BELONGING The concept of Belonging is a multi-layered concept, particularly in the novel "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri, the news article "Burqas and Fries" by Erika Hayasaki and the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. A person's sense of belonging is determined by the relationships they share with themselves and other people. Whether it's family, friends or society in general, humans have a desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than themselves. The ideology that one must belong to oneself before they can belong anywhere else, justifies this complexity of someone's Identity and the Relationships they share. These two concepts both encapsulate the notion of Belonging being a multi-layered concept and are fostered into each of the composer's texts coherently.
Belonging may result in a deep connection to place. All these aspects present in the core text, Romulus my father by Ramond Gaita, some are observed in ¬¬___________ (ORT) of the image of belonging presented the one that deserves inclusion in HSC material is the image of ______________ (TEXT 2). This image both explores the aspects of belonging and compliments of the other texts. It is in human nature to strive towards a sense of Belonging, a process that incites the creation, or deterioration of a sense of personal and cultural identification. The memoir, Romulus, My Father, by Raimond Gaita; John Guare’s play, Six Degrees of Separation; and Tim Winton’s short story, Big World, from the collection, The Turning, explore the concept that Belonging is the driving force for the human condition.
Puck loves helping his master, whom he loves, and he is proud when he is able to do the things he is asked to do. He enjoys life as it is, and lives it to the fullest. He is lively, full of joy, optimism and does everything with joy and thinks that everything he does is proper. He loves serving a wise sovereign because he believes that he does by helping his master is always correct. That makes his life easier; and so he neither has to be alone nor think about occupying himself with material questions such as what to eat or drink.
Belonging can be viewed and experienced in a range of different aspects, whether it may be positive or negative. Specifically, the choices an individual makes, accompanied by the perceptions of others, can shape one’s various experiences of belonging. This statement is true, for both the experiences had by Romulus and Christine, in Raimond Gaita’s filial memoir, Romulus, My Father, where the contrasting choices of these two characters, along with the perceptions of others are interrelated in a mutual relationship, deciding whether they connect or disconnect to their environment, family and society. Similarly, in Jonathan Dayton’s 2006 film, Little Miss Sunshine, there is an extreme disconnection between the family members, but the choice to transform this
Symbolism is one of the key techniques that Tennessee Williams uses to express his creativity. Symbolism is the act of representing things through other objects or meanings. In Tennessee Williams’ writing, he expresses so much detail in his stories by just using one symbol. In the story, “Something by Tolstoi,” you will see the symbols used by Tennessee Williams. In, “Something by Tolstoi”, there is a married Jewish man, named Jacob, who owns a bookstore.
My father was an optimist. He always had a positive outlook on life. Through the years in both my personal and work environment, I’ve learned the importance
Life is about love, and love is about you. Love is a major theme in The Kite Runner. Throughout the novel, Khaled Hosseini, the author, demonstrates the complexity of various types of love and the vastness of the emotion. The relationship between Hassan and Amir demonstrates the nature of brotherly love; moreover, Amir and Baba’s relationship demonstrates the paternal love and expectations of the father for his child providing physical and emotional support. In the novel, many symbols present these different types of love.
Examples of these connections that impact on our sense of belonging are show through the texts, “Romulus My Father” and “The Lame Shall Enter First”. Notions regarding relationships with people, family and culture can have a huge impact on ones sense of belonging. The always changing nature of Raimonds relationship with his mother Christine, confronts us and alerts us as to how the nature of family and family values affects ones self identitiy. Although Christine suffers with her own mental well-being, somewhere between all the pain and suffering, Raimond and herself share a strong sense of understanding with each other, “I was glad of her presence, which comforted me more that food.” Further more, contrasted with Raimond’s proud and admirable representation of his father, Gaita challeges notions of belonging, as it ironically can both inhibit and shape individual values and morals, “My fathers devoted care for me contrasted obviously with her(christine) neglet of me.” Gaita is able to paint an intimate portrait of his father through his characterisation of him. It is through this portrayal that the composer may come to understand his complex father, and strengthen his emotional bonds with him, after his death.
Discuss the theme of family, as presented by Heaney in ‘Digging’ and ‘Follower’. The poems Digging and Follower by Seamus Heaney both are powerful expressions of the poet's admiration and respect for his father. Heaney strongly stresses his relationship with his father by creating a forceful comparison between himself and his dad and by doing so raises another important issue that is present throughout both poems, the significance of change. However, despite the depiction of the father in both poems seems quite similar at first glance, it later is evident that there are nevertheless certain differences between the two images created. Follower and Digging both give a clear account of Heaney's feelings towards his father with particular emphasis on the poet's response to the physical labour of his father.
Darling, not only loves him, but even more, respects him. This attitude as displayed by the character of Mr. Darling as the most prominent adult male influence can be argued to be associated with the male cultural stereotype in many ways. Mr. Darling’s character in the text supports the culturally stereotypical view of the male gender as the main source of income for a family, with a strong personality and a need for order. At one point in the text, when his wife, Mrs.