Mar 11 2008
Reading and understanding Rabbits
1. In groups (or as a class) read The Rabbits
2. Discuss what the meaning of the book is
- What is the message
I believe the message of the story is that rabits came and destroyed the habitatof the other animals, and the writer is writing the Aboriginal story in a different context by representing the white men by rabbits and the aboriginals by using Australian native animals.
3. Make a list of some visual techniques that you think help create these meanings.
Eg: Colour, participants, setting
DPS1- The colour is very warm and welcoming. The setting is a dessert with a big rock this represents the aboriginals because the aboriginals have a very close relationship with the land and especially Uluaru. In this picture there is also a lizard that looks at home and is very comfortable like the Aboriginals were before the ‘white men’ came.
DPS4- The colour on this page is very dark and scary. The ship is the most salient object in this page meaning it is very powerful and it means business. The Rabbits are also very big in this picture and the rabbits have very sharp jaggered lines representing evil.
DPS9- This page is very dark and gloomy representing something bad has happeded. The page also has the rabbits up the top with their flags placed in the ground with one of the rabbits playing a trumpet representing victory. The picture also has the native animals with no colour meaning they are dead.
4. Discuss what you think colours represent in this book.
The rabbits wear black and red representing evil.
The ship on DPS4 is gold representing power and wealth.
On DPS7 the pictures are black and white representing old or memories.
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