2007-03-27 09:50:02 · 3 answers · asked by saxon_148 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Two kids who take off into the Australian outback.
2007-03-27 09:58:44 · answer #1 · answered by kt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two children, a brother and sister, find themselves lost in the Australian outback (the reason for this is different in the book than in the movie.) They have no real skills for survival, but meet a young aborigine, who is on a "walkabout" (a rite of passage requiring him to survive on his own for six months as an initiation into manhood). What happens between the threesome is quite different in the book than in the movie. But both explore the clash of cultures between the white children and the aborigine youth.
2007-03-27 10:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by senlin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about :
culture clash
adolescent sexuality
rites of passage,
western civilisations as spiritually impoverished
the outback
love.
2007-03-27 10:18:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