Doris Pilkington is a known as famous world wide writer and was came into the world at the date of 1937 in a place called Nugi Garimara in Balfour Downs station, When she hit the age of four her mother was forced to be removed from the settlement known as the Moore river settlement for reasons are unknown. As the years moved and as she moved on the age and attending school, she moved to Perth, when at the age of 18 she started to become a nurse aid at eh Royal Perth Hospital. Later she moved on from Perth to Geraldton. There after her family had grown up, then she enrolled in the school to complete her second education and after she finished and the returned to Perth on studying journalism at Curtin University. On the day of the holiday at Jigalong found out that her mother, Molly Kelly, had experienced the Moore river at the age of fourteen. After discovering this which made her write this book. (Morgan,S)
Author’s motivation
Doris Pilkington is a famous writer and has written many stories that are very effective to our emotions. The reasons of her writing of the book called “The Rabbit Proof Fence” for many reasons. Some stronger than other. The one that was the most motivational was discovering what her mother had gone through a journey that she had not known till her college years. After finding out how her mother, known as Molly (The main character in the book) had gone through this and how they kept going, which really encouraged not only the author but all the readers and knowing that the people would love this book. One of the other reasons why was the inspirations on why this book needed to be told was so the world would know of this great journey and if not told then this story will just brittle away and no one would know about this. Another would be the sheer fame and the hope it would bring to the people and the story of hop, persevere, and courage to get through. Also she knew that it would be a read that many would love this book for the unbreakable bonds of a journey that would try to separate that bond. This book was inspirational that would sell. These are the few but many reasons of her publishing this book.
(Morgan S)
Reviews of novel
The review of the books were good and bad thought on the novel. The novel had many effects towards the readers and some were positive yet some negative. One of the critics Erin (San Francisco) “This is one of those stories that all should read, but sadly the delivery of the walk home was to straightforward.” As people read this book thought to have it came to strong like the critic has said and yet there were a few not so positive reactions to the book. Another critic had this to say, Stephen A. (Canada) thought “It’s an insult to Doris Pilkington and to the children’s endeavor alike to race through this book.” Seeing that the others who have read her book thought this was embarrassing to her writing. (Amazon)
Aboriginals were once the domain settlers of the land as we know as Australia, once a proud tribe is now rarely alive. There culture was fascinating and one of the oldest cultures in the world. They respected the animals and the environment and always kept the balance of the nature and never mistreated it. They lived as hunters and gatherers. The way they separated the land was by geographic terms. But one of the most important was the respect ladder and the king and just a little lower were the elders. The elders were known as the person that told stories to kinds, was wisdom teller, and the wisest of them all. But all that changed when the white man came to there world of the unknown and changed the culture the aboriginals knew forever. The white man changed there way they believed, the way they lived, the way they breathed. They made them slaves.(Indigenous Australia).
Book Setting
The book started as Molly was growing up she was use to the white settlement and the way they treated her and was unknown to her later on till her elders told her about the white man and how evil they were and also how they took there land and how they worked by making them work harder for growing over seas market and how they changed the people.
Book Quotes
“White settlements were extended to meet the demands of the growing overseas markets. This expansion brought many changes—settlements inevitability became towns soon all available arable land.” (pg18)
-showing how the white man controlled them as slaves and sold there land they used to live on when the white man took over.
“All traditional people are referred as mardu, their language is mardu wangka. The pastoralists and grazers of the pilbara region were hospitable towards the mardudjara people. The station owners and managers trained them to be stockmen and domestic help.”(pg18-19)
-This quotes shows on how they gave chances to some to make the others want to join, so they can be paid but in low amounts and only job they can get.”
History
The Australian Aboriginals have been living in Australia for over 40,000 years they have occupied that space. Historically the natives shared similar ways of living, also religious faith. (More toward the natural Universe in Harmony). But belongs to separate groups with different languages and ceremonies and icons. One tribe has the similar beliefs as Christianity and they were called the Torres Strait Islanders. Later on in the years the Europeans discovered and planned settlements in the turning in the eighteenth century. There were estimated about 300,000 and 1 Million population living when discovered. When James Cook landed in present day Sydney devastated the Aborigine’s population for he decided to force them out of there land for he thought they were useless since they still lived as Hunters and Gathers and pushed them away from good plant locations and homes. Others were pushed into White settlements and were horrifically treated.
Book Setting The history on the book is how Molly was separated from family her and not knowing why they did this and she came into this world with living with the Rabbit Fence. History that was new in the past was now an everyday thing to the later generations and was not really shocked till the Europeans separated her family.
Book Quotes
“The traditional homeland of the mardudjara people for over 40,000 years. Although they weren’t driven off their land, the mardu chose to move for many reasons. Fear for their migration south, but the stories of a constant food supply and access to the white man’s tobacco were also attractive persuaders.” Pg 20
-Meaning that how the white man would bribe them to work with them and very attractive goods that the natives really want.
