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    Peter Skrzynecki struggles to belong through isolation and therefore takes time and patience to feel attachment and security. The Poem St Patricks College written by Peter Skrzynecki clearly emphasises his feelings of not belonging within

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    issues involved with belonging and use texts from the poet Peter Skrzynecki‚ the movie The Devil Wears Prada and lastly the song somewhere I belong by Linkin Park. Peter Skrynecki’s poems reflect a sense of belonging through many different ways and in many different contexts such as family‚ school and belonging

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    Personal context plays an important role in defining Peter Skrzynecki’s individual and private sense of belonging as conveyed in both his poems‚ ‘Migrant Hostel’ and ’10 Mary Street’. By exploring and analysing both poems‚ the responder understands that an individual’s sense of belonging or not belonging does vary. Moreover‚ Skrzynecki’s social and cultural experiences add to our understanding of his notion of identity and acceptance with in Australia. Therefore‚ Skrzynecki’s poetic techniques and

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    Both Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Immigrant Chronicle’ and Gabriele Muccino’s The Pursuit of Happiness represent the need for belonging through a character’s place and interpret the general need for place in belonging. Within ‘Immigrant Chronicle’‚ Skrzynecki’s poems ’10 Mary Street’ and ‘Migrant Hostel’ particularly demonstrate the positive and negative effects place can have on one’s ability to belong. ’10 Mary Street’ deals with a younger Skrzynecki’s experiences living within his working class family

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    Chronicle by Peter Skrynecki‚ and the novel Fiddler on the Roof by Norman Jewison. These three texts demonstrate that an individual can make difficult choices to not belong as well as belong depending on what they want. As mentioned above‚ making difficult choices can also make a person not to belong. This concept is aptly demonstrated in Peter Skrynecki’s poem ‘Postcard’. In this poem‚ Skrzynecki shows his decisions using a number of figurative devices such as when he speaks to the postcard in an apostrophe

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    whether you find it pleasant or not. Peter Skrzynecki shares his personal experience of migration and the years after through poems not all so pleasant‚ which I would like to show you parts of his journey today. I would also like to explore the picture book The Arrival by Shaun Tan also about migration experience. Born in 1945‚ Peter Skrzynecki moved from Germany at the end of WW2‚ travelling by sea to Australia spending time in migrant hostels in Sydney. Skrzynecki presents feelings of belonging

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    HSC STANDARD ENGLISH PRESCRIBED TEXT: SkrzyneckiPeter – The Immigrant Chronicle Chosen Poems: -Migrant Hostel -Postcard “Belonging is essential for human fulfillment” When somebody belongs they usually feel accepted and comfortable‚ yet when somebody does not belong‚ feelings of detachment and disorientation can be seen‚ so surely belonging is essential for human fulfillment. Peter Skrzynecki’s poems Migrant Hostel and Postcard show the fulfillment of belonging but mainly of not belonging

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    is believed that an individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can either enrich or even limit their experience of belonging. Both of Peter Skrzynecki’s poems “10 Mary Street” and “St Patricks College” along with the 2007 film “Hairspray” explores this concept. 10 Mary street refers to the story of the house that Peter and his family lived in after moving to Australia from Germany. A recurring theme throughout the whole poem is time‚ this is shown through the repetition of

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    Peter Skrzynecki Peter Skrzynecki explores his perceptions and ideas of belonging in the anthology of poems from “Immigrant chronicle”. The concept of belonging is conveyed through the represent action of people‚ relationship‚ ideas‚ place‚ events and societies. In the text responders may experience and understand all the facts of belonging or not belonging‚ this awareness may be influenced by the different ways perspectives are created through the voice of Peter Skrzynecki. The language techniques

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    is never permanent.’ Discuss in relation to TWO poems and TWO pieces of related texts. Belonging is having a connection between a place‚ person or possession. This relationship is based on how one feels about these bonds. Through Peter Skrzynecki’s two poems “Ancestors” and “10 Mary street” we look at how a sense of belonging Is not permanent. Through the use of related texts the understanding of this statement is better gripped. The movie “The Help” written and directed by Tate Taylor‚ this text

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