Women In The Pow Camp
1. Describe the various experience of the women in the POW camp.
A) The women in the POW camps were treated very harshly, there are many instances that support this statement. One is that the women were given inhumane living quarters where food is scarce. These women were forced to bear extreme punishments such as kneeling for hours in the hot sun, or falling over onto sharp spikes. These women were not supplied with proper sanitation. There were also extreme cases of punishment used on minor offences. An example of extreme punishment was at the beginning of the film where the women were given their induction into the camp. A woman interrupted and asked how long they would have to stay there, but her queries were met by a slap on the face. When others went to help her they were also hit. Later on, viewers see a Japanese woman burnt for sneaking out to get medication for a sick woman. The women in the Japanese POW camp were also …show more content…
How are the Japanese portrayed in the film?
A) In this film the Japanese are portrayed as being harsh and cold hearted people. The Japanese are also shown to be people who don’t abide by rules, this is well evident in the statement “If war has come it means the time for rules has ended” said by Captain Tanaka. The brutal treatment imposed by the Japanese on the women was a result of somewhat brain washed thinking of the existence of racist, imperial domination of South East Asia by European countries.
4. Where in the film are we shown struggle for equality between men and women during this era?
A) We see that there is a struggle for equality between the two gender groups in various parts of the film. One is early on where the Australian explains that she couldn’t go to medical school as her father wouldn’t allow her. This story shows that the difference between the genders were not present due to the incompetency of females or the over qualification of men but because of the decisions imposed by the men on their female
A) The women in the POW camps were treated very harshly, there are many instances that support this statement. One is that the women were given inhumane living quarters where food is scarce. These women were forced to bear extreme punishments such as kneeling for hours in the hot sun, or falling over onto sharp spikes. These women were not supplied with proper sanitation. There were also extreme cases of punishment used on minor offences. An example of extreme punishment was at the beginning of the film where the women were given their induction into the camp. A woman interrupted and asked how long they would have to stay there, but her queries were met by a slap on the face. When others went to help her they were also hit. Later on, viewers see a Japanese woman burnt for sneaking out to get medication for a sick woman. The women in the Japanese POW camp were also …show more content…
How are the Japanese portrayed in the film?
A) In this film the Japanese are portrayed as being harsh and cold hearted people. The Japanese are also shown to be people who don’t abide by rules, this is well evident in the statement “If war has come it means the time for rules has ended” said by Captain Tanaka. The brutal treatment imposed by the Japanese on the women was a result of somewhat brain washed thinking of the existence of racist, imperial domination of South East Asia by European countries.
4. Where in the film are we shown struggle for equality between men and women during this era?
A) We see that there is a struggle for equality between the two gender groups in various parts of the film. One is early on where the Australian explains that she couldn’t go to medical school as her father wouldn’t allow her. This story shows that the difference between the genders were not present due to the incompetency of females or the over qualification of men but because of the decisions imposed by the men on their female