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A journey involves a movement to new places, both physically and mentally and the possibility of encountering obstacles along the way. A journey can be enjoyable or a stressful experience, offering travelers the opportunity to extend themselves physically and emotionally as they respond to challengers and learn more about themselves and the world around them. The film “Rabbit Proof Fence” by Philip Noyce and both the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and the song lyric “On the road again” by Willie Nelson both demonstrate challenging and life altering experience for the travelers.
The film “Rabbit Proof Fence” is a re-enactment of the 1500km walk by the three Aboriginal girls across the Western Australian desert landscape in 1931. The girls taken from their mothers were by the order of Mr Neville to be transported to a “white mission”, Moore River Settlement. The girl’s journey is one associated with physically and emotionally challenging terrain the girls escape the “mission”, rejecting its food and shelter, for the freedom and changes of the outback.
In “Rabbit Proof Fence”, Molly’s journey home to Jigalong is a journey from childhood to adulthood. Through the many obstacles Molly encounters and overcomes, she begins to understand her personal strength, allowing her the ability to mature and become independent. The cinematic technique that illustrates this is a long shot of a view of the rabbit proof fence fading into the distance both represents the long distance of the journey ahead and emphasizes the harsh environment of Australian desert. Noyse captures the pain of the journey through his choices of strong images, the heat haze across the desert, digging desperately for water Molly caring Daisy, their arms around each other and Molly’s facial expressions showing her reactions to the harshness of this journey. This is also achieved through other camera techniques, such as the children running away from the car and aerial shots of them asleep on the ground, collapsed from exhaustion. This shows how tiny Molly is within this vast and harsh environment, which builds empathy and support between the responders and the characters. The Aboriginal music is used to build up suspense and add depth and authenticity into the story and reflect the girls culture and indigenous background, the music and sound effect used in the opening scene include the wind whistling, building creaking and dogs barking, which creates an expectation that something is going to happen. Molly’s journey home to Jigalong has impacted on Molly’s development, both emotionally and intellectually, and has enriched her through her harsh experiences, allowing her to mature and gain in confidence, but it has also robbed her of her childhood and her innocence.
The abduction scene of the 3 girls being forcibly removed from Jigalong, fast paced music is heard, giving the sense of something is going to happen. Hand held camera is used to make the audience feel as though they were there hearing the screams “there my kids” and Nevillive’s their legal guardian” indicates the beginning of their journey.
The journey back to Jigalong Molly learns not to trust anyone this is seen through Gracie finding out about her mother. Molly thinks it is a trap with “Don’t listen to him, he’s a liar” the camera captures a vast emptiness ahead, indicating the long journey ahead. The return back to Jigalong, both relaxing music is played and the sun setting down emphasizes the end of their journey. Molly says “I lost one” which shows she has learnt the value of responsibility and family unity.
The “Road not taken” is an extended metaphor for the choices individuals must make in life. The poem is written in first person narrative which adds to the conversational tone of the poem and its reflective nature. The poet is faced with a dilemma of what road path to take. The persona has come to a fork in this road and the poem follows his thinking process to understand the decisions made.
The physical journey becomes the metaphor for the inner journey because the poem is reflective and the traveler must consider the significance of choice in his life journey. The nature of journey “which leads on to way” which means once a decision is made, new paths/roads will be met. There is no turning back. Frost’s strong confident tone “I doubted if I should ever come back” shows that the journey has led to irrevocable changes in his life, for better or worse “and that has made all the difference” reflects the fundamental outcome of a journey, that it is better to attempt the journey and possible danger and change, then to stay safely at home and never find out what the journey of life has in store for the traveler.
Similarly the song also uses the extended metaphor of a road to take a tour to make music “the life I love is making music with my friends”. The repetition on “on the road again” reflects on “Rabbit Proof Fence” where the girls had to escape Moore River Settlement more then once because the “life they love” is being free in the outback results of the physical journey. Where as Willie is “like a band of gypsies” “the road” symbolices there economical stability “which leads on to way” reflects back to “rabbit proof fence” and the “road not taken”
In Conclusion the film “Rabbit Proof Fence” the poem “the road not taken” and the song lyric “on the road again all have aspects on the physical journeys within the characters involved, Where the film is an unwanted journey, the poem is a choice and the song is need of one must take in order to learn and experience the inner journey within themselves.
