Romulus My Father Belonging Analysis
An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging
The base for an individual’s experience of belonging begins with the tempestuous walk we undertake throughout our life. Through our cold days of solitude we long to reach the sunlight which will thaw the chill of isolation. Most achieve this goal easily, creating a network of relationships and solidifying their place in the world. However, for others, this journey endeavoured only ends in tragedy and regret. Through the novels of Romulus, My Father, Between Shades of Gray and The Kite Runner, we see the ramifications of the pursuit of acceptance, safety and the right to be content.
Through Romulus My Father, the withdrawal …show more content…
“Perhaps she and my father had discussed the chances of reconciliation, for the time she was here she tried harder than ever to care for me and the house. She made curtains for the windows, cleaned and occasionally cooked. On my eleventh birthday we lit the stove and she cooked ... She burnt the meat, but so rare was the experience of her preparing any kind of meal that I have since had a fondness for burnt meat. …show more content…
His own personal context is the blame, with the escape of himself and his father to America instilling the changes to his personal identity. He returns to Afghanistan to find his friend Hassan, and this event leads him to the knowledge that his once close friend (who was also his slave) is actually his half brother. He battles with the grief of his own actions towards Hassan, his rejection and desertion of him as being unforgivable and sets out to alter this by finding and saving Hassan’s son, his nephew. This is shown through personification of the sun and its role in showing Hassan’s purity and
The base for an individual’s experience of belonging begins with the tempestuous walk we undertake throughout our life. Through our cold days of solitude we long to reach the sunlight which will thaw the chill of isolation. Most achieve this goal easily, creating a network of relationships and solidifying their place in the world. However, for others, this journey endeavoured only ends in tragedy and regret. Through the novels of Romulus, My Father, Between Shades of Gray and The Kite Runner, we see the ramifications of the pursuit of acceptance, safety and the right to be content.
Through Romulus My Father, the withdrawal …show more content…
“Perhaps she and my father had discussed the chances of reconciliation, for the time she was here she tried harder than ever to care for me and the house. She made curtains for the windows, cleaned and occasionally cooked. On my eleventh birthday we lit the stove and she cooked ... She burnt the meat, but so rare was the experience of her preparing any kind of meal that I have since had a fondness for burnt meat. …show more content…
His own personal context is the blame, with the escape of himself and his father to America instilling the changes to his personal identity. He returns to Afghanistan to find his friend Hassan, and this event leads him to the knowledge that his once close friend (who was also his slave) is actually his half brother. He battles with the grief of his own actions towards Hassan, his rejection and desertion of him as being unforgivable and sets out to alter this by finding and saving Hassan’s son, his nephew. This is shown through personification of the sun and its role in showing Hassan’s purity and