Is Change a Positive Force in our Lives? with detailed reference to Melina Marchetta's 'Looking for Alibrandi'

The idea of change being a positive force in our lives can only be considered true when measured by the individual’s response to change.
When taking into consideration the expression: “when one door closes, another one opens” one must remember that often people can become so focussed on the “door” which has closed behind Them that they fail to notice The open one. For example, in the untitled poem by ‘Chippewa’, which is about “a very active boy who fell and broke his leg” (lines 1-2), the author says of the boy’s reaction to being told by his doctor to stay in bed for a month: “at first the boy fought the rule, but he found that the more he thought about the things he couldn’t do, the more tired and angry he felt…” (lines 6-9). The poem then goes on to follow the boy’s change in attitude towards his disability throughout the month: “he learned to play chess and began to enjoy reading…” (lines 17-18).
Melina Marchetta uses a similar tech...