The Rabbit Proof Fence Belonging Essay

A connection is the relationship in which a person or thing is linked. In the film The Rabbit Proof fence (TRPF) directed by Phil Noyce and the novel The Boy In The Striped Pajamas (TBITSP) written by John Boyne they each show the connections characters have around them. The theme of belonging is communicated through the establishment of forced and natural connections that the characters have with their surroundings. Between the characters in both they shape their identity by having connections with people and places around them to feel a sense of belonging.

Forced connections can re-establish a way a person can perceive things and their identity. This type of connections can change how a person is linked to someone or something, helping

This type of connection can allow a person to persive their souroundings unaffected by other people and things. In the film TRPF through the use of repetition in the quote “They make me sick, these people, they make me sick” shows how Molly is being forced to try and connect with the white people ways which re-instates her sense of true belonging to her family and Jigalong. Her natural connections at Jigalon including the connection Molly has with her spirit animal (the eagle), has shaped Molly’s identity to Belong to Jigalong. In the scene where Molly dreams about her spirit animal (the eagle) at Moore river shows how the symbolism of the eagle strengthen’s this belonging. Molly’s identity is being altered at Moore river and she stays true to her natural connections at Jigalong.

The contrast between the natural and forced connections is shown through both TRPF film and the TBITSP novel. They each display a different way that the characters have a connection around them. The characters perception around them from both TBITSP and TRPF reinstates their true sense of belonging and shows how they are trying to hold