"Whether motivated by need, wonder or curiosity, discovery has the power to be transformative.’
How accurately does this statement reflect the view of discovery explored in your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing?
Discovery can encompass the experience of discovering something for the first time or rediscovering something that has been lost, forgotten or concealed. The process of discovery will inevitably reveal the need of wonder or curiosity and the power of discovery to be transformative. However, because the process of discovery is a multifaceted experience, the nature of these responses will vary between individuals. It is through the motivation by need, wonder or curiosity, that discovery uses as a catalyst in ones life, and portrays the power to be transformative. Such idea is conveyed through Michael Gow’s play “Away”,this notion of discovery is evident through the various characters; Coral, Tom and Gwen, and how being motivated by the need, of discovery, which had made their personal discoveries transformative. Similarly, Kate Chopin's 19th century short story “Story of An Hour”,one of the main protagonists,Mrs Mallard, shows how the death of an individual can influence an individual to discover a new perspective of life, leading to the need of discovery as it causes an individual's emotion to broaden. Both texts utilise literary techniques to effectively explore the notion of discovery bringing about the motivation by need, wonder and curiosity in discovery making it transformative.