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What Does Mr Neville Represent

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Mr A. O Neville was The legal guardian and protector of every Western Australian Aboriginal. He had to power to remove any mixed European and Aboriginal decent from their family from anywhere in Western Australia. His job was to protect, instead he called the aboriginals an “unwanted third race”. He sees nothing wrong with the white mans politics of taking the children away from their families and forcing them to give up on their own heritage. For 25 years Neville was in charge of enforcing the governments policy for removing aboriginal children in Western Australia. Mr Neville’s character is a stuck up, uncaring man, who believed as well as concluded that he was just doing his rightful job, when in fact he was removing generation after generation of children, who grew up without …show more content…

When we first read about Mr Neville, it reads that he is the legal guardian of every single aboriginal in the state of Western Australia, and that the has the right to remove any Indigenous Australian children. We instantaneously get the apprehension that this character wasn’t going to be good not to mention, his character would be superior in some way. Mr Neville symbolises imperialist thinking, that white are superior and Gods chosen people. We first get to observe Mr Neville, in a scene straight after seeing two white men on horses secretly watching Molly, Gracie and Daisy. Giving us the suspicion that he has something to do with them. The next scene starts of with Mr Neville writing down Molly’s name, then a low angle of Mr Neville face is shown. His facial expressions shown while writing down her details are purely is purely nothing, but is shown on a low angle to give us a feeling of dominance and superiority. This is the first time that we get to see Mr Neville face and it is shown on a low angle, making us feel vulnerable to him, and making him seem important and gives him

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