Changing Perspectives in Michael Gows Away, as well as Drops of Jupiter by Pat Monahan and the film Cast Away directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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Changing Perspectives Matthew Liberante Changing perspectives enable the individual to see things from someone else’s point of view, ultimately providing an opportunity to visualise things differently. Changing perspectives allow a new approach towards something that previously remained unchanged [adapt to suit question here]. Our changing perspectives affect the way in which we interpret aspects of our lives. [Insert thesis statement here]. This is evident in Michael Gow’s Away, as well as Drops of Jupiter by Pat Monahan and the film Cast Away directed by Robert Zemeckis. The main protagonists in each of the texts mentioned above, embark on a physical journey in which they change their perspectives of different aspects of life along the way.Through the prescribed text “Away”, composer Michael Gow has created many changing perspectives among his characters through the physical journey they undertake. ‘Drops of Jupiter’ is about a woman who leaves her man and goes on a