Kim

Feisty and confident, Kim was a significant character in the play script. She dominates the frontline of the story alongside Danny.Aged fifteen years old, she was Maureen’s sister and resided in the town of Skipley. She was a friend of Danny although before the catastrophe struck the town, they were by no means close.

After the nuclear bomb had struck and caused havoc, the people who had managed to stay alive were determined to remain so. Kim, also, was the exception to this. She got into a fight with Chris over a bag of food. Chris fought aggressively but Kim attacked him back just as strongly. She refused to back down. Despite her young age, she acted sensibly as the storyline progressed and joined MASADA, in order to ensure her survival and stand up against the Civil Defense Team in this adverse situation. She also took part in the attempt to ambush the CDT. Once she had made this decision, she valiantly refused to listen to Danny’s pleas of asking her to stay back. She was headstrong and no one, not even Danny, someone she developed feelings for, could change her mind. Kim proved to be incredibly brave on numerous occasions. She claimed that she would rather die fighting than do nothing at all. She also showed her confidence and straightforwardness by asking Danny to ask her out. Danny claimed Kim was a fighter and a survivor. She proved her kindness by offering Ben her bowl of food immediately after the nuclear attack, even though she herself was hungry.

Throughout the play script, Kim observes and analyses situations very accurately and bluntly. She is fully capable of drawing realistic conclusions. A proof to her far sightedness was her reaction to her sister getting married and having a baby. She could foresee what the others chose to ignore; that the baby could be born with disabilities and abnormalities. Similarly, when Danny was optimistic about Thiery and the Swiss Team’s visit and believed the members of the MASADA were going to be rescued, Kim instead was realistic, perhaps even a tad bit pessimistic, and analyzed Thiery’s words very carefully. She is not one to beat around the bush and always voices her opinions vehemently. She never failed to state things the way she perceived them.

Kim is one of the strongest and most intricately designed characters. She proved to be a survivor and did not let the nuclear blast take the fire out of her strong person.

Summary

I have written the summary of the the play script below. For those with exams approaching...hope it helps!!!

This play revolves around a theme: survival of the fittest. We see this through the life of a teenage boy Danny who is devastated as everyone around him is losing lives as he too  ds his family farewell. It all starts of with a nuclear attack on the town of Skipley. The citizens turn to the Civil Defence Team working at Kershaw's farm. The team becomes selfish in times of need and poisons all the ill people. They also announce that all fit men must work at Kershaw's farm to earn bread and water along with medication and other basic facilites. Disgusted by the treatment of the Civil Defence team, a few people get together to work for the welfare of the people through a force called the MASADA. THe play progresses as the characters grow, some independant, and some desperate. Evil unleashes itself before everyone without fear of accountablilty. MASADA successfully disarms the CDT and see the harsh treatment being given to the people there. Soon after, however, the Swiss army arrives to control the area. Danny along with his brother(the only family he has left) go in search of food along with their friend Kim, a member of MASADA. They find food and later come to know that a Rhodes, a traitor of the MASADA, owned it. While he threatened to kill Danny, Ben chivalrously took the bullet to save his brother. So as Danny lost his parents in the nuclear attack like many others, he lost his younger brother who sacrificed his life for him. He is later seen in the play as the teacher: the Shadow Man. He had seen history in its painful form and wanted the future generations to learn from the mistakes and sacrifices that people had to make. One example was Ben: his brother in the land

In a Nutshell

Welcome Readers!

Brother in the land 

This blog, as the name suggests, is about the play "Brother in the Land" by Robert Swindells. I understand that rummaging through text books on the day before the exam can be tiresome. Well, this blog is a simple link to all the notes that you will ever need in a highly organized manner! Another advantage is that you can write comments adding your information too. If you want to ask anything regarding the play, I will be there to answer you! 

I am sure that all of you are aware of the grief felt by everyone after the loss of a loved one. This play relates to those emotions and trauma as a 15 year old boy, Danny, watches his entire family bid farewell to the world after a nuclear holocaust in this town. As the play proceeds, we see how people's attitudes change as they fight for survival in order to reach a future that offers no hope at all. The central character narrates in such a bleak and pessimistic style it has you gripped and really trying to empathize with his predicament. A real horror story in the truest sense of it being a possibility. Gruesome, bleak, well-written and terrifying.

I read this play script since it was part of my course this year and found it really grasping. I hope that you read it and freely take reference from this blog!

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