Rediscovery In The China Coin And The Treasure Box

Once, a smart man said: “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” (Andre Gide) and that’s what I am going to prove to you today.
I am going to discuss my knowledge of discovery and rediscovery and how it has been portrayed in the novel “The China Coin” by Allan Ballie, Stephen Daldry’s film “Billy Elliot” and the picture book “The Treasure Box” by Margaret Wild.
Ramifications? What impact do they have? The ramifications of discovery can transform an individual’s identity and lead them on a journey of self-discovery, triggering continual discoveries and perceiving new outlook on life. Discoveries can be sudden and unexpected or intensely meaningful, and that is clearly characterised in all three
In “The China Coin”, Leah struggles to accept the fact that she has to travel to China, especially with her mother Joan, earlier mentioned as the ‘evil aunt’. Leah’s overreacting intolerance towards the foreign culture is presented through her inner monologue “I am being taken to a village so primitive they file their teeth and eat meat raw.” In this quote, we discover that she fails to recognise the culture by describing the village as ‘primitive’. The exploration continues, and Leah’s personal rediscovery occurs after six weeks in China, when she realises that her ‘Aussie’ heritage does not matter anymore. Similarly, Billy Elliot is hesitating to enter the boxing hall and explore his opportunities. A long-shot of him, swinging the door and being aggressively pushed by another boy, reinforces the idea that he is already an outsider. The swinging door is represented as a barrier to entrance in a discovery of ballet and rediscovery of growth and change of a boy who is different than the boys in the working class community. In addition, “The Treasure Box’s” main character, Peter, is forced to go on a sudden personal discovery. Before the enemy burned the whole village, a flashback from the past is illustrated. The composition of the illustration shows limited objects, suggesting that Peter, similarly to Billy, is poor and lost his mother. Thus, Peter’s father metaphorically says: “This is a book about our people, about us… It is rarer than rubies, more splendid than silver, greater than gold.” The insignificance of wealth is further emphasised after the death of Peter’s father, having nothing but a Treasure Box, just like Leah’s coin, that later has to be concealed. Upon adulthood, Peter returns for the hidden treasure and a little girl approaches and asks for treasure, but Peter has rediscovered again, that wealth is worthless when it comes to