The Rabbit Proof Fence - Blog Post #2

Convincing the "New" Australians to apologize to the aboriginals will take a lot of work. First, the Australians should realize that maybe what they were doing wasn't actually what the aboriginals wanted. They should start to think that maybe the aboriginals want to continue living the life they are already living because they like it. The Australians think that the lifestyle they are living is the best lifestyle. In the movie "The Rabbit Proof Fence" the current Australians were making the children all sleep in one room, and they had a bucket as a toilet, they had to do everything a regular Australian child would do. If only the Australians could see how much the aboriginal children didn't like it, all the Australians could see was children, no emotion. The Australians have not noticed the harm they have been causing to both the aboriginal children and their parents.

The Rabbit Proof Fence

Molly can be described as many things. Molly is very bold, she even dared to escape the shelter where all the other aboriginals lived. Molly also convinced her sister and cousin to come with her to escape back home. Molly is a very brave girl, she took the risk of starving and dying by escaping the shelter. She has to walk at least one thousand miles, and she might not find any food and she might starve to death. Molly is a very good example of a hero because she set an example for all the other children at the shelter. She decided to run away, and this could make other kids want to run away, and soon there will be no kids at the shelter. Molly has a bold personality and she is a hero.

Colonization - Ethnocentricity

The ethnocentricity of the British and the First Australians caused conflict between both races in a lot of horrible ways. The First Australians could not live with the British because the British were cutting down their trees that were so important to them. The British were building houses and other buildings, so the First Australians were limited in the space they could live in. This was a very big problem because all of the nature that the First Australians depended on to survive was know slowly being taken away from them. Another big problem was that the British were using the First Australian's land to plant their own crops. They would replace the food the First Australians ate with their own food. This could never work because then the First Australians would lose all of their food, and they would starve to death. The British have taken away many things from the First Australians because of the difference of ethnocentricity.