Journeys Essay

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“Journeys can change peoples lives. I agree with this statement as it is shown through both of my core and related texts ‘Mao’s last dancer’ and the boy in the Striped Pyjamas where the journey the individual goes on is a matter of life and death. Journeys can be spiritual, physical or emotional and they have the power to change an individual’s beliefs, growth of maturity and knowledge. They have a significant impact on the individual’s values and way of life. Journeys change people through their personal experiences. The Journeys that Bruno (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) and Li (Mao’s last dancer) went on impacted their lives, as they were able to find their true identity and where they stand in society. Bruno was truly able to know who he was by moving to the countryside near a Jewish concentration camp, where he befriended a Jew. “…but I knew at the bottom of my heart that my destiny lay in the fields as a laborer, like hundreds of millions of others” Li Cunxin’s early life was very poor and he had no true identity, no choice in what he would become when he finished school. He found his identity as a dancer in Beijing when he was chosen for Madam Mao’s ballet school. Journeys helped changed Bruno and Li’s life because it helped them find their identity and where there stand in society. The Journey that Bruno and Li went on changed their lives as it helped them to develop relationships, which then later had a significant impact on their lives. Bruno developed a rather close relationship with a Jewish Boy named Shmuel. The Journey that Bruno went on made it possible for him to meet this boy and become friends with him. Li made many close relationships with people he had never even dreamt of meeting. Li’s Journey changed his life because it allowed him to meet his soul mate, his childhood role models and close friends who would always be there for him.
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