Political
When the white man have settled there they made the place into the money maker by digging up all the resources and made the settlers do the job by bribing or forcing them into doing it. Also made the place an open sea Market to make easy cash and many men traveled there so they can get the piece of the cash and land. It was an easy way to make quick money and become rich. Later on in the 1960’s they initiated a political campaign and also made legal appeals to make rights to there land and halt urban force onto them. Which later on were they made them were they were able to have rights and can live the way they used to live.
Book setting In the book there were multiple phrases were they explained how they made them work for them to the open sea market and how the government wanted all white and aboriginal families separated for the government did not want mix marriages. Later on when they heard the news when they finally got there rights to live the way they wanted to.
Book Quotes “White settlements were extended to meet the demands of the growing overseas markets. This expansion brought many changes—settlements inevitability became towns soon all available arable land.” (pg18)
-Showing on what they did to the natives and how they made them work a job they did not want to work.
“The traditional homeland of the mardudjara people for over 40,000 years. Although they weren’t driven off their land, the mardu chose to move for many reasons. Fear for their migration south, but the stories of a constant food supply and access to the white man’s tobacco were also attractive persuaders.” (Pg 20) -Meaning that how the white man would bribe them to work with them and very attractive goods that the natives really want.
Geography
Australia is a rough and unforgiving landscape with flourished areas there then all of a sudden dry and hot. The climate is normally arid of semi across most of the country. There are some tropical temperatures in the northern part of the state. Summer temperatures can be overwhelmingly hot! Almost all the time it’s above a 100 F. The country barely has any winter temperature but common in southern mountains. The northern and eastern coasts are wetter. (L&C)
Book Setting The geography is all over this book and its in the beginning to the end, were you can find most of the landscape detail in the writing is when Molly Journey starts and ends, describing on what the weather was like traveling through the harsh terrains. Also she always described were she was and how it was like.
Book Quotes
“The girls had been on the run for five weeks and were surviving on bush tucker and water. They would sleep for only a few hours under bushes.” (pg113)
-Showing on how little that the environment gives the barely anything to survive at all a week to live. (image)1 (image)2 Personal Response to the Novel I thought that this book had a slow start and never really had my attention. The slow start was approximately for five chapters and never really got a start, just talking about history constantly and never stops and when it does the way Doris Pilkington describes the plot and story were amazingly boring and not a good written work and from this I probably never read another one of her novels. The way Doris Pilkington could have made this book better was less drag on sentences and constant repeating and more action and better description. Also if there were a little more mystery than straight forward, that is what I thought would have made the book better.
Christian IckesMrs. Whittet
Period 1A
Authors Context
Author’s motivation
Doris Pilkington is a famous writer and has written many stories that are very effective to our emotions. The reasons of her writing of the book called “The Rabbit Proof Fence” for many reasons. Some stronger than other. The one that was the most motivational was discovering what her mother had gone through a journey that she had not known till her college years. After finding out how her mother, known as Molly (The main character in the book) had gone through this and how they kept going, which really encouraged not only the author but all the readers and knowing that the people would love this book. One of the other reasons why was the inspirations on why this book needed to be told was so the world would know of this great journey and if not told then this story will just brittle away and no one would know about this. Another would be the sheer fame and the hope it would bring to the people and the story of hop, persevere, and courage to get through. Also she knew that it would be a read that many would love this book for the unbreakable bonds of a journey that would try to separate that bond. This book was inspirational that would sell. These are the few but many reasons of her publishing this book.
(Morgan S)
Reviews of novel
The review of the books were good and bad thought on the novel. The novel had many effects towards the readers and some were positive yet some negative. One of the critics Erin (San Francisco) “This is one of those stories that all should read, but sadly the delivery of the walk home was to straightforward.” As people read this book thought to have it came to strong like the critic has said and yet there were a few not so positive reactions to the book. Another critic had this to say, Stephen A. (Canada) thought “It’s an insult to Doris Pilkington and to the children’s endeavor alike to race through this book.” Seeing that the others who have read her book thought this was embarrassing to her writing. (Amazon)
Culture
Aboriginals were once the domain settlers of the land as we know as Australia, once a proud tribe is now rarely alive. There culture was fascinating and one of the oldest cultures in the world. They respected the animals and the environment and always kept the balance of the nature and never mistreated it. They lived as hunters and gatherers. The way they separated the land was by geographic terms. But one of the most important was the respect ladder and the king and just a little lower were the elders. The elders were known as the person that told stories to kinds, was wisdom teller, and the wisest of them all. But all that changed when the white man came to there world of the unknown and changed the culture the aboriginals knew forever. The white man changed there way they believed, the way they lived, the way they breathed. They made them slaves.(Indigenous Australia).