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Note:There is no question in the essay.
A journey involves a movement to new places, both physically and mentally and the possibility of encountering obstacles along the way. A journey can be enjoyable or a stressful experience, offering travelers the opportunity to extend themselves physically and emotionally as they respond to challengers and learn more about themselves and the world around them. The film “Rabbit Proof Fence” by Philip Noyce and both the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and the song lyric “On the road again” by Willie Nelson both demonstrate challenging and life altering experience for the travelers.
The film “Rabbit Proof Fence” is a re-enactment of the 1500km walk by the three Aboriginal girls across the Western Australian desert landscape in 1931. The girls taken from their mothers were by the order of Mr Neville to be transported to a “white mission”, Moore River Settlement. The girl’s journey is one associated with physically and emotionally challenging terrain the girls escape the “mission”, rejecting its food and shelter, for the freedom and changes of the outback.
In “Rabbit Proof Fence”, Molly’s journey home to Jigalong is a journey from childhood to adulthood. Through the many obstacles Molly encounters and overcomes, she begins to understand her personal strength, allowing her the ability to mature and become independent. The cinematic technique that illustrates this is a long shot of a view of the rabbit proof fence fading into the distance both represents the long distance of the journey ahead and emphasizes the harsh environment of Australian desert. Noyse captures the pain of the journey through his choices of strong images, the heat haze across the desert, digging desperately for water Molly caring Daisy, their arms around each other and Molly’s facial expressions showing her reactions to the harshness of this journey. This is also achieved through other camera techniques, such as the children running away from the car and aerial shots of them asleep on the ground, collapsed from exhaustion. This shows how tiny Molly is within this vast and harsh environment, which builds empathy and support between the responders and the characters. The Aboriginal music is used to build up suspense and add depth and authenticity into the story and reflect the girls culture and indigenous background, the music and sound effect used in the opening scene include the wind whistling, building creaking and dogs barking, which creates an expectation that something is going to happen. Molly’s journey home to Jigalong has impacted on Molly’s development, both emotionally and intellectually, and has enriched her through her harsh experiences, allowing her to mature and gain in confidence, but it has also robbed her of her childhood and her innocence.
The abduction scene of the 3 girls being forcibly removed from Jigalong, fast paced music is heard, giving the sense of something is going to happen. Hand held camera is used to make the audience feel as though they were there hearing the screams “there my kids” and Nevillive’s their legal guardian” indicates the beginning of their journey.
The journey back to Jigalong Molly learns not to trust anyone this is seen through Gracie finding out about her mother. Molly thinks it is a trap with “Don’t listen to him, he’s a liar” the camera captures a vast emptiness ahead, indicating the long journey ahead. The return back to Jigalong, both relaxing music is played and the sun setting down emphasizes the end of their journey. Molly says “I lost one” which shows she has learnt the value of responsibility and family unity.
The “Road not taken” is an extended metaphor for the choices individuals must make in life. The poem is written in first person narrative which adds to the conversational tone of the poem and its reflective nature. The poet is faced with a dilemma of what road path to take. The persona has come to a fork in this road and the poem follows his thinking process to understand the decisions made.
The physical journey becomes the metaphor for the inner journey because the poem is reflective and the traveler must consider the significance of choice in his life journey. The nature of journey “which leads on to way” which means once a decision is made, new paths/roads will be met. There is no turning back. Frost’s strong confident tone “I doubted if I should ever come back” shows that the journey has led to irrevocable changes in his life, for better or worse “and that has made all the difference” reflects the fundamental outcome of a journey, that it is better to attempt the journey and possible danger and change, then to stay safely at home and never find out what the journey of life has in store for the traveler.
Similarly the song also uses the extended metaphor of a road to take a tour to make music “the life I love is making music with my friends”. The repetition on “on the road again” reflects on “Rabbit Proof Fence” where the girls had to escape Moore River Settlement more then once because the “life they love” is being free in the outback results of the physical journey. Where as Willie is “like a band of gypsies” “the road” symbolices there economical stability “which leads on to way” reflects back to “rabbit proof fence” and the “road not taken”
In Conclusion the film “Rabbit Proof Fence” the poem “the road not taken” and the song lyric “on the road again all have aspects on the physical journeys within the characters involved, Where the film is an unwanted journey, the poem is a choice and the song is need of one must take in order to learn and experience the inner journey within themselves.