Looking For Alibrandi - Area of Study

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"Nothing changes: its all the same thing."

Our perception of how we see and understand things constantly alters and reforms. Time and experience allow us to develop and alter these perceptions: of people, events, ideas, and even of ourselves. This process we go through is called "change". Most of the time we are not overly conscious of this process occurring but, nonetheless, it does. Along with this constant change, humans seem to need a sense of stability and continuity. There is a need for some things to remain "the same", giving us a sense of continuity. We gain a sense of security from this ability to recognize the continuity visible in our past. At the same time, movement from this recognizable place gives us a sense of progress. This constant interaction between the forces of continuity and alteration is what reveals to us the process of change. Through the texts studied in Area of Study, we come to see examples of how this process comes about and learn to recognize and value it. So change and continuity, we soon realize, co-exist and are dependent on each other and reveal to us our own values.

Change is a process that is an important part of our lives. It is important because one must learn to change in order to le

"I want what I had before. Give it back to me-give me back what you've taken."

"...wondered what other life there was to live...and realized that he meant no other life."

The major issue of the drama "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" by Ray Lawler is change and the effect it has on those who are unwilling to accept it, who are unwilling to grow up and face life's responsibilities. Olive Leech has created a world that revolves around the "lay-off" season, five months of every year. During this break the two main male characters come home to their lovers to "live a little". Olive feels superior to other women because she is different and because her life offers her something more than marriage. She imagines other women to be "...sitting chained up to that bloke..."

Her perspective shifts when she sees that everyone, even rich Anglo-Saxon Australians, have problems, too, just like her. She takes a closer look at her problems with her identity and becomes conscious of the fact that many of them are trivial compared to those of her rich Anglo-Saxon friend, John. John is Josie's ideal of what a young man should be like: someone who has everything under control. Then, she begins to realize that John seems to be in a predicament when he tells her ,

'Sky High' by Hannah Robertson also shows a change of perspective. 'Sky High' is a poem of a woman's reminiscence about her childhood. She reflects on how much her perspective has changed. Robertson uses personification to demonstrate the richness of the woman's childhood memories, of the backyard, and of how, to her, the almond tree was her friend and

The change of perspective shown in 'Sky high' by Hannah Robertson contrasts to the change in 'Looking for Alibrandi'. In 'Sky high' the composer changes her perspective on her childhood freedom once she gains her adulthood responsibilities. Although there is

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Approximate Word count = 1883
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English