Things do change, nothing is the same old thing. In particular, perspectives change which is evident in Peter Skryznecki' s two poems "Felix Skryznecki" and "The Migrant Hostel". Text 5 of the Stimulus Booklet, "The Fractal screenshot" also has a great deal to say about change. So too have the film, Matrix and Peter Goldsworthy's novel, Maestro. Various language and film techniques convey the changing perspectives in these text.
             Felix Skryznecki" is a poem written to extend the poet, Peter's inner affection for his father. In the poet's perspective, there is the presence of awe and admiration, which he feels toward the way his father has survived through life. Felix is a man of individuality who lives to his own simple satisfaction. The second line of the poem indicates this in "Kept pace only with the Joneses, of his own mind's making". The detailed description of body parts such as the hands shows the poet's close observation of his father and emphasises Felix's stoicism and optimistic will. The hands are compared to cement and cracks, like "the sods he broke". Felix never shows any sign of fatigue or complaint about labor and work; instead, he passively accepts it as a part of his life. Peter has never lived like the way his father did. He is ignorant of the forced labour in Germany and the awkward years of Post World War Two. He, himself has grown up in a society different to his parent's heritage and his life is unmistakably of a fresh culture and style. Felix's polish friends, all share the same reminiscences of their culture and something unique that only migrants like themselves can understand. The poet claims that as he grows older, he distances himself further away from not just his Polish heritage, but his parents as well. In the last stanza, Peter refers to his poor understanding of his cultural language that he has forgotten hi...