The director wishes to inform the audience about the unfair treatment towards aboriginal people of the 'Stolen Generation' in the 1930s through the conflict between Molly's mother Maude and the local constable, Riggs, during the incident when the girls are taken away forcibly from their mother. ... It influences the girls' perspective on white people as well later in the film. ... It also induces Molly neither to be impressed or tempted to follow the white society nor willing to be a victim of the 'Stolen Generation'. The audience are able to comprehend the sig...

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The enigma westerner will not be the one in the western genre film to wear the white hat nor will they side with the forces of good until the moment of truth in the film occurs. ... He is not pure, as everyday people are not pure. He makes mistakes in his judgment, as everyday people make mistakes. He, in the end, redeems himself and proves his inherent goodness, as everyday people are inherently good. ... The film would be a lost cause if it did not contain at least some representative of humanity, as the heroes often wear too bright a white and the villains wear too dark a black. ...

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Lincoln firmly believed that all men are equal as he told the public in a speech saying ""When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism. ... Not only did he wish for people to see the slaves as equals, he also once said "I want every man to have the chance - and I believe a black man is entitled to it - in which he can better his condition, when he may look forward and hope to be a hired laborer this year and the next, work for himself afterward, and finally to hire me...

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However, the transition from passive to active women in society was not a smooth one; many people, both men and women, did not agree with these changes. ... In the beginning, the house is "white"(75) , symbolizing Emily's purity and innocence, a result of her sheltered and controlled life. ...

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