It is mentioned that there is an idea that children of mixed race are cleverer than children of the Aborigines. When Molly’s happiness becomes almost complete, she finally has friends to play with, the government decides that it would be better for Molly and her cousins to grow up away from their home. Molly grows up under the pressure of teasing, insults and even beating, but it doesn’t make her bitter, doesn’t break her, for her mother loves her enough to help the daughter to be happy. The affairs between people of different races in this story are viewed as something abnormal, so there is nothing strange in the fact that there is no happily ever after for couples like Molly’s parents. Quite predictably, neither the Aborigines nor the white people want to accept her, for they consider her to be a freak. Molly is a child of mixed race, if it is possible to say so, she is the first generation of such children. It is not a pleasant theme to even think about, but to avoid it means that we don’t care about them at all, that their lives mean nothing. There are many stories about hardship a white man has to endure while trying to adjust to a life in the new world (Jack London is one of the brightest examples), but there are not so many stories about sorrow and grief of indigenous people. The Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington is a novel based on true events and this fact makes it even more difficult to read, not because of the author’s style, but because it is hard to put up with a thought that such injustice truly exists in this world. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.

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