Changes in a person are often the result of them learning more about themselves and how they fit into the world around them
...courage and determination and helps her to find her place in the world. She says “I know what’s important is who I feel I am.” Josie is overwhelmed when her estranged father-Michael Andretti, shows up at Nonna’s front door. Josie tries to block him out, but comes to the realisation that he is a part of her life when she says “my father has a scent, it’s a combination of cigarettes and after shave and that smell that all men have. I can’t pretend he doesn’t exist anymore.” The turning point in their relationship is when she calls him “Dad” for the first time, after she calls him to the school when she is in trouble. Michael begins to accept the responsibility of fatherhood, and Josie’s attitude toward him gradually begins to change. Josie’s relationship with Jacob Coote is important in her change in self. It is because of this, that she realises that she is “the master of her own destiny”. Jacob is a complete contrast to John Barton. However he slowly charms her, and he is there for her when she is dealing with the death of John Barton. Jacob can relate, as his mother died and he has gone through the same thing. Jacob and Josie’s relationship has its ups and downs, and they fight often, particularly when Jacob doesn’t understand Josie’s need to wait sexually, that she isn’t ready. However, on Tomato Day, Josie says “We both know that you don’t always get what you want.” She realises that her and Jacob may not be destined to be together, but her holds a special place in her heart, and for now, that is enough. At the beginning of the film, Josie does not get along with her Nonna, she feels that Nonna is trying to run her life and she just wants to be free. Wee see the relationship change throughout the film, in the bed scene with Nonna, we see Josie listen to her Nonna for the first time without comment. Josie feels resentment toward Nonna, this is seen particularly when we see Josie call her a “hypocrite” and confronts her about Marcus Sanford. However, after this confrontation, Josie’s perspective of Nonna changes and she can finally understand what her grandmother gave up, and the pain she suffered. Josie realises the strength and courage her grandmother has, and is able to rid the feeling of this “curse” that Josie feels she has throughout the movie. The change in self that occurs in “The Seven ages of Man”, in most basic terms is that of a physical change, that is, he is growing older, going through the many changes of his life, and it suggests that he goes from being a helpless infant, all the way through until he is, again, a helpless elderly person. The physical change links to the attitudinal change in self, that is, that his attitude changes with every stage, he becomes older, and wiser, and then eventually becomes helpless again, as he grows old, his attitude becomes that of a child, his ways and his antics showing this. The text is suggesting many things about change: that we change as we progress through life, that this is inevitable; that there are seven stages of life, that life is a cycle and that we begin ...