So that I can value a text, I must first understand the context of the writer and characters, and how the message through the techniques helps create self-change. In answering this statement the focus texts I will be studying include: (1) the film One Night the Moon by Rachel Perkins; (2) a poem `Infancy', by W H Davies; (3); a cartoon strip `Drawn and quartered' by David Messer; and (4) a song `Everything's Changed' by Mike Guglielmucc. These texts demonstrate change through the techniques, and the context helps to understand and value the texts.

One Night the Moon by Rachel Perkins shows the conflict between the blacks and the whites, and the change between them throughout the film. Perkins sets up the atmosphere of change using the historical truths of black/white relationships in Australia. The film, One Night the Moon, portrays the strong white views towards the blacks. For example, Perkins...