Peter Skrzynecki's Rabbit-Proof Fence
An individual’s perception of belonging evolves in response to the passage of time and interaction with their world. To what extent is this view of belonging represented in your prescribed text and at least one related text.
One’s attitude to belonging can be greatly influenced overtime, due to uncontrollable forces impacting on them. In Felik’s Skrzynecki’s, the father and the persona are slowly pushed away due to cultural differences. The notion of not belonging additionally, is illustrated in Peter Skrzynecki’s other poem, St Patrick’s College as during the persona’s education, he becomes more alienated from the school. In comparison, the film Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce illustrates how cultural intervention eventually, can alter a family perspective on belonging. Each text powerfully …show more content…
When the girls first get taken from their mother, jerky movements and close up shots of the girls as they are forced into a automobile conveys how powerless their mother is as she slaps the car’s window. The window acts as a barrier between the mother and her daughters, symbolising the separation from each other. Their ability to not belong is reemphasised once they arrive at “Moore River Training Settlement” a half caste camp for indigenous Australians whilst they are eating food. Daisy eats with her down and shivers, demonstrating her nervousness and separation from her parents. A close up of her speaking her native language is interrupted by a maid “We’ll have no wangka here – you talk English. Now eat!”. The imperative and derogatory tone of the sister demonstrates how due to their placement in the camp, they are forced to give up their cultural heritage and adapt the new Anglo-Saxon society. Due to their placement within the camp, it is enforced to relinquish their aboriginal heritage, signifying their unpleasant
One’s attitude to belonging can be greatly influenced overtime, due to uncontrollable forces impacting on them. In Felik’s Skrzynecki’s, the father and the persona are slowly pushed away due to cultural differences. The notion of not belonging additionally, is illustrated in Peter Skrzynecki’s other poem, St Patrick’s College as during the persona’s education, he becomes more alienated from the school. In comparison, the film Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce illustrates how cultural intervention eventually, can alter a family perspective on belonging. Each text powerfully …show more content…
When the girls first get taken from their mother, jerky movements and close up shots of the girls as they are forced into a automobile conveys how powerless their mother is as she slaps the car’s window. The window acts as a barrier between the mother and her daughters, symbolising the separation from each other. Their ability to not belong is reemphasised once they arrive at “Moore River Training Settlement” a half caste camp for indigenous Australians whilst they are eating food. Daisy eats with her down and shivers, demonstrating her nervousness and separation from her parents. A close up of her speaking her native language is interrupted by a maid “We’ll have no wangka here – you talk English. Now eat!”. The imperative and derogatory tone of the sister demonstrates how due to their placement in the camp, they are forced to give up their cultural heritage and adapt the new Anglo-Saxon society. Due to their placement within the camp, it is enforced to relinquish their aboriginal heritage, signifying their unpleasant