Rabbit Proof Fence Conclusion Narrative Essay Example

have great respect for the Aboriginal Elders, in union with the respect of the youthful, the Elders cherish every member of their community. The first angles shown of the Aboriginal women are from a high angle shot as they are trekking though the Australian bush. The women seem to move with the utmost care as if they were one with the land knowing every movement, every smell and every sound. As the audience starts to familiarise themselves with these women the camera angle begins to lower equalising them with the audience.

Although seeming content and at home in the bush these women are everything but at home on the station, fearful that in an instant their lives could be turned upside down, that in an instant their children could be taken away forever. “…whitefellas stole many half-caste children and took them away…” (Lowitja O’Donoghue) In one specific case after a full blooded Aboriginal woman gave birth to a honey-coloured baby, she “tried to polish her black… three months later die[ing] of grief and shame”.Many Aboriginal women went to great lengths to prevent their children being taken away. When Noyce takes his audience to Perth, they are exposed to the truths of Mr.

A. O Neville’s intention to ‘breed them out’, as if they were animals. The shot of the Aboriginal women lining the footpath and steps outside of A. O. Neville’s office assisted to put a face to that of the women and the horrible situation occurring.

Noyces choice of camera angle in this particular scene marginalises the two races as it perceives Noyce to have authority.The slide show that A. O Neville presents to the

white women verifies this and shapes the audience to feel a sense of guilt and sympathy for the Aboriginal women. “Much as we sympathise with the mother-love of the lubras, we say that the half-caste children should be segregated. ” (Stuart Rintoul) Aboriginal women were used as domestic servants commonly being victimised by European men, as they were irrelevant parts of their lives.Things such as using them for sex were common “[a]ll Aboriginal women are prostitutes at heart” (Hans Sherrer, Sydney Morning Herald 2003).

If the women were not domestic servants they still managed to exploit the Aboriginal women “they traded with Aboriginal men for dingo scalps and slept their women…”(Stuart Rintoul) In “Rabbit Proof Fence” Noyce allows the audience to witness this when Molly, Daisy and Gracie take refuge with the domestic servant on their journey home to Jigalong.As the girls near home, their determination and hope become stronger. This is reflected when Noyce’s shot of Molly and her mother holding on to the rabbit-proof fence is shown. This symbolises a sense of connection even though they are miles away from one another and that the bond of mother and daughter is irreplaceable, only to be understood by the two alone.