John Foulcher: Successful Adaptation To Change

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Successful adaptation to change involves risk taking which means that the inevitability of unpredictable outcomes, both positive and negative leaves many individuals lost in fear and pain. While some find contentment in familiar family and friends, others find change confronting, causing feelings of fear and insecurity, while still others seek the thrill of exploration. In spite of these varying attitudes to change, change is a concept that is essential to the continuation of life. These varying concepts of change and its importance are represented through structural and language techniques. In the poem ‘Loch Ard Gorge’ by John Foulcher, a poem that refers to the thrill and dangers of naval exploration. The feature film ‘Rush’
This is explored in ‘Rush’ as Howard explores both change and the positive and negative thoughts of fear which arise from injury and suffering. Suffering forces individuals to take stock of their lives ,“…While in Hospital getting my lungs vacuumed I realized there was more than just winning, I have a wife and want to live till a long age….”, the use of personal first person reflection and the black humour of ‘ getting my lungs vacuumed’ makes the character, Nikki Lauda, exaggerate his feelings towards the positive aspects of life and how much he values it. The use of the flashbacks to where Lauda was in hospital connected to all the medical equipment show the true terror all bystanders experienced. A close up shot from the doctor pushing the vacuum down his throat as well as the strong sound of sludge being sucked from his lungs, turns the responder stomach to almost feeling the smallest of pain Lauda experienced during his recovery. The director included the direct and confronting image in the film to express how the positive outcomes of change only become obvious after fear of injury and
In ‘Loch Ard Gorge’ and ‘Rush’ the composers express factual historical events. The composers take their responders on a risky historical tour to inform them about both the positive and negative effects of social, cultural and personal changes and the impact on human life. Those personas require adaptation and often risk taking behavior in order to understand themselves better. By contrast, “Enter without so much of knocking’ reveals that change can be subtle as the persona is not aware of the changes until it is too late and he is faced with