Changing perspectivesâ¦Change is a process, a transition or an alteration that affects different aspects of our life. As a result the forces of change can seriously affect the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of individuals. The affects of change can have a positive or negative outcome. These affects can be viewed in all three of the texts that we have studied for the Area of Study. Change is a part of life and whether or not we like that aftermath of the particular aspect of the change it will happen, you can put it off and put it off but sooner or later it will happen. Change is also unavoidable. To examine change and changing perspectives the following texts will be assessed the core text in the area of study "Looking for Alibrandi" the novel by Melina Marchetta, the supplementary text "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian and the text from the prescribed Stimulus booklet was the poem "The Door" by Miroslav Houlb.
Josie
At Seventeen
Janis Ian with guitar in cocert, Dublin. Photograp...Change is evident in so many aspects of life, positive examples of change are evident in the novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta. Looking for Alibrandi is modeled on Melina Marchetta's own life experiences. It is about a girl in her teen years and the changes that take place in her life.
The prominent setting of Josie's story takes place in her home town, Sydney. The story is essentially about Josephine Alibrandi or Josie as she is known by her friends and the changes that take place in her life and many other teenagers that she comes in contact with on a day to day basis. The most obvious piece of evidence in "Looking for Alibrandi" of a changed perspective is Michael Andretti's (Josie's father) perspective of his daughter Josie. His...