t "I suffer today. I still suffer." These memories restrain William to the extent he can't even talk to his brothers. William feels shameful and is longing for all that he lost such as colour, language and the destruction of a family. The use of colloquialisms, personal tone, and first person account heightens the impact of the responder and hence make you feel close to the stories.
             Sometimes we may see change as a complicated experience brought on by the consequences that one may face. This is evident in Fiona's personal account, which similarly tells her story from the perspective of an adult. Fiona begins with her childhood memories where she was sent to a mission where her head was shaven. Fiona's life was 'filled with screams ...mothers tried to hide their children and blacken their children's faces and tried to hide them in caves". These images indicate the fear that existed within the Aboriginal community, and the losses that they suffered as their children were dragged from them. Fiona suffered from 'trauma' and feared losing her native language and soul. With time Fiona has come to take stock of her life, 'I realised later how much I'd missed of my culture and how much I&apos
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