Rabbit Proof Fence

First Australians, we reluctant Australians want to officially say sorry. We want to formally express both sorrow and regret for the past treatment of Aboriginal people. We've realized that you are not savages, you are people. All of us are equal, and you should have been treated the same way as we Australians treat each other. I hope you will forgive us because we are so guilty and we know that what we did was wrong.

Is Molly a Hero?

Molly is a brave Aboriginal girl that has just been taken away from her family along with her sister and cousin. They were forced to learn the British language and culture. I believe that Molly is and is not a hero. She is because she is determined to get herself, her sister, and cousin, out of Southern Australia, back to their own home and lifestyle with their family. Molly gets her sister and cousin together and they run for their lives. Molly is not a hero because she knows that the tracker has a horse and is much faster than her. Earlier, they saw a girl that ran away to see her boyfriend and got caught when she was on her way back. The white people whipped the girl and was left alone in the solitary confinement. Molly and the others will be put in it also if they get caught running away. Molly thinks that she has a chance to reunite with her family, which is why I mainly think that she is mostly a hero.

The British ethnocentric views of the First Australians caused conflict between the two cultures. From the "First Australians" DVD and the book, "The Rabbits", I learned that the British viewed the First Australians as uncivilized savages. The British thought that the First Australians were a problem that needed to be dealt with. They will do so by killing the children so that they don't grow up and reproduce and they kill the women so they will not reproduce any more. The labeling of the First Australians as less than keeps the British superior and the First Australians inferior. The British views of the First Australians showed the ethnocentrism of the British. Some people believe that the British brought small pox, a European disease, to Australia when the British colonized Australia. There was a fight over the land in Australia. The crops were changed to British crops then the First Australians burned the British crops. This ethnocentric viewpoint also resulted as conflict between the British and the First Australians. Overall, the British ethnocentric views of the First Australians caused major conflict.