Skryznecki Essay
All types of journeys expand ones understanding of themselves, of the individual and of the world. Our identities are constructed by and through the journeys we undertake. Physical journeys involve different types of obstacles and movement to new places. The traveller extends themselves physically, intellectually and emotionally. It isn’t just about the journey from A to B, but about what occurs on this journey.
Physical journeys is about growth, change, learning, overcoming obstacles and about an individual developing and finding his place in the world, and this can be clearly seen in the texts I have chosen to analyse. They are: the two poems from the set text, immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrzynecki, “Crossing the Red Sea” and “Immigrants at Central Station” and “the Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, from the stimulus booklet. In a variety of ways composers represent journeys as being multifaceted in nature. There are many aspects of journeys and the composers represent them in many different ways. They can all change the person in different ways, the person can experience them in different ways, there are different types of journeys and the problems, causes and solutions can be different of similar according to how the persona decides to represent them.
Physical journeys have many different facets. There are many arguments which support the idea that in a variety of ways composers represent journeys as being multifaceted in nature. Firstly, they can be positive or negative. Secondly, physical journeys can help you discover the potential for human endurance. Also there are many obstacles in life, there are also many paths of which we must take only one. Finally physical journeys results in the person learning about themselves and the world. Through “Crossing the Red Sea”, “Immigrants at Central Station” and “the Road Not Taken” physical journeys are represented in various ways.
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