Book Setting
The book started as Molly was growing up she was use to the white settlement and the way they treated her and was unknown to her later on till her elders told her about the white man and how evil they were and also how they took there land and how they worked by making them work harder for growing over seas market and how they changed the people.
Book Quotes
“White settlements were extended to meet the demands of the growing overseas markets. This expansion brought many changes—settlements inevitability became towns soon all available arable land.” (pg18)
-showing how the white man controlled them as slaves and sold there land they used to live on when the white man took over.
“All traditional people are referred as mardu, their language is mardu wangka. The pastoralists and grazers of the pilbara region were hospitable towards the mardudjara people. The station owners and managers trained them to be stockmen and domestic help.”(pg18-19)
-This quotes shows on how they gave chances to some to make the others want to join, so they can be paid but in low amounts and only job they can get.”
History
The Australian Aboriginals have been living in Australia for over 40,000 years they have occupied that space. Historically the natives shared similar ways of living, also religious faith. (More toward the natural Universe in Harmony). But belongs to separate groups with different languages and ceremonies and icons. One tribe has the similar beliefs as Christianity and they were called the Torres Strait Islanders. Later on in the years the Europeans discovered and planned settlements in the turning in the eighteenth century. There were estimated about 300,000 and 1 Million population living when discovered. When James Cook landed in present day Sydney devastated the Aborigine’s population for he decided to force them out of there land for he thought they were useless since they still lived as Hunters and Gathers and pushed them away from good plant locations and homes. Others were pushed into White settlements and were horrifically treated.
Book Setting
The history on the book is how Molly was separated from family her and not knowing why they did this and she came into this world with living with the Rabbit Fence. History that was new in the past was now an everyday thing to the later generations and was not really shocked till the Europeans separated her family.
Book Quotes
“The traditional homeland of the mardudjara people for over 40,000 years. Although they weren’t driven off their land, the mardu chose to move for many reasons. Fear for their migration south, but the stories of a constant food supply and access to the white man’s tobacco were also attractive persuaders.” Pg 20
-Meaning that how the white man would bribe them to work with them and very attractive goods that the natives really want.
Political
When the white man have settled there they made the place into the money maker by digging up all the resources and made the settlers do the job by bribing or forcing them into doing it. Also made the place an open sea Market to make easy cash and many men traveled there so they can get the piece of the cash and land. It was an easy way to make quick money and become rich. Later on in the 1960’s they initiated a political campaign and also made legal appeals to make rights to there land and halt urban force onto them. Which later on were they made them were they were able to have rights and can live the way they used to live.
Book setting
In the book there were multiple phrases were they explained how they made them work for them to the open sea market and how the government wanted all white and aboriginal families separated for the government did not want mix marriages. Later on when they heard the news when they finally got there rights to live the way they wanted to.
Book Quotes
“White settlements were extended to meet the demands of the growing overseas markets. This expansion brought many changes—settlements inevitability became towns soon all available arable land.” (pg18)
-Showing on what they did to the natives and how they made them work a job they did not want to work.
“The traditional homeland of the mardudjara people for over 40,000 years. Although they weren’t driven off their land, the mardu chose to move for many reasons. Fear for their migration south, but the stories of a constant food supply and access to the white man’s tobacco were also attractive persuaders.” (Pg 20)
-Meaning that how the white man would bribe them to work with them and very attractive goods that the natives really want.
Geography
Australia is a rough and unforgiving landscape with flourished areas there then all of a sudden dry and hot. The climate is normally arid of semi across most of the country. There are some tropical temperatures in the northern part of the state. Summer temperatures can be overwhelmingly hot! Almost all the time it’s above a 100 F. The country barely has any winter temperature but common in southern mountains. The northern and eastern coasts are wetter. (L&C)
Book Setting
The geography is all over this book and its in the beginning to the end, were you can find most of the landscape detail in the writing is when Molly Journey starts and ends, describing on what the weather was like traveling through the harsh terrains. Also she always described were she was and how it was like.
Book Quotes
“The girls had been on the run for five weeks and were surviving on bush tucker and water. They would sleep for only a few hours under bushes.” (pg113)
-Showing on how little that the environment gives the barely anything to survive at all a week to live.
Personal Response to the Novel
I thought that this book had a slow start and never really had my attention. The slow start was approximately for five chapters and never really got a start, just talking about history constantly and never stops and when it does the way Doris Pilkington describes the plot and story were amazingly boring and not a good written work and from this I probably never read another one of her novels.
The way Doris Pilkington could have made this book better was less drag on sentences and constant repeating and more action and better description. Also if there were a little more mystery than straight forward, that is what I thought would have made the book better.