In this line he is speaking not only literally but metaphorically. He is unclear about the reason and necessity of his attendance and is questioning why he must attend a school outside his local area. This emphasises his absence of connection, a sense of alienation and also a feeling of displacement. On the other hand, a strong and positive connection made with places and an enriched experience of belonging is demonstrated in Peter Skrzynecki’s poem, 10 Mary Street. The order of the daily ritual of their lives is shown in the simile he uses to describe the family’s departure each morning where for ‘nineteen years’ they ‘Shut the house/Like a well-oiled lock.” This establishes a sense of security and connection to place and emphasises that the house and their routine was a significant part of their
Belonging to a group or community can provide opportunities and disappointments To what extent do the texts you have studied support this idea? An individual’s happiness, security and identity are ultimately shaped by their experiences of belonging. Indeed, the experiences of a certain community group will have a profound effect, either negative or positive, on an individual’s sense of belonging. Peter Skrzynecki’s collection of personal poetry, The Immigrant Chronicle, particularly the personal and controversial St Partick’s College, which highlights the detriments of Skrzynecki’s school life on his sense of happiness, as well as the nostalgic Feliks Skzrynecki, which both explores and challenges Skrzynecki’s own identity and stability within his cultural community. Similarly, the 2005 short documentary The Children of Leningradsky directed by Hanna Polak explores how a sense of belonging can be derived from the interactions within an isolated community that has been excluded from the mainstream community.
This disappointment could suggest that Larkin writes in a negative way, if he has even at the begging a different opinion than the majority has while expecting a lovestory or an intimate scene in setting of a bed, but definitely not a confusing, stressful scene as Larkin explores. While Larkin is saying “easiest…honest”, he is using the terminology of contrast. The suggestion of his as a negative writer is now proved. On top of it is confusing for the audience, who tries to get over the first stanza of the poem an impression of what you will be expecting and again Larkin disappoints them. It might also suggest that Larkin criticse the society for thinking in the boxes and expecting everytime the usual as thinking ‘talkinf in bed ought to be easiest’.
Seth Lowery Professor Judy Parks English 102 January 2013 A Soldier’s Home Literary Response I feel as though this story overall was well written. However, I must criticize the actions of the characters and the mistakes they made, even though I know they are fictional. Harold Krebs seems to be the type of person who feeds on attention. Even though it is not directly stated, I think that he probably enlisted not to serve his country, but moreover for the bragging rights about being a Marine in the war. He does not seem to be particularly motivated to serve his country, as the story states that he got too big for his uniform, meaning he was not staying in shape and was probably slacking off and shrugging his workload.
To have a true sense of belonging you have to be adaptable and willing to move on with any changes. This is represented through Skrzynecki’s story as he was constantly on the move never really settling down in one place for a lengthy period of time. But through all this, even if deep inside he felt that he did not truly belong, there is always something or someone to which you are attatched. As seen in Skrzynecki’s poem ‘Feliks’ Skrzynecki although his father in many ways feels a sense of detachment and not belonging to the society in which he lived, his garden was a thing which he felt and knew he belonged to. Relating to my thesis this shows that his father did know enough of himself that he could find a real sense of belonging with his garden and in many ways this expresses the type of person he
He points out that it is just a part of the job: “But we’re never really alone when we are rejected; it’s the other side of being a writer, the side that isn’t shared as much as our successes.” He uses factual quotes taken from rejection letters (utilizing the epistolary genre) that published authors have received. Sylvia Plath’s writing was rejected by an editor who said, “There certainly isn’t enough genuine talent for us to take notice.” These quotes could also place the essay in the form of an expository essay because they impart information. On the other hand, his use of memory in the following lines is symbolic of a memoir: “When I read such negative responses, I always think: What if the writer had just given up?” and his mother’s advice: “Don’t compare yourself with anyone else … unless it’s to make yourself feel better.” These lines quoted from memory place the essay in the fiction genre because memory is flawed. His thoughts or his mother’s words may not have been thought or said in those exact words because memory is flawed and can never be 100 percent accurate. It is also a fiction essay because it has points where the author interjects his own thoughts and feeling in brackets: (Ah Mum, she always knew what to say!)
This suggests that it is a human quality to seek company and if one secludes themselves from the community and others it removes their human qualities and they can become dangerous. Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, ‘Frankenstein’ published in 1818, and Ridley Scott’s dystopian film, ‘Blade Runner’ the director’s cut produced in 1992, both express and explore the human need for togetherness, company or dare I say it, belonging to each other through their chosen mediums. Mary Shelley promotes human wellbeing by working together rather than following individual pursuits. She emphasises this fact and warns us that we shouldn’t take relationships and company for granted because she was greatly influenced by the enlightenment period where scientists like Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta focused on their individual pursuits rather than human wellbeing. This concern is voiced in one of the main characters, Victor Frankenstein.
Even though he is of a set racial and economic subset, his uniqueness sets him apart for the mere reason that his peers are unable to say he is one thing or another. It seems as though this is the final message Twain wishes to leave his readers of "Puddn'head Wilson" with that in some ways the inability to classify as the result of disguises, both literal and metaphorical, is the basis the problem with understandings across cultures, races, and genders. “Tom” most aptly expresses the problem of classification when he realizes the scope of the “disguise” he has been living however unconsciously he might have been about it. When the realization dawns on him that the race classifications have been reversed, he grows lost and uncomfortable as expressed in one of the important quotes from “Puddnhead Wilson”, "Why were niggers and whites made? What crime did the uncreated first nigger commit that the curse of birth was decreed for him?
Connections and lack of connections influence our sense of belonging Belonging is an unconscious, inherent desire and is accepted as a natural part of human nature. Belonging, thereby, can be influenced by the connections or lack thereof, people make with other people, places or cultures. This is demonstrated in Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ written in 1975, which describes the lack of connection between the persona and his father and ‘The Duchess’ directed by Saul Dibb in 2008, which details the conflicts of an arranged marriage. Together these texts both explore the consequences that the different facets of both alienation and the presence of an authentic connection have and through them, we can see that both connections and the lack of connections impact on and shape both one’s identity and one’s sense of belonging. In both texts, one of the key premises is the idea of alienation of the persona which in turn causes a sense of not belonging.
Belonging Essay 2009 HSC- “Understanding nourishes belonging… a lack of understanding prevents it” Demonstrate how your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing represent this interpretation of belonging. When we begin to understand the world around us, the people in it and their values, one can begin to feel a sense of belonging. However, due to the fact that the concept of belonging is dynamic one can also possess a lack of understanding and this often becomes a barrier to becoming accepted in a group or community. In the Immigrant Chronicle by Feliks Skrzynecki the concept of migrants moving from one country to another is explored and thus when they arrive at their new country they lack a sense of understanding.