The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Boys - imagine you've been out on a quiet Saturday and played a great game of rugby. After the game, you all head down to visit your friend's nana who cooks up a mean feed after the game. Everything is sweet; great game, mates and you'll see the girls when you get there.
Girls - imagine you've been hanging out together on a Saturday morning. Everything is relaxed. You've all had a good catch up on the news and you are waiting for the boys to return home from their rugby game so you can all have a mean feed and a nice relaxing Saturday.
CREATIVE WRITING:
DESCRIBE THE SETTING? WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT CAN YOU HEAR? HOW DO YOU FEEL? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WILL HAPPEN? HOW WILL THE REST OF THE MORNING GO? HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW?
Girls - imagine you've been hanging out together on a Saturday morning. Everything is relaxed. You've all had a good catch up on the news and you are waiting for the boys to return home from their rugby game so you can all have a mean feed and a nice relaxing Saturday.
CREATIVE WRITING:
DESCRIBE THE SETTING? WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT CAN YOU HEAR? HOW DO YOU FEEL? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WILL HAPPEN? HOW WILL THE REST OF THE MORNING GO? HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW?
Characters
Summary of Storyline
In 1920, rural Ireland is the permanent battlefield of republican rebels against the British troops and their well-paid, local collaborator militia, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Just when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less then a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers.
Quotes
Damien: How many British soldiers in the country, Tim?
Tim: Too many. Damien: How many? Teddy: About ten thousand, Damien. Damien: Ten Thousand. Tans, artillery units, machine-gun car, cavalry... Teddy: And many more besides. What's your point, Damien? Damien: It's young men like Micheail we're talkin' about, Teddy. Teddy: Micheail was a real Irishman, Damien. Ned: You're a coward, Damien. Damien: I'm a coward? And you're a hero, isn't it, Ned? You're gonna take down the British army with your hurley, is that it? Rory: For Christ's sake, Damien. What about Micheail? Damien: Look, Micheail was killed because he wouldn't say his name in English. Is that what you call a martyr, Teddy, is it? Sinead: So we should all buy a one-way ticket to London, is that it, Damien? |
Teddy: [looking around Hamilton's study] Such a beautiful room, it's hard to imagine a man's scream from here. Ever seen fingernails ripped out with a rusty pliers, Sir John, hmm? All your learning, and you still don't understand.
Sir John Hamilton: Oh, I understand perfectly, Mr. O'Donovan. God preserve Ireland if ever your kind take control. Damien: [trains his gun on Hamilton] Well, you'd better start getting used to the idea. Damien: [loading revolver] I studied anatomy for five years, Dan. And now i'm going to shoot this man in the head. I've known Chris Reilly since he was a child. I hope this Ireland we're fighting for is worth it.
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Useful Links
http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jun2006/kingirexaminer22june06.
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/170406-director-spotlight-ken-loach-the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtN09yjvxE
http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/15462
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/170406-director-spotlight-ken-loach-the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtN09yjvxE
http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/15462