The theme of Resilience is shown by the characters in their ability to recover from tough situations and continue to serve in the war effort. The novel ‘A Rose for the ANZAC Boys’ effectively tells the story of the army of women who volunteered their time and lives to help all the troops that went to war. Midge Macpherson gets sent to a school in England to become a lady, after her two brothers Tim and Dougie have headed off to war. Midge and her two friends Ethel and Anne decide that they are sick and tired of sitting around and they want to go on the adventure of war. They set off to France where they start up a canteen for the wounded soldiers.
Ellie again questions herself and her actions when she blows up a lawnmower to save her friends. She battles with her decision and believes she is a murderer. Although the choices she makes may deliver pain and trauma to others, her human spirit shines through the chaos to help her succeed. Through the characters in ‘Tomorrow When the War Began’, Marsden shows the human spirit’s ability to grow and triumph. Ellie’s decisive ability and her morals are thrown into chaos when she arrives at the family house and finds her dogs dead.
Bridie uses it to save Sheila from drowning after their ships, the Vyner Brooke and the Giang Bee, have been bombed by the Japanese. It contributes to the theme of Bridie and Sheila’s long and hard struggle to survive – first in the South China Sea, then during the camp. For the atrocity of war, the audience get a first-hand look at the relentlessness of the Japanese. This is highlighted when they bomb the ships that Bridie and Sheila are on, even though there were only women and children on board. When the Japanese shone the searchlight on those on board the Giang Bee, Sheila describes the intensity of the searchlight as “the strong, hard beams hit us square in the face”, and the women and children on board as “standing ghostly white on the deck”.
Distinctively visual techniques are fundamental in the transmission of stimulating ideas between composers and responders of their texts. They are able to communicate the distinctive experiences within their texts that affect the responder and their relationships with others and the world. In the context of WW2, John Misto’s play The Shoe Horn Sonata conveys the experiences of the suffering of the female prisoners of war. It is Misto’s intention to portray the oppression the women suffered and highlight the power of art in their journey to hope and purpose. These ideas are also explored through Gary Ross’ film, Pleasantville as the protagonists fight against oppression of society’s expectations and the power of art as a way of escaping this and finding a purpose and a sense of hope.
The shoe-horn sonata Good morning, I am here to discuss the play "The Shoe-Horn Sonata" by John Misto in relation to the use of visual elements used, plus two themes. The Shoe-horn Sonata is concerned with the incarceration of two women held captive in a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp. Misto uses the play to demonstrate the devastation of war and the human spirit and will to survive. Such themes are shown to the audience through the use of visual elements such as music, projected photographs, lighting effect. My first theme is power.
! When faced with conflict abnormal to everyday life, it is shown that individuals can make extraordinarily positive changes in order to overcome conflict. In Bruce Beresford’s “Paradise Road,” Adrienne Pargiter, the British wife of a tea planter, displays her natural leadership qualities in the face of conflict when amongst hundreds of women and children thrown into a prisoner of war camp in the remote forest environment of Sumatra. In the aftermath of Wing’s gruesome death, Adrienne responds with her moral belief at the healing power of music and with a desire to unite the women together, she creates a vocal orchestra. In creating so, Adrienne is forced to break down class barriers when meeting Margaret Drummond, a missionary who uses spiritual comfort combined with her joy of music to positively encounter the deir
Cora is brave even when surrounded by Mingo Indians, and she comforts Alice and protects her. Cora creates a plan to save the others but leaves herself vulnerable to capture. In the secret cave they were hiding in to escape from battle, Cora tells Hawkeye and the other men to escape while she and Alice stay with the wounded David Gamut. When Cora executes her master’s plan she says “Then try the river. Why linger to add the number of victims of our merciless enemies?”(75).
Lina had almost given up her hopes of survival as everyone in the huts they made to survive caught diseases such as dysentery, typhus, and lice; but Lina’s mother had befriended one of the USSR guards before she died and he sent for a doctor to save the prisoners from disease. The story ends with Lina’s hope to return home to her boyfriend and to restore her nation of Lithuania. Elena does not bargain or take risks when her children’s safety is in jeopardy. As the Vilkas family is being sorted by the Soviet soldiers onto trains headed for the labour camps Jonas Vilkas is pulled away from his mother to be transported in the men’s train. Elena begged with the Soviet officer to let him stay with her and then “ripped the amber pendant right from her neck and pressed it into the NKVD’s hand” as a bribe.
There, Caelia reigns with her three daughters, Fidelia, Sperenza, and Charissa, and many other virtuous people live with them. Caelia greets Una and, hearing of Redcrosse's condition, commands her daughters to aid his recovery. First, Fidelia instructs him in discipline and the gospel; then, Sperenza comforts him, so that his sins do not again lead to despair. Next, hard Patience and bitter Penance make him suffer for the crimes he has committed, to purge himself. Finally, Charissa comes to Redcrosse, and "Gan him instruct, in every good behest [behavior] / Of love, and righteousnesse, and well to donne
When they laugh at her warnings and she gets upset, Minerva says, "Come on, Dede. Think how sorry you'd be if something should happen to us and you didn't say goodbye." But before they leave, she cries out her real fear: "I don't want to have to live without you." The reader knows that is her fate exactly: to live after her sisters die as martyrs, and thus to tell their story. Another instance of foreshadowing occurs after Tio Pepe reports what Trujillo said at the gathering at the mayor's house.