Essay on Discovery by Timothy Harfield, y12The composers show how discoveries can be inspiring and meaningful through the way their characters are portrayed and the settings of their works. I agree with this statement, because the discoveries made within a text by the audience serve to reconstruct the image of which the underlying motif is the text. Examples of this can be seen in the lyrics "Rainbow's End", a play by Jane Harrison, and in the children's book "The Rabbits" by John Marsden and Shaun Tan. “Rainbow’s End” follows a family of three Australian Aboriginal women; Gladys - single mother trying to support her daughter and help her succeed in life, Nan Dear - Gladys' mother and Dolly - Gladys' teenage daughter, showing the difficulties they, as an Aboriginal family, face in Australian Aboriginal society Anglo-dominant 1950s. “The Rabbits” is an allegory, or retelling, of the British colonization of Australia, with the English represented by the rabbits and the indigenous Australians represented by the numbats, an endangered native Australian animal. Both of these texts show themes of discrimination and assimilation towards Aboriginal people, giving us the chance to discover and understand their struggles. Discoveries can be both inspiring and meaningful. This can be seen through the depiction of discrimination, the act of humiliating another group or person because of their differences, within the lyrics, an example of which can be seen in Jane Harrison's "Rainbow's End". On page 127, Gladys returns home after traveling to the nearby town of Shepparton, hoping to catch a glimpse of the arrival of the British monarchs. He claims his journey was futile, as his view was blocked by large jute fences erected by the government to hide t... middle of paper... a graphic view, but it helps to allow us to see our past mistakes, for create a better future. In both “Rainbow’s End” and “The Rabbits,” audiences discover the hardships that Aboriginal Australians faced, due to discrimination and assimilation, in an intense, yet intensely meaningful confrontation. ways. We see how discrimination and forced assimilation of cultures was common in the period before modern times thanks to composers such as Harrison, Marsden and Tan who remind us of these events, allowing us to discover and rediscover our past mistakes through their works, in order to pave the way for a brighter and more harmonious future. Without these documentations and retellings of events like these, history would repeat itself, conflicts would be more evident, and we as a species would not be able to thrive and thrive due to our prejudices and superiority complexes..