Changing Perspective
A change in perspective often means a way of looking at the world, or at life, a set of fundamental assumptions which colour how people interpret experience, events, other people, the past, the present, and think about their goals and ambitions for the future.Change is perspective comes from family, culture, society and outside influences like the media, peers and environment. All these things shape the individual. The cause of a change in perspective often comes from a particular experience, crisis, trauma, the making of discoveries, the influence of others, historical and cultural changes and many other reasons. My personal interpretation of 'change' has been extended, as an outcome of undertaking the unit of study, 'Changing Perspective.' It has been made evident through the prescribed text, 'Looking for Alibrandi,' by Melina Marchetta, 'The Door,' by Miroslav Holub, also, it was made evident in song lyrics, 'At Seventeen,' by Janis Ian and in a poem, '10 Mary Street,' by Peter Skrzynecki. All these texts show that change is ambivalent and therefore can be either positive or negative. The way people perceive things also changes from one person to another depending on their personal beliefs.
The journal style narrative allows the reader to see Josie's changing perspective of John as the novel progresses. This poem relates to Alibrandi because this poem involves the fear of change. The causes of these changes are internal, external and a combination of the two. They are written from the perspective of an adult looking back on an earlier stage of her life but they recapture that age so realistically that adolescents can empathise with the emotions portrayed. In this famous song, she addresses the social roles that we play and the stereotypes that we respond to. This is similar to Alibrandi because Josie's perspective respect to her family culture increases after the perspectives on her family members, especially her Nonna and Mother when she realises that she, ". Janis Ian's song, "At Seventeen," is referred in the novel Looking for Alibrandi in reference to the ways the heroine's life is changing and how her perspectives are changing along with it. Josie is also one who is in search for acceptance and of her identity. After recovering from the chock of John's death, Josie is able to see beyond her anger and empathise with Johns feeling of isolation. Therefore, all these texts convey that change is caused by both internal and external activities. " But as the novel progresses Josie learns more about her Nonna's life and about her affair with Marcus Sanford and she finds out that her grandmother, "Hadn't lived life the way she thought, she hasn't played by all the rules.
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