DANNY'S CHARACTER SKETCH

                                                         Character sketch of Danny

A fun and energetic, fifteen year old Danny plays a role of a protagonist in the play script “Brother in the land” by Robert Swindells. He was victimized by a nuclear attack in his hometown Skipley.
Danny’s immaturity was greatly effected by the nuclear attack as he became more practical in handling all kinds of critical situation. After the death of his parents, Richard and Mary, he became more considerate about his brother, Ben’s comfort and protection. He accepted the proposal of joining the MASADA, which was an organization to rebel against the Civil Defense Team. During his stay in MADASA, he got closer to Kim and had a growing feeling of love and fondness for her. Although Danny took a lot of time to express his feeling to Kim due to his timidity. His protective attitude towards her, by not letting her participate in the ambush also shows his care and concern for her. Mr. Rhodes caused Danny a tough time throughout this period as there was mutual repulsion in their relationship. There was an ambush held to confine the weapons of the Civil Defense Team in which Danny was taken captive. During the interrogation, he was quizzed over to reveal the secrets of the MASADA but he was intelligent enough to trick them into thinking that he was mentally ill and thus he was handed over to the executioner who turned out being a school mate Alec and saved his life. He being observant by memorizing the routes of the Kershaw’s farm turned to be very informative for the next ambush on the Civil Defense Team.

Robert Swindell’s very successfully keeps the role of the Shadow Man as a mystery and draws the curtain of revealing the character to be Danny, who was a history teacher, telling his experiences to his students and side by side acting as a mentor for the audience. His messages were a great guide to tell that life is for living, and wars are useless that just create hatred amongst people and that people and that people should live life to the fullest and not desire for death.

By the end of the story ,we get to know that Danny is an ideal guide to tell people how to act in the crucial times of life, and how to gain self assurance. He, with his great determination and bravery inspires the youth of all times and is a perfect example for today’s generation.

 

GROUP MEMBERS:

Shannel Tahir
Javeria Farrukh
Ansa Sabeen
Rabia Imtiaz