Alteration In The Golden Age

The Golden Age written by author Joan London explores the key concepts of alteration. within London’s novel transformation is the catalyst for the development of key characters’ lives, families and future vocations. during London’s novel the deterioration of children’s health represented the key incentive for the loss of family social status, and created the hash stigmas surrounding polio families. throughout Londons novel the structure of key characters families became subject to transformation accredited to the out brake of world war II and the subsequent polio epidemic causing the loss of love ones and the weakening of family structures. Though within the novel franks development of polio was an unfortunate event it created the building blocks for changes in the future endeavours of key characters and exposes the importance that poetry had in creating variation in the lives of characters.
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Within the golden age Frank was expose to poetry by his friend and mentor Sullivan Blackhouse who established Franks first interests in becoming a poet. Sullivan exhibited frank to the impression that polio should been seen rather as an opportunity than a debilitating disease. ‘polio had taken his legs but given him a vocation as a poet’. This quote directly shows exposes the audience to the mindset that poetry had developed within frank and helps the readers understand the change to his vocations this developed. Through franks time in golden age polio hospital he was ‘aged by terror’ forced to come to the consensus that ‘pain was almost luscious’ a time for personal growth and development in the relationship of himself and Elsa Biggs and the way this would manipulate there future forever. Throughout London’s novel change is a key idea that helps develop frank both as a poet and a