Change

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how has your understanding of the consequences of change been shaped by the techniques used by various composers?

My opinion has been shaped by the texts that I have read in my class text “Away” by Michael Gow, “The Door” by Miroslav Holub, “Now you see me…” by Maggie Alderson, “Sensory Overload” by Casey Goldberg, and “American History X” by Tony Kay through the techniques they have used to get their point of view across. I have learned that change is usually a good thing but you can have bad aspects of change.

In “Away” by Michael Gow, because it’s a play he used the technique of first person to give you a more personal view of how the characters are feeling and what they are thinking when they react to the change which has occurred. One example of this is Coral, Coral is married to Roy who is a headmaster at a school, Coral and Roy’s son had died in Vietnam and they are both upset about it, but Coral starts to become depressed and isolated from society. Roy get annoyed by this because of his position at the school and asks her to get better or he will have her committed, Coral says that she cant help it because she cant think of anything to say to people, but she is made to by Roy.

Roy and Coral go to holiday at a gold coast hotel where Coral tries to change by talking to people and getting to know them. She talks to a woman called Leonie who tries to politely stop their conversation but Coral keeps forcing it onto her until the Leonie confesses to Coral that her husband has been cheating on her. Coral then meets Rick who is on his honeymoon but is having problems with his wife, Coral is fascinated by Rick because he reminds her of her dead son, Coral continues to talk to Rick during her vacation, to the dislike of her husband. Roy tells Rick to leave his wife alone and threatens again to have his wife committed. Coral leaves Roy because of this and goes to a beach where she meats one of her hu...