The movie “Rabbit Proof Fence” covered the issue of racism, creating the stolen generations.
The movie was a true story that showed the courage and heartache the three girls went through in their childhoods. The government was being racist towards the Aboriginals, not knowing that what they were doing was wrong.
The eagle had the significance of being a God who watched his people from the sky, helping them on their journey home, keeping them safe and guiding them the right way. When Molly saw the eagle in the sky, she knew she was almost home, and that the spirits were looking after her. It also made her feel that she was guided in some aspect, and that she didn’t have to do this journey all by herself.
For Molly to tell this story would have made her feel responsible for letting Gracie wonder off and be taken back, and later die, and it would also bring back the memory of losing her own daughter, to the same issue, and never seeing her daughter again . Bringing back all these memories would destroy her happiness, as she was the leader and the responsible one on the journey home.
