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People exploring new experiences will have to overcome many challenges, and will undergo personal growth. Into the World can be understand as outlooks of growing up and adjustment into new stages of a persons life. It can mean changing normally, or having to change without any choice In the matter. In either case, any person exploring new experiences will encounter challenges, but along the way they will undergo personal growth. This is apparent In the positivistic text, The Story of TomBrenna by J Burke, as well as my chosen text, The Arrival by Shawn Tan. The Idea of new experiences may not always begin positively. For Instance, In Burkes novel, The Story of Tom Brenna, one disastrous accident made him and his family to leave their hometown of Mumble, forcing e actually character to go done an emotional release. This provokes Tom to become very reserved and distant as he grows resentful and bitter of the whole predicament and progressively being pushed back Into that big, black hole.He becomes very depressed, monastic and alienated as he attempts to deal with the situation that his brother, Daniel, has caused. The author projects Toms thoughts, emotions, perceptions and opinions through a large range of techniques. The audience is aware of Toms growing guilt through the technique of first person writing (on page 124). Like I said, that was a low point. The believable, grammatical, impressionistic voice of the teenage narrator creates a privy allegations with the readers, as well as keeping them engaged.It also gives us insight into Toms inner most thoughts. As Tom plunges into intense feelings of guilt and animosity, he becomes deaden to the struggles the other members of his family are facing. One of the most effective and engaging techniques used by the author to capture the readers attention, is the use of flashbacks. The Story of Tom Brenna is a nonlinear narrative, and this is first evident in the prologue, which has a reflective tone, when it