richard flanagan the narrow road to the deep north

Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Dorrigo ultimately marries the woman he does not love while Major Nakamura spends much of his life trying to escape the consequences of being identified as a wanted war criminal. Both men return home after the war to try to return to a sense of normalcy. Nakamura is the POW camp CO who convinces Dorrigo to make his deadly deal. The true horror of this deal only becomes clear later when Dorrigo learns that Darky was his own nephew. Darky becomes the sacrificial clause in a Faustian deal Dorrigo makes with the devil. If Dorrigo stops interfering with a severe beating being delivered to Gardiner one day, the CO agrees to make quinine available which can subsequently save the lives of other prisoners. Dorrigo’s civilian skills as a doctor puts him in command of the other prisoners and he uses this position to accept a deal with the Japanese CO of the camp. Darky Gardinerĭarky Gardiner is fellow prisoner in the Japanese POW camp in which Evans winds up. Keith Mulvaney is not just Amy’s husband, but Dorrigo’s uncle. Things are even more complicated than merely his being engaged to a woman he doesn’t love and Amy already being married. The love of Dorrigo’s live is actually named Amy Mulvaney. There is another reason beside the fact he may not come home that Amy has no intention to marry him, however. They commence upon a love affair which is interrupted by his leaving to fight in World War II against the Japanese.

AmyĪmy is the woman whom might be termed the love of Dorrigo’s life rather than Ella. Dorrigo actually never intended to propose because there was another woman with whom he was actually in love. Ella LansburgĪ young woman with whom Dorrigo accidentally becomes engaged against his will. The version retold through Evans’ experiences, however, reveal that much of that more famous novel and the film adapted from it were highly sensationalized. Evans is captured by the Japanese and essentially becomes a POW in much the same situation as those portrayed in the Bridge on the River Kwai. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Īustralian doctor-turned-soldier whose experiences in World War II situate him as the protagonist of the novel. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

Richard flanagan the narrow road to the deep north