Esl Discovery Essay

Discoveries can be fresh and intensely meaningful in ways that may be emotional, creative, intellectual, physical and spiritual. They can also be confronting and provocative. They can lead us to new worlds and values, stimulate new ideas, and enable us to speculate about future possibilities. Respected teachers and my fellow students, Good morning! The play ‘Rainbows End’ is written by an Aboriginal woman ‘Jane Harrison.’ I will be discussing and presenting the discoveries of a young boy Errol, who belongs to the Anglosaxton community and an Aboriginal lady Gladys, who is the mother of Dolly.

Discoveries can be sudden or unexpected, just like Errol had experienced when he visited the Aboriginal community of Australia for the first time ever in his life accidently. He was supposed to be delivering and promoting a company’s Encyclopedias to the Anglosaxton community but he ran into the Aborigines due to his lousy sense of direction. Over there he met Gladys and presented his encyclopedias to them. Whilst he was there, he asked for a glass of water from Dolly, and she brought it to him in a tin cup. He was so shocked and he said, “It’s made out of a can!” and “You people can make something out of nothing.” He discovered that the Aborigines were so poor and out of resources that they could not even afford a proper glass of water. There resources were very limited and he discovered that they made use of what they had. This was a very sudden and intellectual discovery for Errol as he was not aware of the situation of the Aboriginal community of Australia. But this is not all, Errol also discovered that the Aborigines considered themselves as an inferior race compared to the Anglosaxton society. He experienced this emotional discovery when Dolly asked him, “So you’re from the big smoke? What’s it like there?” Errol was not aware at all of this poor society and this is how discoveries can be so unexpected and sudden. Later on in the play, Errol had asked Dolly to go to the play with her. At first she refused because she thought people would stare and laugh at them as she belonged to the Aboriginal society of Australia and the others would be from the Anglosaxton community. This was another intellectual discovery of Errol, as he came to know that Aborigines think they are any less from the other people out there. He then said to Dolly, “What matters is you, not your address.” Moving on, Errol asked Dolly if she would like to come to the city with him, offering her a better life and a proper house. Dolly said, “I’d have to leave the river and my family, you want me to leave here forever? A better life? A real home is where there are people looking out for each other. Don’t matter if the floors are dirt. Don’t matter one bit. This is my place. I’m staying right here with my mum and nan.” Errol was shocked and yet again, another intellectual discovery for Errol. He came to know how important the culture of Aborigines is to them and they have high believe in unity. They believe in family, looking out for each other and living together. Errol discovered what a real home is and a home is not made from cement and bricks, a home is formed where

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