EXPLORING ISSUES OF IDENTITY AND BELONGING. Key Ideas & Concepts 1. Familial and societal values and expectations define who we are. Our parents are at the centre of our upbringing and teach us values‚ attitudes and beliefs that help to define us from our conception and birth. Family expectations can either act as a burden on a child’s sense of self and abilities‚ or an opportunity to learn and grow. In order to preserve their cultural identity‚ some parents tend to preserve their traditions
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How do people’s ideas about belonging change due to passage of time and interacting with their world (family‚ friends‚ community‚ environment)? Belonging comes from connections with physical aspects but is often a feeling created by shaped perceptions and interactions with the world over time. It is through the poems‚ ‘ 10 Mary Street and Migrant Hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki from his compilation in the immigrant chronicle‚ Tim Winton’s short story ‘Neighbours’ and Rob Sitch’s film‚ ‘The castle’
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The Significance of Innocence “‘Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…’” (Hinton 148). The last words of Johnny Cade indicates that he is telling Ponyboy Curtis to retain his innocence. In The Outsiders‚ the author‚ S.E. Hinton‚ suggests that Ponyboy and Johnny are trying to keep hold of their innocence. They go through many challenges and obstacles and in the end they realize that innocence can be cherished but there is a time when you have to grow up. Oddly‚ Hinton proves just the opposite; she proves
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This question is answered in the novel‚ “The Outsiders”‚ by S. E. Hinton. The novel also answers the question‚ What is your duty to others? In the novel‚ Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Johnny‚ Two-Bit‚ Dally‚ and Steve are all part of one group of “Greasers”. First of all‚ what does it mean to be part of a group? It means to have very close friends that rely on you and you can rely on them. You trust them and stick together. In the novel‚ “The Outsiders” there is an excerpt on page 3 it says‚ “Or I could
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Outsiders Essay The revolutionary book The Outsiders has characters that evolve and develop throughout the story. If you take a long look at each character you can probably say each one could be a hero. My definition of a hero is ever so simple. You need to affect people for the better. That requires selflessness‚ caring‚ and loyalty. Darry best fits my definition of a hero. Darry displays heroism everywhere in the story. Early in the story‚ Ponyboy had arrived at his house late at night. Darry
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“Sometimes the toughest are the most broken.” (Anonymous) In the novel The Outsiders‚ Dally Winston‚ a poor seventeen year-old with a tarnished past‚ played an influential role in the lives of his fellow friends‚ the Greasers‚ and mostly over Ponyboy. Dally was both the toughness and the anger that existed and held back the Greasers and Ponyboy. Known as the toughest of the Greaser gang‚ with no family‚ Dally felt he could take violent risks. While Dally’s death seemed tragic‚ if Dally had continued
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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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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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Living In An Outside World Looking at life as an outsider and feeling as though one is being treated as an outsider is a matter of perspective or point of view. Someone who always feels like an outsider may conclude that life is unfair. This is a story of teen gang‚ the Greasers are at odds with the Socials‚ a rival group. When Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny get into a noisy quarrel that ends the death of a social member
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Introduction Attention getting material Imagine yourself in close proximity with 4 strangers nothing like you. That’s what the characters’ in The Breakfast Club were faced with. Tie to audience For this specific setting a group of 5 eclectic students are forced into serving 9 hours of Saturday detention for whatever they had done wrong. In attendance is a “princess” (Claire Standish)‚ an “athlete” (Andrew Clark)‚ a “brain” (Brian Johnson)‚ a “criminal” (John Bender) and a “basket case” (Allison
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