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Unchanged, Unchanging
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Unchanged, Unchanging. To state that people continue on an unchanged and unchanging journey is of course absurd and preposterous in almost all circumstances. Various composers today have created texts which express and emphasise the concept that change is ever present in our world. Composers such as Skrzynecki, Hulub, Robert, Vellis and the Wachowski brothers all display texts in which change and changing perspectives are examined in a variety of ways. In context, there is substantial evidence in the texts which supports the concepts that change is undeniable and unstoppable. Text 1 “Crossing The Red Sea” by Peter Skrzynecki Right away we see change. In the title “Crossing The Red Sea” the word crossing represent change, changing from one place to another. There is also a change in time. In the first stanza it is the afternoon, the sun is setting and the people are discussing their past. In the fourth stanza it is night time and the peoples perspective on life has changed as they dream of a better life in their uncertain future. In the fifth stanza it is dawn and peoples perspectives change again as they awake from their dreams. “Daybreak took away The magic of dreams.” But of course the biggest change would have to be where the poem is set on a migrant boat travelling from their homeland to Australia. They are going to the other side of the world, to a country where they don’t speak the language or understand the culture. Text 2 “10 Mary Street” also by Peter Skrznecki. Within the first couple of lines change is outlined. “We departed each morning, shut the house” This represent change in several ways. One he departs the house, changing location but also a change in cultures, leaving his European culture at home and moving out into the Australian culture. “We lived together - Kept pre-war Europe alive With photographs and letters, Heated discussions And embracing gestures: Visitors that ate Kielbasa, salt herrings And rye bread, drank Raw vodka or cherry brandy And smoked like A dozen puffing billies.” Later Skrznecki is looking to the future and what will happen when the house is pulled down.
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