Migrant Hostel And St Patrick's College: A Comparative Analysis
Analyse how any two texts emphasise the difficulties and/ or benefits of belonging to.
The various texts explore the difficulties and inadequent benefits of belonging. The poems “Migrant Hostel” and “St Patrick's College” by Peter Skrzynecki and the related texts The Ride of Zhu Bao Sheng a short story by Nick Long and the novel Stolen by Lucy Christopher effectively portray that being alienated can be the catalyst for a true sense of not belonging. A sense of not belonging can emerge from the dislocation and displacement made with people, places and the larger world this is shown through different narrative feautures and various language techniques.
Migrants and refugees often feel a loss of connection and identity which leads to a …show more content…
The poem “St Patrick's College” from Immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrzynecki demonstrates how belonging to a school could be difficult and hard to adjust and fit in to. The repetition of the phrase “For eight years” has a tone of resentment as it reminisces how long he spent at school. It reinforces the isolation and detachment and how long it lasted for. This emphasises his sense of not belonging “for eight years”. The use of first person narrative “I” creates a sense of loneliness. The dreary tone further empathises his dislocation at school with no friends and no relationshipwith any teachers. This conveys his sense of unhappiness in this environment in which he didn't want to be in. Skrzynecki utilises a cliché in his poem. The direct speech of “what was best” suggests that, thats what the mother thought was best for him, but Skrzynecki thought the “eight years” were wasted. It is also ironic because he thought that going to school “wasn't for the best” showing his lack of commitment into trying to belong.Peter Skrzynecki shows that St Patrick's College was a hard environment to try and belong to, because it wasn't his decision to go to that school and being their he formed no real relationships or sense of
The various texts explore the difficulties and inadequent benefits of belonging. The poems “Migrant Hostel” and “St Patrick's College” by Peter Skrzynecki and the related texts The Ride of Zhu Bao Sheng a short story by Nick Long and the novel Stolen by Lucy Christopher effectively portray that being alienated can be the catalyst for a true sense of not belonging. A sense of not belonging can emerge from the dislocation and displacement made with people, places and the larger world this is shown through different narrative feautures and various language techniques.
Migrants and refugees often feel a loss of connection and identity which leads to a …show more content…
The poem “St Patrick's College” from Immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrzynecki demonstrates how belonging to a school could be difficult and hard to adjust and fit in to. The repetition of the phrase “For eight years” has a tone of resentment as it reminisces how long he spent at school. It reinforces the isolation and detachment and how long it lasted for. This emphasises his sense of not belonging “for eight years”. The use of first person narrative “I” creates a sense of loneliness. The dreary tone further empathises his dislocation at school with no friends and no relationshipwith any teachers. This conveys his sense of unhappiness in this environment in which he didn't want to be in. Skrzynecki utilises a cliché in his poem. The direct speech of “what was best” suggests that, thats what the mother thought was best for him, but Skrzynecki thought the “eight years” were wasted. It is also ironic because he thought that going to school “wasn't for the best” showing his lack of commitment into trying to belong.Peter Skrzynecki shows that St Patrick's College was a hard environment to try and belong to, because it wasn't his decision to go to that school and being their he formed no real relationships or sense of