‘Feeling we belong is not something that is achieved permanently. Instead a sense of belonging is a continual response to changing situations.’ How do changes in people’s lives affect their sense of belonging? Changes in an individual’s environment impacts and shapes their sense of belonging. The notion of belonging is therefore not a permanent achievement as it is an evolving concept. The changes in a person’s environment can disrupt their current state of belonging or enhance and shape it to a new state.
BELONGING THESIS: * Reference to question. * Statement about belonging/ not belonging that is evident in The Simple Gift and Lord of The Flies (connections, isolation, alienation, self-worth, identity) * Connections to people or places are a necessity if one is to truly feel they belong * Belonging is a subjective matter; only the individual knows whether they belong or not. * An understanding of the individual’s environment in which they live aids in establishing connection. * This connection allows a person to gain a higher sense of self-worth and identity. * Mention chosen texts: * The free verse novel “The Simple Gift” by Steven Herrick accurately displays the degree to which connections to both people
Understanding nourishes belonging and a lack of understanding prevents it. Demonstrate how your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing demonstrates this interpretation of belonging. An individuals understanding of both themselves and the wider world nourishes their sense of belonging within a community, however the converse also applies; as a lack of this understanding can prevent a feeling of belonging. This perspective is supported in Steven Herrick’s free verse novel, “The Simple Gift”, where Billy’s lack of connection to his home in Nowheresville and his resultant alienation is juxtaposed with his acceptance and understanding of his place within his Benderat ‘community’ and his corresponding sense of fulfilment. The film, “August Rush”, directed by Kristen Sheridan, similarly supports this interpretation of the relationship
Next were safety needs, which involve the necessity of a generally predictable world. Belongingness and love needs follow and involve psychologically intimate relations with other people. Then esteem needs involve respect for oneself and others. The deficiency needs are supposed to motivate us through deficits in our lives and fill voids to create balance (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). At the top of the hierarchy was the need for self-actualization and Maslow believed that in order for people to reach the “being” level (“Blevel,” with “B-values” or “B-motives”) they cannot be preoccupied with satisfying
“Journeys can be motivated by the desire to change our circumstances.” Journeys are taken because they are needed or desired. Sean Penn’s ‘Into The Wild’ and Ivan Lalic’s ‘Of Eurydice’ both start with this motivation and are physical journeys of discovery. However, journeys are often not about where they take place as the location has no value, but in order to move forward the journey is about the spiritual meaning. Serrini’s poem ‘A Dream’ the film ‘Into The Wild’, demonstrate that journeys many not be about the destination, but about the search for spiritual meaning. In both situations, something is to be gained either physically, spiritually or metaphorically to change or move on from our present circumstance.
Yes, this sounds clichéd – but it nevertheless speaks of the conformity that the belonging process often demands in order to overcome the dilemmas associated with belonging. Thus, belonging in a sense can be paradoxical; That in order for one to ‘belong,’ one must often lose a sense of identity. However, in order to positively belong, one must first construct themselves as an individual to know where they belong. These notions of belonging are demonstrated in Heat and Dust, Eveline and Kindness. Belonging cannot be conferred or passively accept, but must be established once we construct ourselves individually.
Morrie deteaches himself so that he can accept these predicaments in his life and so that he will be able to embrace his deathe easier since he’s well aware that it’s approaching. A quote Morrie constantly refers is to “Love each other or die”. He stresses this quote and major theme in the novel because he feels that an abundance of love and compassion is the highest sense of fulfillment that one can experience; especially because Morrie had such a significant lack of both love and compassion throughout his childhood. Love is so crucial to Morrie as he is nearing his final days of life because he feels that without the care of those who love him, he would perish. Morrie is not afraid of dying, however
The primary principle of logical thinking is to raise consciousness in an individual of the environment around them. There are various barriers to logical thinking and this could prevent one from thinking critically. Whilst we cannot overcome all of these barriers, raising awareness of the importance of logical thinking can perhaps assist to avoid these barriers to some extent. The unavoidable barriers are our human limitations and thus cannot be completely overcome due to the nature of its context as our understanding of facts, perceptions and memories prevent us from seeing the world with total clarity. The attentional and memory capacity requires us to search for alternative methods such as use of external sources of machines and it restricts our ability to think critically because as human beings we aren’t equipped to function simultaneously.
“In what Context do Emotion and Reason Conflict?” Knowledge can not only be gained by one way of knowing, because not only that answer would be biased, it may as well be not true, this simply is because there exist certain conditions in which one view or perspective of the case is not enough. Such situations are mostly decision making. Now the question is, whether an individual would choose a more reasonable choice that would benefit the most, or choose a more comfortable choice that is a satisfaction to the hearts content. Emotion and Reasoning are both considered as ways of knowing, however like any other ways of knowing they cannot exist alone and therefore they do have flaws. These flaws are usually associated with the fact that they are unable to fulfil the need to gain the answer since they may be biased, however even when these two ways of knowing are put together, they may contradict each other, or do not share the same view on the same exact case, this is what is considered as the conflict.
This search can involve the traveler understanding both positive and negative facets about themselves, including articles, perspectives and traits. The identity, which they are searching for, is what makes the traveler unique and identifies them from others. The identity can help distinguish and appreciate a person or their own belief, culture and origin, as well as giving insights into who they are and the core values that are key constituents for their lives. In texts of a variety of genre, there is an indication of a physical journey, whether it be physically moving in a fantasy world or travelling in the “real” world. The character may sometimes not indicate any revelations in a change of identity, but the reader would be exposed to this new identity through changes in tone and attitude.