In this Unit we have to read a book, and the one that I
chose was "The Rabbit-Proof Fence". This book is about three mongrel girls who escaped in 1931 after
being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff. These three girls
were Molly, Daisy and Gracie, all they daughters of aboriginal mothers and
white men fathers, and they wanted to come back to Jigalong where they lived
with their maternal families. The girls crossed the Australian desert following
the rabbit-proof fence that guided them to their hometown.
First of all, is important to highlight that
this was a true story. That really happened. Those girls survived around 9
weeks walking across the Australian Outback and running away from Moodoo, the
keeper who was following them. The children went to distant houses searching
for some food, and when they did not have anything for eating, they killed some
rabbits or another little animals and eat them in the nights, taking care of did
not leave any traces on the road.
When I
finished reading the book I imagined what would happened if was I the one who
had to cross the Australian Outback? I became curious. So, I searched some
information about how to survive on the desert.
"When things go
wrong in the bush, staying alive shouldn't be a matter of luck; it should be
about knowledge"
says Bob Cooper, an Australian survival instructor. "Mother Nature is not
cruel, but she is unforgiving and doesn't tolerate fools", he adds.
Bob advises, "you should write down five major wilderness survival
priorities: water, signals, shelter, warmth and food. Then muse on them." In
all of Bob's research, he has come across no evidence of anyone starving to
death in a survival situation in Australia.
This is a very interesting interview, so I
share it with you. Hope you like it :)
Interview: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/outdoor/skills/2012/05/bush-survival-skills-guide-to-staying-alive
It's amazing the spirit that had these girls, hope to get next to his mother. The strongest is that it was a true story and was unaware of this event. They had no food or water to cross the desert but somehow they did.
ReplyDeleteVery good topic Seba.
It is a really hard and shocking story.
ReplyDeleteTo think that it is a true story is very complicated.
How could three little girls walked nine weeks alone and survive in the desert? In my opinion, love and hope are the responsibles of the courage that this girls had. Those values made them go on. Because they just wanted to achieve their goal, that was: see their families.
It is something impressing the fight that children could do for the love of their mothers, for their freedom, for their life.
I have not read the book yet, but I will. All the comments about it are interesting and shows that this book is worth it. So I will read it.
love your post! (:
Greetings.
Congratulations for the post sebastian, find a pretty good approach and also did a good synthesis of the book, I draw much attention this story and I think you know the main thing to focus on, congratulations ;)
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