It was not the children that were stolen, but their soul

Jane Harrisons novel Stolen shows how childrens souls are stolen and the tragic effects of it. The main five characters, representing Stolen Generations which refers to the children being taken out from their Aboriginal family, had different life experiences. It is their experiences reflect their stolen souls, including loss of culture, misunderstanding of personal identity and destroyed delirious and spiritual world. There is no doubt that being taken away from family and parents leading to a ruff of their culture. Understanding of a specific culture is gained by immersion in it.Without growing up with and skill the culture, people cant find connection between themselves and where they should be dour to. Showed in Stolen, sandlike, the oldest child when was taken, had a better knowledge to the Aboriginal culture. The story of Mungee and the fact that women put sand in themselves to stop raping indicates Sandys understanding. However, the other four characters always wondering w here am I belonged to, they got lost because they had no base about the environment and background of where they should be grown up with.Being stolen from their parents results in the lack of be due to stolen history. It is the childrens personal identities that being stolen as a result of taken away from parents. Without hunch and care from family but a burden of hard work. The children in home centre were unprotected and tired. Ruby, an employ and abandoned girl, ended up in a mental hospital murmuring I got a lot to do and I need no home. She couldnt recognize her parents and babe any more, even didnt know who she was and where she came from. On the other hand, Anne seems to live happier.Being adopted by a friendly white couple, Anne enjoyed a better material treatment than others. Although she knew that we chose you, she tried to tanned herself, visual perception herself as a white girl. You mother is an Aboriginal, Anne was confused about who she was and where she belonge d to. Struggling between the twain families the white one or the aboriginal one, Anne still het brook. Being stolen as a younker little girl, Anne not only lost the chance to stay with her family, but also experienced a lack of self-understanding. Undoubtedly, the childrens emotional and spiritual world was ruined because of the stolen.They suffered a lot, like working as a slave, unspoken abuse, and concealment of truth. Jimmy, who almost forget his name was Willy, cried for his mother everyday when he was in the children centre. You mother is not coming for you. Shes dead. , told the despicable woman who took great care of the children. Sandy was then heart broken and eventually committed suicide after knowing the death of his beloved mother. Furthermore, Shirley suffered twenty-seven-year long separation. I hold her in my arm once, and not have a second chance for all over twenty years. Never give up looking for her children, Shirley was the most lucky one. She now have a m other and a grandmother, thats all that matter. When the nurse asked Shirley to give the baby, Shirley cried and felt herself awkward, thats all due to the terrible experience she had, and the whole Stolen Generations as well. From all discussed above, we can see that Jane Harrison shows how childrens souls were stolen in numerous layers, including the lack in their own culture and personal identity, as well as the badly hurt emotion and spirit.