Ejercicios solucionados de la pelicula rabbit proof fence PDF

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1. As you watch the film, take notes and reflect on the following aspects:

2. 1’ 30’’ – 1’ 50”: How does the arrival of the white fence-builders affect the Jigalong community? White fence-builders made a store house at Jugalong and brought all kind of items that were given to the aboriginals on ration day. They also built the world’s largest fence to keep animals like rabbits out of the west.

Why do the Aboriginals keep going to the storehouse? Because the white people give them some recourses as tobacco, tea, clothes…

3. 5’ 35”: What is A. O. Neville’s job title, and his duties? He was a notably chief protector of aborigines. He signed the orders to relocate the aboriginal kids into re-education camps and he decided everything about the aborigines. (E.g. he decided to accept the aborigines marriage or not).

What does it reveal about the Australian government’s view of the Aborigines? The government sees the aborigines as a low class that has to request permission for everything.

4. 11’ 55’’: Evaluate Neville’s plans to prevent the creation of an ‘unwanted third race’. If a native person and a white person have progeny, the progeny will be, by about the fourth generation, totally white.

Why is he explaining this plan to an audience of well-dressed, tea-drinking ladies? Because, they are educating aboriginal kids to be servants. This might interest this ladies.

5. 13’ 25’’: Note the function of the Moore River Settlement. The function of this camps is re-educate the native children with the with people values.

What jobs were half-caste children being trained for? They were trained to work for the white people.

6. 15’ 20” -20’ 40”: Evaluate Moore River rules about daily routines, religion and language, and the teachers’ style of discipline. At Moore River, Catholicism was taught as the only religion and English was taught as the only language. The teacher used to whip the children if they did something “wrong”.

7. 19’ 20”: Evaluate the attitude of the black caretaker towards the English language and enforcement of Moore River rules. The black caretaker didn’t let the kids speak their language and force them to speak English. He also try to force them the other Moore River rules by the force.

8. 20’ 35”: Food for thought. Why do you think this is Neville’s favourite song? Because that song reminded him the situation lived that years in Australia

9. 21’ 40”: What is the connection between skin colour and educational prospects within the system? They only want to send the more white kids to a “real school” because if in the future they find a white partner and have progeny, their race will disappear.

10. 41’ 08”: What are Neville and the Police Inspector arguing about? They are arguing about spending money in sending agents to the three girls search or not.

11. 44’ 45”: Why does Molly decide to speak? Because she wanted to know the location of the Fence (knowing it she would know where her home is and they could come back with their family).

What is the new meaning of the fence? For the girls the fence means their way back home because they know that following the fence they will return with their family.

12. 48’ 33”: Evaluate Neville’s reaction on discovering Molly’s plan. He is surprised because he didn’t expect the girls to be this clever and follow the rabbit proof fence in their way back home.

What ‘lesson’ does he extract from it? He learn that the aborigines are as clever as the white people. He said that not because they use Neolithic tools don’t make them have Neolithic minds.

13. 52’ 49”: Compare the experience of the former Moore River girl with these testimonies.

First we see the testimony of an aboriginal woman named Valerie who was a domestic servant and was belted and raped by the father of the family she worked for. The man who raped her was not charged. Then we see the testimony of an old woman who were abducted by the government with 2 years old and then taken to a camp.

14. 1h 01’: Note the various reasons why Neville is concerned to find the girls. 1. Because the girls scape reflect the problem with the half-caste people and if they don’t find them the problem will grow. 2. The reputation of the department began to resent.

15. 1h 18’: What is the ‘women’s business’? The Women’s business were the prayers that the aboriginal women were saying for the girls to come back home. This prayers were led by the mother and the grandmother of the girls.

What does it reveal about Western understanding of Aboriginal culture? Western people didn´t know about the aboriginal culture at all. This is reflect when the white men didn’t know what the aboriginal women were doing. They didn’t know that the women were praying for the girls so they judge them.

16. 1h 23’ 40”: Why is Neville suspending the search for the girls? Because they don’t have enough money to finance and continue the search of the three aboriginal girls.

How does he feel about it? He feel annoyed and disappointed with the situation because her plan didn’t work and the girls were not found.

2. Make sure you find the answer to the following questions in the text:

1. Why are children expected to attend school? Children are expected to attend school to get an education and learn.

By whom? By his grandmother.

2. What does the school regime tell about social and racial relations at the time? The School regime didn’t let the kids speak other language than English. Teachers also behave worse with black people.

3. How is English taught at school? How do children learn it? English is the only language allowed at school. It is taught by not letting the kids speak other language than English. If the children don’t speak English they will be punished. The children learn English hearing the teachers and writing on the blackboard.

4. What is the relevance of name-switching? Children get another name in a try to remove their indigenous roots and teach them the English values.

5. How do adults feel about their traditional culture?

6. Why does Kura believe Riripeti is “changing to an animal”?

Because she had seen a dying dog that reminded her of her sister in that moment.

7. How does Kura feel about Maori? She thinks it is a bad language An she also Kura considers Maori as an evil language that killed her sister and she never spoke again.

8. Why do the children keep silent about the incident? Because they feel guilty about Riripeti death and considered it as a secret and a shame.

9. There are some Maori words used in the text. What type of words are they? Why do you think the author uses them? (A glossary is not provided)

10. Is there any clue that things have changed in New Zealand society? Yes. Kura says that when she was a little girl Maori bags were not considered correct but concludes saying that nowadays this bags are the desire of a lot of people. So Maori stuff is not seen as bad as decades ago....