Raggylug tells the story of a doting mother and an adventurous son. The titular character Raggylug, or Rag for short, and his mother Molly are two cottontail rabbits who live in a swampy forest. The swap is made up of other woodland creatures and familiar faces from other stories by Seton, such as snakes, foxes, birds and even other rabbits. The story follows their lives through what can be assumed as a few years, through the touching sentiments and the suspenseful terrors. Through the course of it’s pages, we come to realize that the rabbit duo are not safe from anything, and that their daily lives subsist of constant alert and fleeing from terror. Seton writes, “The Cottontails had enemies on every side. Their daily life was a series of
After the group comes across a river, Hazel and Fiver discuss if crossing the river is necessary, and how they were going to persuade the others into crossing. “‘Well, let’s go and talk to the others… It’s crossing they’re not going to fancy…’” (34). Crossing the river was their first physical challenge, as they had to figure out how to get everyone across safely, as Pipkin was injured and Fiver is one of the smaller rabbits. Furthermore, another problem was the other rabbits’ trust in Fiver’s intuition, and whether or not they were going to listen to him. In their old habitat, they most likely would have never had to cross a river, especially one that is as strong as this one, however they are left with no choice but to cross when Fiver stresses the importance to cross the river, per his intuition. The entry into the forest is a metaphor for the entry into the world of adventure. Although the assemblage had problems all along the way, they really only began after leaving the warren, the territory in which they’ve already explored, and entered the forest, the unfamiliar and
After escaping, Molly decides the only way for the girls to reach their home is to follow the Rabbit Proof Fence. There are many shots of the barren landscape as Molly leads her younger sister Daisy and cousin Gracie to the fence. As they run to the fence the music is optimistic which reflects the character?s moods. When they reach the fence, the girls hold the fence just as Maud is doing so and there are jump shots between them, showing their strong connection to each other.
Richard Adams novel, Watership Down, is the account of a group of rabbits trip to search out a new location to inhabit. After escaping the Sandleford Warren because of one rabbit’s instincts, nearly a dozen rabbits cross virgin country. Along the way, they run across a few other warrens. These places exhibit a completely different way of living to the fleeing group. What they learn is vital when they develop their own warren. From these places they manage to collect some rabbits to increase their size once they reach a resting point at their final destination. Each of the places they encounter is set up differently. These warrens contain a distinct and unique social system, belief and leadership role.
rabbits can't get across but kids can. They jump to the store with sweetness on
In this, the cotton fields symbolize how rough Brother is with Doodle, despite contradicting instruction. He careens him on the bumpy rows, Doodle’s life, and tumbling him over, his death, in the prickly cotton clutches. The cotton fields also symbolize hard work. All of the effort that Brother puts in for Doodle is like the process of actually picking cotton.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story about a little girl who comes into contact with unpredictable, illogical, basically mad world of Wonderland by following the White Rabbit into a huge rabbit – hole. Everything she experiences there challenges her perception and questions common sense. This extraordinary world is inhabited with peculiar, mystical and anthropomorphic creatures that constantly assault Alice which makes her to question her fundamental beliefs and suffer an identity crisis. Nevertheless, as she woke up from “such a curious dream” she could not help but think “as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been ”.
Pinsker, Sanford. "Restlessness in the 1950s: What Made Rabbit Run?" New Essays on Rabbit, Run. Ed. Stanley Trachtenberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 53-76.
Although both these films have very different protagonist from one another, both protagonist have a similar mission. In Rabbit Proof Fence, the girls Molly, Daisy and Gracie are running for their lives having escaped the camp forcing the whites to use all their resources to get them back. While in
Drawing on his experience as a past Bali tourist, Tom Hyland examines the way that Bali, also known as the ‘Island of the Gods’, has changed since his last visit. “Doing dumb things to an island we claim to love”, shows that home grown citizens along with tourist don’t respect the island, we so call “love”. Directing his piece towards native members of Bali, along with anyone around the globe looking to visit the island, Tom, tells the damaging effects and ways of life that Bali has come to, since the 1980s. Hyland corroborates that visitors are wiping out the goodness and morality out of Bali, thus resulting into making the island ‘a paradise lost, a sweet place gone sour’. Through his piece he aims to inform people that are in or around Bali,
Robert shares a special relationship and bond with animals, in particular rabbits. The rabbits are a symbol of Rowena, not only because they were her prize possession, but also because the rabbits remind Robert of his younger sister. Both Rowena and the rabbits are characters of innocence and purity. Being considered as small, fragile and precious to those who love and look after them. Findley uses the rabbits to evoke feelings of guilt from Robert, during the constant appearances in the novel. When Rowena dies, R...
terrible things had come for them. When the rabbits didn't speak up or try to help the
In Terrible Things, everything was in its own crowd. The rabbits, birds, fish and frogs, squirrels, and porcupines were in the little groups. They all took a group by a group each time they came. Little rabbit kept on asking why they were taking them away, and big rabbit would say they do not have to have a reason they just do it.
There were two rabbits, one of them is white and another one being black. These two rabbits were the same, they both had the same face, nose, mouth, body, ears and the same feet, however there were two different traits between these two rabbits, it was their motivation. The white rabbit was always worked hard preparing for the future, never once had he enjoyed life and he always worked. He believed that if he always worked hard without questioning his decision, he would live a long and comfortable life. Every minute he would always gather food for the winter preparing for hibernation, while on the other hand the black rabbit would always be lazy and never do any ounce of work or have the motivation to do it. He would always go out and chase stones or play with the other rabbits having
I couldn’t contain my excitement, I was literally having a “sugar rush.” I walked into the garage to get some items prepared for tomorrow. This was my first ever FFA (Future Farmers of America) livestock show and I was prepared. I looked at my precious male rabbit Scar, and boy he was a beauty. I admired him for a little while, until I noticed, and huge scar under his chin and on his stomach. I rubbed my eyes, to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. This was real. I wondered how he could’ve gotten so beat up before the show. I let out a huge groan, as I started to solve this problem. My whole family stepped outside to see what I was complaining about now. I told them to look at Scar, and they saw the terrible bruises. My sister suggested that I should’ve separated the males from the females, since this was the time of year their hormones start going loco. I slapped my face, and sighed, there was no possible way this could be fixed. My mom suggested I put vaseline on his cuts, and my dad told me to separate the males. I didn’t know that rabbit fur was at least ten dollars on the market, the judge was definitely going to notice. We all finished caring for Scar, as we put Scratcher in another cage, we all shared a quick laugh. Then, my mom started scolding me for not closing the cage door. We all just watched the rabbits, as I hoped for a win tomorrow, and I just knew they were going to be there for support, since it was my first time ever being in
The Rabbit Proof Fence (2002) explores the forced removal of Aboriginal children, during the stolen generation by following the true stories of three indigenous girls.The film is based on Dorris Pilkington’s 1996 book Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence. Sisters: Molly (14), Gracie (10) and their cousin Daisy (8) were removed from Jigalong by local police, under the command of “Chief Protector of Aborigines for Western Australia” Mr A.O. Neville, in order to aid their assimilation to white Australia. Seen as a “problem” by the Australian Government, the “half-caste” girls were removed in an aim to eliminate and absorb Aboriginal culture from Australia.