The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles and Rabbit-Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce are so similar yet so different. The two films depict the journey of two very dissimilar groups of people. However, there are certain parallels between the two; both thematically and stylistically.

Each film suggests that physical journeys are initiated with the intention that an inner change or development will occur. However the catalyst for this change is not purely the movement from one place to another, but also includes the path of the physical journey. This pathway is shaped by the obstacles and challenges that arise, as well as the way they are overcome.

The characters in both films undertake their physical journey in an effort to escape their life and circumstances that they were previously in, albeit for different reasons. Ernesto and Alberto in The Motorcycle Diaries took their journey to make something of themselves and their lives; to experience the world as they did not "want to end......

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Title: Mark Twain
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