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    ENGLISH AREA OF STUDY As you like it The notion of belonging is influenced by an array of individuals and situations. This is portrayed in William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It‚ the film Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris (2006) and Bruce Dawe’s poem Homosuburbiensis. The composer’s use of literary and filmic devices shows . In Shakespeare’s play As You Like It the characters sense of belonging is portrayed through their various interactions with others and places

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    The individual’s understanding of belonging is inextricably shaped by significant moments in time‚ which while not necessarily life-changing events‚ have a lasting‚ individual and personal impact. Such a concept of the significance of profound moments in time is echoed in Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel ‘The Namesake’ and Sean Penn’s 2007 film ‘Into the Wild.’ Both pieces rely upon an authorial manipulation of time‚ extended metaphor‚ symbolism and medium-specific techniques to make evident this importance

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    Belonging is a complex challenge that encompasses all aspects of our life including identity‚ relationships and connections to the greater world. An individual’s choice to either embrace or resist the challenge is heavily influenced by past experiences and the ramifications of these experiences on an individual’s sense of self-worth. Both genuine relationships and connection to a particular physical environment can also affect the response of an individual and encourage them to embrace the challenge

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    Explore how perceptions of belonging and not belonging can be influenced by connections to people. Connecting to people is essential to developing a sense of belonging. When people aren’t connected to others they can feel isolated or alienated. Two texts that examine this idea are the motion picture ‘Gran Torino’ directed by Clint Eastwood and Steven Herrick’s verse novel ‘The Simple Gift’. For people to perceive that they really belong‚ they need to make connections with the people around

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    Samantha Briley Ms. Haupt ENG3UV-02 5 July 2013 Freedom is being accepted. Freedom is defined as “the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint” (Dictonary.com).When you arrive to a new town you are somewhat free‚ although unless you are accepted by the town‚ you won’t feel free. In his short story‚ The Strangers that Came to Town‚ Ambrose Flack shows that true freedom is about being accepted. This is shown by the people in town mocking the Duvitches

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    A Short Essay on Freedom What exactly is freedom? Can you taste it‚ see it‚ reach out and touch it? The answer to these questions is no. However‚ if reflected upon‚ freedom can certainly be felt‚ not by the hands but by the emotion called feeling. Since all we can do is describe properties of freedom‚ the question remains how freedom is explainable with words. Youth are not burdened by restrictions placed upon adults; therefore‚ a simpler idea of being able to

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    also it shows Feliks has a sense of belonging to his garden. Also when Feliks slowly walking his garden “spent year walking its perimeter” also used exaggeration to create Peter’s father belongs to his garden. As above‚ His garden gives him a strong connecting to place and is of his own making under his control. Culture: Feliks shake hands “too violently” to the polish friend. The negative connation has been used to show Feliks has a sense of belonging to the polish culture. His friend gives

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    Belonging encases the intrinsic human experience through which individuals strive towards various affiliations within their microcosm of social dealings. An individual’s ability to attain belonging is heavily reliant on their prowess to develop relationships with others and their surrounding landscape. This dichotomy of belonging and not belonging is explored by the 1975 Peter Skrzynecki poem Feliks Skrzynecki and the 1998 memoir Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita which utilise techniques such as

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    Belonging to a social group builds character and identity and can only be fulfilled when it is effectively comprehended. Belonging is a complex idea that is very rarely defined as solely belonging or not belonging‚ but rather somewhere between these extremities. Raimond Gaita’s “Romulus‚ My Father‚” a story about a struggle to belong to family and culture‚ and Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands‚” a story of an outcast‚ who fails to conform to a community‚ incorporate distinctive techniques and devices

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