The Identity of the Stolen GenerationHumans naturally crave a sense of belonging and community. Along with this sense of community, self-identity begins to be influenced. Community is often found within a country where people share common hopes and dreams while others are outside and seen as different. This “difference” can both strengthen the community and endanger it, and can very likely have negative consequences. Colonialism was justified by its superiority as well as by the colonists who set out to transform societies considered primitive into what they believed to be a more modern society. The destruction of one's identity is the main element of taking over a culture, because identity is closely linked to the feeling of patriotism and power. The planned annihilation of the identity of certain cultures is described in depth in the novel Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington. A novel that tells the story of the incarceration of Aboriginal people in Australia in the 1930s. The novel Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington is the story of a country's war as it was invaded and taken over. control. Those who invade attack the children of the aborigines, tearing them from their homes and putting them in special camps. This book illustrates the journey of three girls who manage to escape through lands inhabited by enemies without ever knowing if the people they meet are friends or truly enemies. Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the story based on true events of three girls who are Aboriginal and are forcibly taken from their families in Jigalong, Australia. The Aborigines Act made the seizure of these mixed-race children effective. The three sisters...... middle of paper ......this is used as a tool to endorse the defeat of the unwavering indigenous people, through attempts at attempted organized genocide. Thus illustrating the equivalence between indigenous freedom and incarceration. The content of the book leaves its audience emotionally overwhelmed as they read about the girls' long and eventful journey to their hometown. The reader is able to relate to these three girls in some way because they are so strong yet so young, innocent and helpless. We have all been children at one point and through the author's words we can also understand the feelings and thoughts of these young girls and why they were so skeptical when meeting strangers. The reader finds themselves in the shoes of the three girls, seeing, from their point of view, their journey and what it means to be part of the Stolen Generation..