Changing Perspective

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.

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Josie first looks at him as a person who has betrayed herself and mother, but after the Carly Bishop incident she comes to like the idea of having a father and becomes, ‘proud to be an Andretti.

The poet uses the door as an extended metaphor that symbolises change. As the year progresses Josie alters her perspective on many issues including her culture, family, own identity, and the importance of social standing and wealth. ”

By the end of the novel Josie is able to recognize her Nonna’s full worth and she cries and realises, “I’m loved by two of the strongest women I’d ever meet in a life time. Prior to Johns death Josie believes John has it all as he is, “School captain…greatest debator…good looking. ’ This is shown through episodic narrative and journalistic style to clearly enable us to see the emotions and change in Josie’s perspective towards her father. After recovering from the chock of John’s death, Josie is able to see beyond her anger and empathise with Johns feeling of isolation. It allows them to forget that they ever left their homelands. Josie had the fear of when her father Michael Andretti showed up. The journal style narrative allows the reader to see Josie’s changing perspective of John as the novel progresses. Therefore, all these texts convey that change is caused by both internal and external activities. John Barton’s death was a change in Josie’s life that she has no control over.

All three of these internal and external changes show social, family, cultural change and change caused by peers.

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Approximate Word count = 1250
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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