Discovery

Founder of The Moons Galileo Galilei was a very interesting scientist, who made extraordinary discoveries. With telescopes, Galileo made discoveries of the planets, stars, and moons. What was his life like when he was a child, what education did he have, what were his discoveries and what is he most famous for? How many years did it take him to find his discoveries? Galileo’s life when he was young was lovely. In his family he had a brother named Michelagnolo, father named…

The need for transformation can be achieved through self discovery. Thus, going on a physical journey can lead to a new discovery which transforms one’s perception on the world. As such, an individual who is experiencing a loss of identity will need to undergo a journey of self discovery in order to transform into their true self. Whilst, an individual who is being repressed by society may require a physical discovery in order to transform their perspective of themselves and the world. Micheal…

Significant discoveries can be provocative and challenging that enables individuals to embark on a confronting journey to rediscover meaning, or a new aspect for the first time. A sense of curiosity and necessity is needed for a discovery to be transformative. An individual must first develop the ideology of being open-minded thus, strengthening the individual to overcome challenges, perceiving society, self and others differently. Michael Gow’s play Away explores the necessity of physically…

I learnt that discoveries can create a sense of emotion, confrontation and provocation in which you might, rediscover something or gain new perceptions of yourself and others. The prose fiction novel, ‘Swallow the Air’, follows the main character of May Gibson who through searching to discover a sense of identity and through self-discovery, she has renewed perceptions of herself and others. The poem called, ‘What Is Identity?’, by Mandy Lee, includes similar themes of self-discovery. To start…

open”. A line from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. A motif is like when someone says describe the text in one word. Authors like to use motifs to help with the theme of the story. In The Martian Chronicles there was three motifs: courage, discovery, and death. Courage was the most prevalent motif throughout the entire book. Courage is doing something even if it frightens someone. All the men from earth had courage. To start with, that men kept going to Mars; this showed courage because…

understanding of the atom has changed. Scientist have made breakthroughs that have discovered new things and use of the atom.Scientist like J.J Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, and James Chadwick have made it possible for other scientist to improve on their discoveries and change how the atom is seen as well see the impact of the different parts of the atom in our society. The atom was first thought about in 460 B.C by the Greek philosopher Democritus, he thought about it by asking the question: how…

Significant discoveries can be provocative and challenging that enables individuals to embark on a confronting journey to rediscover meaning, or a new aspect for the first time. A sense of curiosity and necessity is needed for a discovery to be transformative. An individual must first develop the ideology of being open-minded, strengthening an individual to overcome challenges, perceiving society, self and others differently. Michael Gow’s play Away explores the aspect of the necessity of…

In the visual illustration ‘The Histrionic Wayfarer’, Tim Storrier examines the notion of a ‘discovery affecting an individual’; which also depicted in Shakespeare’s tragicomedy play ‘The Tempest’, through various language features. At the heart of this visual illustration, is a story of an unidentified persona’s discovery of the past. Alternatively the illustration itself clearly portrays how discovery can shape an individual in various ways. For example, the manner in which the subject is…

rediscovering something, it is our attitude towards the process of discovery that is most important, so is our attitude towards the process of discovery really most important? Well, the growth of an individual' is developed by their experiences and response to discovery or rediscovery, which can shape someone’s beliefs and values which is something I learnt from my engagement within texts Go Back To Where You Came From and Distant Lands. Some discoveries may be planned such as the journey…

The process of discovery can limit or enhance an individual based on discovering something for the first time or rediscovering something that has been lost, forgotten or concealed. An individual's sense of discovery can be unexpected when evoked by curiosity, necessity or wonder, however, it can also be confronting or provocative which in turn allows us to stimulate new ideas leading us to new worlds and values. Such notions are illustrated through "away by Michael Gow and the related text "my…