UNIT 3: AOS2
ENCOUNTERING CONFLICT
PARADISE ROAD
Week 1
LEARNING INTENTION:
Become familiar with forms of conflict and
characters in the text Paradise Road
TODAY WE WILL…
• Identify conflict inherent in the text ‘Paradise Road’
• Be introduced to key characters in the text ‘Paradise
Road’
• Produce an appropriately structured paragraph to a
conflict based questions
Identify conflict inherent in the text
‘Paradise Road’
Key facts:
• The historical setting of the film is the global conflict of World War II.
• This conflict is a military one, fuelled by political conflicts which, in 1939,
finally erupted into the violent conflict of global warfare
Conflict for you to identify when watching the text…
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Deeply embedded cultural and racial tensions that sometimes lead to conflict.
Inner (personal) conflict is also encountered by the women who are often pushed
to breaking point
interpersonal conflict as the hardships they encounter make them edgy and
vulnerable
Key characters in ‘Paradise Road’
Daisy Drummond is a missionary, She has a strong and unshakeable faith in
God. Throughout the film she develops a close friendship with Adrienne. It is
Daisy that encourages Adrienne to conduct and create the vocal orchestra.
Rosemary Leighton-Jones is an English model. She develops a close
friendship with Helena young Dutch Prisoner who she helps teach English.
Rosemary initially has an unshakeable will to survive until she sees that her
husband failed to escape from the men’s POW camp.
Susan McCarthy is an Australian Nurse who goes from being as quiet as
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mouse to an outspoken critic of how the Japanese treat women. She shows us
how conflict can bring out ones inner strength and hidden qualities.
Topsy Merrit is an American woman who finds the conditions in the camp very challenging.
She is temptedDrlike
many is
byathe
prospect
of becoming
a Prostitute
a Japanese
Verstak
Jewish
refugee.
She pretends
to be a to
medical
doctorOfficers.
in order to
obtain medical supplies needed for treating the ill. She is not sentimental and
often comes across as unfeeling. She is willing to do anything to ensure that
the women of the camp keep getting medical supplies.
Topsy Merrit is an American woman who finds the conditions in the camp very
challenging. She is tempted like many by the prospect of becoming a Prostitute
to a Japanese Officers.
Key characters in ‘Paradise Road’
Captain Tanaka is a sadistic officer of the Japanese Secret Police. He believes
that his brutal treatment of the POW Women is in retaliation to what he see as
the racist and imperial domination of Asia by western Countries.
Colonel Hirota is in charge of the POW Camp. Although unsettled by the
brutality towards to the women from the Snake and Captain Tanaka, he feels
powerless to stop it. He is a bystander in this conflict. Therefore he feels that
he can’t do anything to stop or control how the women are treated.
Like Colonel Hirota the Interpreter feels sympathetic and sorry for the plight of
the women. However he feels powerless to do anything about it. This is shown
through body language and sometimes looks when a prisoner is punished.
The Snake is vicious and sadistic in his treatment of the prisoners. He is shown
in a number of scenes of the film savagely beating the prisoners. He is the one
who pours petrol on Wing for smuggling in the black market and burns her
alive. However he is also moved by the women’s vocal choir
Adrienne Partiger is the heroine who orchestrates and ensures the
survival of the vocal choir in the text
Revisit the types of conflict
Inner (Intrapersonal) Conflict
Your group is to…
Brainstorm as many
examples as possible
Interpersonal Conflict
Social Conflict
Cultural Conflict
Religious Conflict
Racial Conflict
If you don’t have one of
Inner Conflict
these…
Person to Person
Link these to your first
This of the ones you don’t
brainstorm
have
Groups against Groups
Government against Government
Country against Country
Your group is to…
Establish class protocols and expectations
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Mutual respect
Attentive listening
Personal Best
No put downs
No late submission of work
ROLES IN CONFLICT
RESPONSES TO CONFLICT
Appropriate terms to use when writing
about conflict
With Fear
With courage
Denial
With hope
Hopelessly
Alone
Aggressively
Escape
Uncompromising
With certainty
Destructive
Calmly
bystander
victim
assistant
protagonist
facilitator
collaborator
follower
Avoidance
Instant
Delay
With confusion
Logically
Emotionally
Diplomatically
With dignity
Blindly
Without certainty
Positively
With resilience
witness
perpetrator
confidante
tempter
antagonist
individualist
believer
Co-operatively
Selfishly
Angrily
Seeking a solution
Wanting to hurt
Manipulating
Compromise
With self belief
Sacrifice
instinctively
Selflessly
In a short term way
instigator
mentor
hero
sidekick
villian
leader
cynic (OR) sceptic
Produce a written piece applying some of
these terms
PRODUCE A PARAGRAPH
EXPLAINING A CONFLICT YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCED
INTEGRATE
VOABULARY
PRODUCE A PARAGRAPH
EXPLAINING A CONFLICT IN THE TEXT
PARADISE ROAD THAT IN SOME WAY RELATES
PRODUCE A PARAGRAPH
EXPLAINING ANOTHER WELL KNOWN
CONFLICT THAT IN SOME WAY RELATES
RELATES: Think back to types of conflicts
Discuss and submit holiday requirements
• ENCOUNTERING CONFLICT: Essay response to
‘Context builds character but crisis defines it’ (U3).
Read ‘The Quiet American’ (U4)
• READING AND RESPONDING: Read ‘Ransom’ (U3)
and produce reedling log. Do the same for ‘No Sugar’
(U4)
• USING LANGUAGE TO PERSUADE: Chose two articles
and write an analysis of the language used to
persuade. Chose a further two to articles and
underline and annotate persuasive language. Select
three articles on the same issue
SUBMIT MONDAY
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
In reflection…
• How can having an understanding of conflict ‘types’ help your
writing?
• In what ways did applying the suggested language change
your writing?
• How can you continue to develop this kind of vocabulary?
• Anything else?