Allegory in The Rabbits

Victorian Curriculum Outcome: Investigate how visual and multimodal texts allude to or draw on other texts or images to enhance and layer meaning (VCELA402)

PART 1: Allegory ... what is it?

Allegories are works of literature which represent abstract ideas and principles using concrete characters, figures, and events. They tell a story and convey an idea or a principle at the same time; their main objectives are often to teach a moral lesson. Best thought of as a very complex metaphors, allegories are an entirely symbolic work, meaning everything throughout the story, (characters, events, and locations) is designed to portray an abstract idea.

This image is an allegory for pollution in the sea. 

Now watch this short video about allegory: 

PART 2: Allegory in The Rabbits.

Read the information about The Colonisation of Australia provided below:

Your Task:

Choose 3 pages in The Rabbits that you think are an allegory for something that happened when Australia was colonised. In the comment section below, write down what you think each page is an allegory for (in other words, which real-life event this page shows).

Example: Page # is an allegory for the fights over land that Aboriginals had with the white settlers. It depicts how British weapons were superior to indigenous weapons, and how the aboriginals were easily defeated, no matter how hard they fought.