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others and to compete with others for position. The result is that parties feel threatened and sense a need to retaliate in order to defend themselves. As the
struggle continues, the conflict tends to escalate, and may even become violent, as the examples of genocide cited earlier demonstrate. Unless the top people are
willing to share their top position with everyone else thus eliminating many of the benefits of being on the top, the conflict will be most likely to continue.
Moreover, even if those on the bottom are able to reverse the situation and become the leadership group, a new conflict is likely to arise as those now on the
bottom begin their attempt to climb to the top. Thus, the social system itself are not alter as people struggle for social status. It is only peoples roles that are
reversed.
4.1.3 Landlords in Far and Away
Landlords in this movie are described as the group who are authorized and very unscrupulous. Daniel Christie as the main landlord in this movie is known as the
person that cannot be defeated. He gives higher price of his land to tenant farmer. No one is brave enough to protest or fight him. However, Joseph Donelly who
has recently lost both his father and his home to the agents of his ruthless landlords, makes a mission on avenging his family’s injustice. Of course, the
landlord is hated by tenant farmer. But they have no power to fight him. Even though people do not fight the landlord, they always reproach him
whenever they see him. Tenant farmer hate to their landlord very much because
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he is very cruel by giving them high price for the rent of land.This fact can be found in following dialogues:
00:02:18 Men : “Buntin, you landlord bastard”
00:02:38 Men : “Lads That bloody landlord Buntins on his way in. All hells breakin loose”
00:02:45 Joe Donelly : “I hope they kill him.”
00:02:47 Men : “Would you look at that bastard, Joe?”
00:02:51 Joe : “Landlord, you sinnerBetween your lungs theres neither heart nor spirit...but the lump of your own swallowed
money bag” 00:03:01
Danti : “Hell never get over that one, Joe.” 00:03:03
Men : “Youre a blight on this country that never belonged to you” 00:12:26
Danti : “Hes a pig and a chicken inone, the same Daniel Christie.”
From the quotations above, we can see that the tenant farmers do not like their landlord, especially Daniel Christie as the main landlord in the movie.
Among the tenant farmers and landlords have different agreement. Beside that, they have different status in the society.
The behavior of Daniel Christie reflects the condition of landlord in Ireland at that time. They suppress the tenant farmers by giving high price for the
land which is rent. That is why the tenant farmer hate their landlord very much. They require their property and justice.
Moreover, finally, tenant farmers do a mission to avenge their injustice to their landlord. They come to Christie’s house, demonstrate, and burn his house.
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They assume that by doing that, they can defeat their landlord. At least it show to the landlord that tenant farmers have power to rebbels and get the land with the
low rent.
4.2 Motivation of Joseph Donelly
