I think that both Julia and Truganinny are viewed as outcasts, because they are both different then those around them. Julia was very different in her looks, which made it hard for people to see her as a person. Instead they likened her to a lion, and made fun of her, and prevented her from becoming part of society. Truganinny was the last one of her kind. She didn’t fit in because she was old and the last one left. People were just waiting for her to die instead of getting to know her as a person. Because both people were outcasts, they weren't viewed as people, but instead objects. This is why they were stuffed and put on display; people wanted the joy of judging them long after they were gone.
Considering the fact that these were real women, I admire Rose for writing about them. I think that as soon as she knew their story she felt like she had to. Sometimes it is hard for us to speak our own story. It is easier for us to tell a story of others that relates to our own. I think that Rose wrote from the perspective of these two women because their stories need to be told and they couldn’t tell them themselves because no one would have listened when they were alive. This gives Rose the freedom to write about herself without it really being about herself, which is easier if we need to say something but can’t find the words to say it.
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