ESSAY The poetry of Gwen Harwood, Hannah Roberts piece 'Sky High' from the 'changing' booklet and Ray Bradbury's novel 'Fahrenheit 451' all show people contemplating changes in themselves, and looking with a new awareness at their place in the world. Time, trauma, death and discovery are all aspects of the dynamic process of changing self that we can effectively recognise in each of these texts. Time is a major factor in changing people, and can …showed first 75 words of 789 total…

…showed last 75 words of 789 total…of a new perspective on the world that also involves personal change. The Harwood poem, 'Father and Child' gives an overview of life from childhood to middle age and shows the progression and wisdom maturity can bring. H Hannah Robert's 'Sky High' shows a similar overview between youth and more responsible adulthood. Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' All of these changes demonstrate that life is a dynamic process and each person has the potential to change.