The Rabbits - Reflection Paragraph

In class we are reading the allegorical picture book "The Rabbits". The story tells how the English colonized Australia, and talks about how they interacted and treated eachother.

When colonization happens, the impact on the colonized is mostly negative in many aspects. In this case, the English colonized the aborigines from Australia. The English brought with them animals, food, and new ideas. There were some positive aspects of their colonization; the Australians liked some of the food and animals. But there were many negative events as well. Some of the food made the people sick.War broke out. These are but some examples of the negative impacts of colonization on the colonized. I think, in general, colonization has far more positive aspects for the colonizers; they get new land and space to populate, they can discover and plunder more, and they can find new materials or resources in the colonized land. But if the colonizers take a lot of the natural resources and exploit the land. it's not very good for the environment. If the colonizers mine all the ores and minerals available, the condition of the rock will decrease. There is also the whole aspect of bringing their own animals and food to the colonized land. The colonized people's bodies aren't used to consuming the kind of foods the colonizers eat. If the colonizers bring food, it might, as it did in The Rabbits, cause sickness or plague to spread in the colonized land. This would be terrible. The colonizers use up the resources and land also for industrialisation; this can be both good and bad. It can be good if the colonizers choose to let the locals learn and profit from the industry. For example, if you were to colonize a country and find lots of wheat there, you might be able to set up a bread-making or processing plant. This could benefit both the colonizers and the colonized. Also, in the story some of the animals scare the colonized; they have never seen those different animals before. Actions like this would scare or maybe even intimidate the colonized. This could lead to war. War would be terrible and completely unfair. If the colonizers can colonize, that means they probably have a significant advantage over the natives. Like in the colonization of the Australian aborigines, the British had guns and cannons, as opposed to the Australians, who simply had primitive spears and shields.
I think the deeper meaning behind The Rabbits is that colonization is both positive and negative. It is pretty positive for the colonizers; they gain knowledge, land and resources. It is negative for the colonized; their lifestyle and environment is being changed and deformed around them. The main theme that, in my opinion, is associated with colonization is change. It is a huge change for the colonized and their way of living.
Overall, "The Rabbits" is a very interesting allegorical picture book about the colonization of Australia.