Journeys Speech (Australian HSC English)

As a famous American novelist John Steinbeck once stated, 'the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry'.
Many journeys reflect this reality as despite their best efforts to organise and plan for the 'perfect trip', travellers encounter circumstances that propel them into perhaps totally different directions. This is evidenced in Pierre Montana's immigration to Italy five years ago. Immigration is a one-way journey and immigrants are often presented with relatively more barriers to overcome than the average traveller. …