essay on preliminary topic journey

A Journey can be a process of self-discovery, a movement of one’s location, a shift in direction leading to an understanding of the world and themselves. In order for a journey to take place it must have one key ingredient, that is, a traveller. Journey is happening all around us to deny it is to deny the very meaning of life itself, it is a necessary part of human nature and it’s how we act upon it that defies the impact felt and destination found. Through Michael Gow’s ‘Away’ and ‘The Blind Side’ produced by John Lee Hancock, applications of both dramatic and film techniques allow the responder to see the direct impacts a journey puts on the traveller, either physically, emotionally or spiritually. We see this through bald transformations in the characters of both texts when they part take on a physical travel that takes them on an internal journey to discover a renewed inner purpose. In Michael Gow’s play “Away” Coral’s, physical travel teaches her to move on from her internal grieving battle and conquer her fear towards personal interaction. Also through the concept of travel Tom comes to recognise his fateful death and accepts it. Michael Oher in the ‘Blind Side’ given physical opportunity through football grows within himself, his outlook completely evolves, and he finds a purpose to exist, a sense of self and an identity. Therefore reinforcing the journeys impact on the traveller, shown by which the characters in both texts are able to grow and develop through exploration of themselves through the concept of physical travel
Firstly in the play “Away” we see Coral’s inner transformation as the by-product of a physical campaign, which is what ignites her emotional healing over her son’s passing, a hurdle which was affecting her mental ability for human interaction. At the beginning of the play Coral exhibits her emotional damage through self-dialogue expressing a sense of emptiness towards her son’s death who served in the Vietnam War. When coral is