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

Jane Harrisons novel Stolen shows how childrens souls are stolen and the tragical effects of it. The main five characters, representing Stolen Generations which refers to the children universe taken away from their fundamental family, had different life companionships. It is their experiences reflect their stolen souls, including loss of culture, misunderstanding of personal individuation and destroyed emotional and spiritual world. There is no doubt that being taken away from family and parents leading to a nonsense of their culture. Understanding of a specific culture is gained by immersion in it.Without growing up with and learning the culture, people cant find connection amongst themselves and where they should belong to. Showed in Stolen, sandlike, the oldest child when was taken, had a better k right offledge to the pristine 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 where am I belonged to, they got lost because they had no idea about the environment and background of where they should be grown up with.Being stolen from their parents results in the lack of belonging cod to stolen history. It is the childrens personal identities that being stolen as a result of taken away from parents. Without love and care from family but a burden of firm work. The children in home centre were unprotected and tired. Ruby, an used and abandoned daughter, ended up in a mental hospital susurrant I got a lot to do and I need no home. She couldnt recognize her parents and sister 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 neat couple, Anne enjoyed a better material interference than others. Although she knew that we chose you, she tried to tanned herself, seeing herself as a white girl. You yield is an Aboriginal, Anne was confused about wh o she was and where she belonged to. Struggling between the two families the white one or the aboriginal one, Anne still het hurt. Being stolen as a young little girl, Anne not only lost the recover 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 plan of attack for you. Shes dead. , told the despicable woman who took great care of the children. Sandy was so heart broken and eventually committed suicide after discriminating the death of his beloved mother. Furthermore, Shirley suffered 20-seven-year long separation. I hold her in my girdle once, and not have a second chance for over twenty years. Never give up looking for her children, Shirley wa s the most lucky one. She now have a mother and a grandmother, thats all that matter. When the keep back 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 many layers, including the lack in their own culture and personal identity, as well as the badly hurt emotion and spirit.