British settlers caused and the

When describing and relating Mead to his surroundings, Bradbury purposefully uses words such as “alone”, “lone” and “lonely” to emphasise his loneliness. We are also never told Mead is saddened by the fact that he is isolated. Pointing out to the reader that Mead has become accustomed to being the outlier in his society due to his lack of technological obsession. After all, Mead once stated that in his ten years of nightly walks, he has never encountered another individual. Confirming to the reader that he is the outcast and there is no other individual in a city of three million residents like him. Another example where Bradbury showcases Mead’s solitude is during one of his nightly walks. Mead arrives at a four-way concrete intersection and is pondering on which pathway to take. He then ends up thinking to himself “It will make no difference; I am alone in his world” By reading this statement the reader is convinced through Mead’s confidence that in fact, he will not encounter another person. Not only that but by using the word ‘alone’. Bradbury figuratively tells the reader that Mead is the odd one out in his society since we know that he is not literally alone due to the fact that he lives in a city of 3 million people. These expected societal norms of staying home and being glued to a television rather than experiencing the world around us rattle the reader's mind. As it seems so psychotic and far-fetched that it would be a suspicious activity to simply walk. Thus, grounding the perspective that the rise of technology leads to a world devoid of individuality and