This perception of belonging has been influenced by both Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Immigrant Chronicle’ and Shaun Tan’s graphic novel ‘The Arrival.’ Cultural identity often plays a large role in our sense of self and allowing us to feel as though we belong. If we are unsure of our cultural identity
Literature and Communities Literature reflects all communities and individual in a society. Many writers use their art of words to illustrate the culture and belief around them. The setting of cultural belief and the context is make up of many things that play a major part in the author choose how literature reflects on different communities such as: their culture, individually and society. The languages from literature help explain how it feels to live in a different community. It also tells what the characters feel about certain situation throughout the story or poem.
Changes in people’s lives affect their sense of belonging through obstacles and experiences that have involved change in a person’s life. Peter skrzynecki’s experiences expressed in “immigrant chronicles” shows how ones personal, social, emotional and especially cultural perceptions can change through obstacles faced. The idea of belonging is an important and fundamental value in our lives. Belonging most commonly emerges from experience and notions of identity, relationships, acceptance and understanding. Sense of belonging is represented in various ways throughout vvv.
In another way of interpretation, life brings us opportunities and creates obstacles in order to challenge us to get contact with our world, specifically, is getting to know people and our community that we associate with. This idea is explored through a collection of poetry “Immigrant Chronicles” by Peter Skrzynecki, a play named “Educating Rita” by Willy
1 Nov. 2012 WRD 103 Reflective Essay Throughout the course we have covered many different aspects of the writing process. Starting off we focused on analysis of other’s writings and introspection of how those words had a strong impact on our lives. It provided a basis for us to think critically about what we are reading and what the author has intended for us to understand. Next we looked at rhetorical analysis and how the words a writer or orator uses can affect their message. Analyzing how effective the rhetors choice of words are in relation to context, message, and audience, allowed for self reflection on how we made similar choices in our own writings.
Stage 3: REFLECTIVE STATEMENT How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? To the better understanding of ‘Metamorphosis’ the seminar we had discussing different aspects of he story was integral to our better understanding of it. When reading ‘Metamorphosis’ there are many aspects of it that we as readers just had to accept were true and the more we learned about Kafka’s life and some of the people who have inspired him the more sense it started to make; we began to understand the thoughts behind it. Aspects of Gregor’s family in ‘Metamorphosis’ resemble Kafka’s family so much that we can say they are parallel. It reflects most of Kafka’s relation with his father who in both story and real life is a tyrannical figure who was mean towards his children and wife.
His parents supported him as materialistically. They fulfilled his needs before Christopher wanted something. Mostly because of his parent’s action towards him, he never struggled about financially, but as his identity built up, he realizes his life is not just for
He made it out of the civil war with three out of his four children, his wife and the bike that he had buried, in hope that he would be able to find it. Having that idea, to hide his bike, helped him greatly because it gave him the advantage of easier transportation. Through the tone of acceptance, the moral lesson is shown because he had nothing and still accepted that it happened for a reason. He took full responsibility in caring for his family, and didn’t once question God on why it happened to him. He didn’t stop his persistent attitude in trying to make ends meet to provide for his family, in his persistence he managed to find a house to live in, he rode his bike into town to get money and he built a small bar for people that could afford it.
My dad was always there for me, even when I was fed up with the pointless extra work or when conducting the labor side of the project. Throughout the story people always showed Odysseus help even when he doesn’t ask for it. When Odysseus and his men landed on Circe’s island they were shown great hospitality and given help by the people. The people even gave them anything they could ask for when they stated,” But now, since it is our land and our city that you have come to, you shall not lack for clothing nor anything else”. They showed him great hospitality and wanted to help his men no matter who they were.
Self discovery can be influenced by other attitudes, surroundings and personalities throughout the process. Interactions and relationships can contribute to self findings through the uncovering of new concepts, people and relationships. Societies generate new ideas by synthesising perspectives and deepening ones understanding of themselves. Self discovery from influence of others is evident in the play Away by Michael Gow and in the film The Breakfast Club by John Hughes. Michael Gow’s play highlights the restrictions of discovery because of societal issues present in the 1960s, however, it is made evident that the interactions and relationships the characters have with each other, influence the path of self discovery each person is willing