https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi Key themes/ideas en-us 2018-08-10 04:04:58 UTC 2018-08-21 23:49:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994162 How the girls are treated and the darker skinned soldiers. Discrimination and displacement in family.
Examples:
- Kay's man being told to keep off other dying solider
- How Gail was treated by Kay at funeral
- Pub owner towards girls]]> 2018-08-14 04:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994162 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994213 - Kay going back to her roots and aboriginal culture 
- Gail forgiving herself for letting Kay be taken
- Dave realising his purpose
- Julie realising that others can't hold her back from her dreams]]> 2018-08-14 04:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994213 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994226 - Vietnam
- Kay ]]> 2018-08-14 04:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994226 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994240 - a journey of self discovery- Kay


]]> 2018-08-14 04:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994240 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994268 Throughout the majority of the film, Kay faces an identity dilemma between being a 'black' person or a 'white' person, not only attempting to prove who she is to herself but to Gail, who has a wide swathe of quotes where she slanders Kay in response to what she perceives as offences.

Gail herself is, for the early part of the film, quite predjudiced against... well, just about everybody white. This is not only due to predjudice she has experienced in her life, but she admits that she is angry due to the fact Kay was taken as a child, an event she holds herself responsible for.]]> 2018-08-14 04:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994268 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994329 and your heritage

]]> 2018-08-14 04:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994329 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994373 They think they are going on a holiday, except they get bombed.]]> 2018-08-14 04:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994373 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994441 2018-08-14 04:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994441 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994458 Vietnamese identifying with the girls when they speak Yorta Yorta instead of english like their enemies at the time]]> 2018-08-14 04:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994458 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994486 - Kay wanting to go back to her roots but Gail seemingly resenting her abandonment]]> 2018-08-14 04:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994486 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994515 abandons her child? goes to Vietnam?]]> 2018-08-14 04:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994515 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994575 2018-08-14 04:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994575 https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994617 Strong relationship between the sisters.]]> 2018-08-14 04:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/272994617 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274446880 The singers are free to travel to Vietnam but ironically will always be imprisoned by their own culture]]> 2018-08-21 23:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274446880 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274447099 Many characters discover that the world is full of inequality, injustice and intolerance for reasons of race and identity]]> 2018-08-21 23:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274447099 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274447794 Those in positions of power or self-appointed superiority often take advantage of others eg authorities taking children of the Stolen Generation]]> 2018-08-21 23:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274447794 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274448429 Many down-trodden characters attempt to and sometimes succeed in overcoming oppression]]> 2018-08-21 23:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274448429 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449138 Kay is forced to leave her family and start anew with a white family in the city]]> 2018-08-21 23:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449138 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449276 Gail feels guilty for not protecting Kay from being taken as part of the Stolen Generation]]> 2018-08-21 23:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449276 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449460 Many characters (re)unite once they come to terms with the past and who they are]]> 2018-08-21 23:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449460 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449931 Even among the singers there is jealousy but ultimately they not only tolerate but also celebrate the differences between one another - acceptance for who and what people are]]> 2018-08-21 23:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274449931 david_r_sharp https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274450320 Characters like Dave realise that they can find happiness in life; others come to accept themselves for and what they are without the need to hide their race or identity]]> 2018-08-21 23:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/david_r_sharp/6j70mabyunzi/wish/274450320