A transformational journey through transition
A transition is a process or a milestone that leads an individual to either long term or short term changes. Sometimes the growth of the person may come with many consequences that can occur either in the broader world or one’s self. Mostly this process involves the changing nature of a person’s context like culture, personal, social, historical and political impacts in their attitudes, beliefs and values (Miner " Bates 67). The process may also be disruptive making someone’s experience subtle or chaotic in the sense of relationships, self or perspectives. This essay will elaborate more how the transition can be transformative under the support of ‘Barn Owl’ written by Gwen Harwood.
The challenging and transformative nature of transition
When an individual is exposed to their peers or own experience that eventually leads to deeper understanding, then the mode of transition becomes challenging, transformative, exciting or confronting due to the change, results or consequences on the person. Through the exploration of related texts from Gwen Harwood, he further elaborates how transition also leads to new ideas and shift in beliefs and attitudes. According to Harwood, he demonstrates how a child lost his life after he was rebeled by his father (Harwood n.p). The boy also transformed through his innocence first from a ‘horny fiend’ and then to ‘afraid.’ Harwood’s poetry shows how growth transits through understanding, maturity and wisdom as he connects with the mages of age and the youth. In the beginning, a kid at a rebellious age goes through constraints of authority as he tries to control herself by killing a barn owl with a short gun that belonged to the father (Harwood n.p).
The impact of authority during transition
In real life situation for a transition to take place, a person has to go through a stern instruction that does not reconsider its consequences. Ordinarily, direct and imperative speech is used to impact the seriousness of the matter. In the poetry, it is seen that the father uses power and authority to the child. Harwood also shows how age and youth matter in such transition by making the father, the ‘No-Sayer.’ Mostly when the transition takes place, the individual may be criticised with harsh words as ‘No’ from the person giving the authority (Harwood n.p). In the ‘Barn Owl,’ the use capital words like ‘No’ was sued to show how the father denied the child to do anything which later made her develop rebellious actions.
The innocence and lost obedience during transition
Harwood wanted to bring out the challenges the stereotypes go through especially young girls by showing the individuals innocence. The kid in the poetry also showed how innocent she was when she took the gun to have enough power to take a life. Usually, people that undergo through transition typically feel as if they are not obedient enough. They sometimes end up blaming people because of the bitter experience they are suffering the transition processes (Miner " Bates 69). As seen in the poetry, the child also says several words about his father as being a ‘child obedient,’ ‘old no-sayer and angel minded who is robbed by the power of sleep. In other words, the girl was angry and wanted to show his father that she is not obedient by shooting the owl the first thing she woke up the following morning.
Conclusion
Transition, as elaborated, is a process that leads to a transformative situation based on how the person is addressed. Mostly this process involves the changing nature of a person’s context like culture, personal, social, historical and political impacts in their attitudes, beliefs and values. As proved in the poem done Gwen Harwood, he also demonstrates how transition happens to individuals as early as their childhood, and if not handled well the kid may develop rebellious actions.
Works Cited
Harwood, Gwen. Barn Owl Poem by Gwen Harwood - Poem Hunter. Poemhunter.com, www.bing.com/cr?IG=3800C4104E7446DDAF5EA7F35E29D50F"CID=20E92F9F6D846A050C5424776C2B6BC1"rd=1"h=ahPsEjCTF8CL1qVEmBPFoeK3xRcMaB3SFJ94-9msFdQ"v=1"r=https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/barn-owl-2/"p=DevEx.LB.1,5579.1.
Miner, Craig A., and Paul E. Bates. “Person-Centered Transition Planning.” TEACHING Exceptional Children, vol. 30, no. 1, 2012, pp. 66–69. doi: 10.1177/004005999703000113.
