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Lesson plan:
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This episode is about family conflict and models for solving family conflict.
Watch the opening scenes which contrast the family lives of Brad and Mike.
Examine the family relationships
Examine the ways in which the boys' relationships with their fathers are
established as similar yet different.
Mike
- verbal conflict
- boy annoys father |
Brad
- physical conflict
- father angers boy |
Analyse the set design
Look in detail at the way the set, sound effects and costumes construct
each household as different.
- Mike's father
is dressed in white
- Brad's father
is dressed in dark blue
- Clean dishes are
stacked in Mike's kitchen
- A stubby bottle
is in frame in Brad's kitchen
- Mike makes his
father an orange juice
- Brad's father
gets himself a glass of water
- Music plays in
the background in Mike's household
- Brad's house is
silent except for the abuse.
Analyse the family conflicts
The conflict between fathers and sons is mirrored in the conflict between
Nikki and her mother. What is the source of the conflict in each case?
In what ways might the conflict be solved?
Explore the characterisation
Play the dinner party conference sequence a couple of times. Establish
with the students the different points of view each character has on the
situation. With whom do the students' sympathies lie? Ask the students
to place each character on a continuum from least reasonable position
to most reasonable and then share their responses. Encourage students
to give reasons for the way they placed the characters.
In the closing sequence each parent comes to the aid of their child.
Discuss the way in which this sequence relates to the earlier statement
that "Families are about looking after each
other".
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