To what extent has your study of change demonstrated this?

Change varies depending on the change itself. My study of 'change' has demonstrated that a dramatic situation normally leads to a dramatic response, a less dramatic change tends to evoke a less dramatic response. In The Stolen Children, Their Stories, edited by Carmel Bird, the personal accounts of the stolen children tell of the forced change that was brought into their life, against their will. 'The National Picture', by Geoff Parr, allows the responder to be drawn to the visual representation of change over the Australian nation. The visual representation explores indigenous Australians reaction to change, and how they are looking to reconcile the past. The use of an identical setting for 'The National Picture' truly shows the depth of change that Australia has undertaken over the time of the identical set out pictures. Tony Kaye's American History X, explores the violent reactions to the change undertaken by Danny, one of the central characters, who attempts to come to an understanding of events which have shaped his life and the world changing around him, in particular, a

I have come to realise that change is not an easy element of life. The one point which stood out among the different genres which I have studied, was that whether it be vulnerability and powerlessness of children, the capitalisation of white society upon indigenous families, the ostensibly lofty ideals of government bodies, the debasement of children by their carers, the forcefulness of close family members, the bias and subjective attitudes to events, is that change dictates our lives. Change can be both forced and natural, covert and dramatic, but it is how we interpret and respond/react to this change which will shape our own perspectives and our own lives.

The Stolen Children, Their Stories, delivers a personal account from seventeen 'forcibly' stolen children. Carmel Bird has found a purpose in publishing this particular text because in her view it shows that "white Australians need to read the stories of the people who suffered systematically and in so many ways at the hands of white Australians." In culmination with other reports and views on the subject of the stolen children generation, this digest provides varied perspectives on this. The stories evoke the responder's personal response because they speak of such an irreversible and damaging change. The other purpose of her book is that there is a healing and a reconciliation process to be shown by the Australian people. The victims in this text get to tell their stories. Bird feels that Australia has not found the appropriate reaction to their suffering. These stories were written to evoke a response from the Australian people. "If Australia will listen," she says, "this country will begin to heal the wounds of over two hundred years". The use of language in the Bird's text helps the responder to reconstruct and understand the events that have happened in the victims lives. The language is emotive, however informative, to keep the responder aware of such an important issue in Australian society.

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