“Conflict Allows Us to Achieve Deeper Understanding of the Human Condition”

Conflict can be defined as a state of opposition between two forces and is central to the human experience. There are a myriad of factors which can catalyse conflict between individuals, groups, man and the environment or within one self. A greater connection of the nature of conflict is acquired to achieve a deeper understanding of the human condition. Exploring wider world experiences and through different texts we see how conflict allows us to achieve deeper understanding of the human condition.

The collapse of the twin towers, one of the worst memories that still brings tears to the eye of many who witnessed this dreadful moment. In this historical moment, changing lives of many, many cried whilst many died in a blitz of time. The moment was sudden shock for everyone, but to think how could this conflict ever allow us to achieve a deeper understanding of the human condition? The towers may have brought much conflict down on everyone but it also brought people together, whilst many were sad, they would start to share their thoughts with relatives and friends and funerals to get them through the hard times, the sharing of all our thoughts would be passed on story by story, people would help each other out to get through these rough times and through this conflict allowed us to achieve a deeper understanding of the human condition.

Paradise road, directed by Bruce Beresford tells the tales of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during the World War II, much conflict is employed on these women, with much torment and disaster upon their hands. With all this struggle and disorder, the women connect with each other, sharing stories and playing music, through this they combine and grow deep connections with each other, allowing them all to achieve a deeper understanding of the human condition. With the conflict drawing upon them by the Japanese, they are able to reflect on one another and are able to understand their...