The play Away by Michael Gow shows three families whose members must undergo change in order to save them selves and their family’s relationships. One character in particular that has dramatically changed is Gwen. Gow presents her to be a woman who greatly believed in controlling every aspect of her life. She was very bossy and demanding and acted like a constant victim. All she cared about were he possessions and Gow shoved this through her attitude. “We’ve got a new caravan, everything you could want in it. Have a lovely time in your…tent”. We learnt that this behavior was caused by her Gwen’s fear of insecurity and poverty that she experienced durin

Shane has used different techniques throughout her story. Gould uses the expressions ‘tumble turns’ to identify the changes she experienced, whether the where good or bad changes. Also at the beginning of each chapter Gould has used a quote from someone that she considered t be of great importance in her career and that wrote would give the reader and insight into what the chapter was going to be about and who she looked up to and admired during her stardom.

In the last paragraph we return to the reality of the old woman. The washing line is now ‘older and more aged warped’ just like her hands ‘scares of wrinkles’ she now uses more sophisticated figures of speech and presents a different point of view of the washing line ‘spotted metallic arms’ to reflect the realistic image of an adult. A metaphor stating that a ‘small pilot light’ still burns within her suggest that she would like to return to the joy of childhood but ‘there are too many things tying me to the ground’. This shows that people change, as they get older. We mature and take on responsibilities and cannot play all day like children.

The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont is a story about a man whose life drastically changes. Andy Dufresne is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and is sent to shawshank state prison to serve two life sentences. Darabont uses various film techniques to add additional impact to the confronting future Andy now faces. When being sentenced by the judge, close up shots of An

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