The document discusses the concept of discovery as presented in the novel "The China Coin" and the film "Billy Elliot". It describes discovery as the process of examining, seeking, or exploring through curiosity, necessity, or wonder. It then provides an example of physical and emotional discovery from "The China Coin", where the protagonist Leah struggles to discover her cultural identity due to a lack of connection to her Chinese heritage. Her descriptions of China portray a sense of repulsion and rejection of discovering this part of herself, leaving her unable to find a genuine cultural connection and feeling distant from her Chinese mother.
The document discusses the concept of discovery as presented in the novel "The China Coin" and the film "Billy Elliot". It describes discovery as the process of examining, seeking, or exploring through curiosity, necessity, or wonder. It then provides an example of physical and emotional discovery from "The China Coin", where the protagonist Leah struggles to discover her cultural identity due to a lack of connection to her Chinese heritage. Her descriptions of China portray a sense of repulsion and rejection of discovering this part of herself, leaving her unable to find a genuine cultural connection and feeling distant from her Chinese mother.
The document discusses the concept of discovery as presented in the novel "The China Coin" and the film "Billy Elliot". It describes discovery as the process of examining, seeking, or exploring through curiosity, necessity, or wonder. It then provides an example of physical and emotional discovery from "The China Coin", where the protagonist Leah struggles to discover her cultural identity due to a lack of connection to her Chinese heritage. Her descriptions of China portray a sense of repulsion and rejection of discovering this part of herself, leaving her unable to find a genuine cultural connection and feeling distant from her Chinese mother.
Discovery is a delightful word that sometimes makes us wonder what it is and
the definition itself is distinctive. Discovery is the process of examining, seeking
or exploring, which can emerge from a process of deliberate and careful planning evoked by curiosity, necessity or wonder. Discoveries can lead us to new worlds as well as new experiences. The process of discovery can be physical, emotional, creative, spiritual and intellectual. This concept of discovery is displayed in the novel The China Coin by Allan Baillie and the film Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry. The process of physical and emotional discovery occurs when an individual encounters the challenges and adversities. This is clearly exemplified in the novel, The China Coin through the protagonist Leah, where by the juxtaposition between her Anglo father and Chinese mother represent her inability to discover her genuine cultural identity due to lack of connection to China, as she never encountered it. This leads Leah to have fear and rejection of Eastern culture and people. This is evident in her pessimistic description of China, A village so primitive they file their teeth and eat meat raw which portrays her sense of repulsion and annoyance of discovering her Chinese heritage. Her repudiation is further emphasized by I hate it, I hate China. The repletion of strong emotive word hate highlights her deep antipathy and hostility towards China, which leaves her unable to discover genuine cultural connections and lead her to feel more distant from her mother, Joan.