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Change can be confronting and because of this we often try to resist it. However, we need change and we must accept it, for without change we cannot grow. This confrontation of change, resistance and final acceptance of change can be seen in the texts, ‘Sky-High’, ‘The Door’, and Gwen Harwood’s poems ‘In the Park’, and ‘The Glass Jar’. All four of these texts examines’ the process of change and attitudes towards change. In the text ‘Sky-High’ by Hannah Robert we are shown different attitudes towards change. We see that change can be confronting, however we cannot resist it because without it we cannot grow. The attitude that we are often resistant to change is a major aspect of change portrayed in this short story. The nostalgic tone highlights the passage of time and stages of life. She uses a first person narrative remembering her childhood experiences using the ‘washing line’ as a metaphor to remind the reader about the changes in one’s life. This also tells us that she still wishes she could still swing on the washing line, she does not want to grow up, and she is resisting the change. Although this texts shows her resistance to change it also exposes the attitude that change is inevitable