The Other side of the Postcard More often than not tourists come to Oahu thinking of a tropical setting in Waikiki sitting on the beach sipping a cold beverage isolated from the problems of the rest of the world. The reality is that Waikiki may not seem as pleasant as is portrayed to be in postcards and travel advertisements. The once royal surfing grounds reserved only for the highest ali’i(chiefs) has become plagued with worn down drunks splayed out on the benches in the park and card board
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10 Mary Street For nineteen years We departed Each morning‚ shut the house Like a well-oiled lock‚ Hit the key Under a rusty bucket: To school and work - Over that still too-narrow bridge‚ Around the factory That was always burning down. Back at 5p.m. From the polite hum-drum Of washing clothes And laying sewerage pipes‚ My parents watered Plants - grew potatoes And rows of sweet corn: Tended roses and camellias Like adopted children Home from school earlier I’d ravage
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Peter Skrzynecki - BELONGING Belonging is feeling a sense of acceptance‚ familiarity and unity‚ whether it is in a group of friends‚ family or within the community; however‚ barriers to belonging can exist. Peter Skrzynecki’s poem 10 Mary Street‚ emphasizes belonging to the family. Skrzynecki’s poem St Patrick College‚ depicts alienation in a community. The advertisement‚ Financial Disadvantage is About More Then Just Money‚ by the Smith Family‚ explores the idea of not being able to belonging
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self-entitled album‚ Cooper. In 2008‚ An Horse’s single "Postcards" was featured in a Mercedes-Benz TV advertisement. "Postcards" is about the tumultuous cycles through which relationships travel. The video for "Postcards" starts with the band members of An Horse painting a body shape on a craft table. The band constructs this body – from the vessels up – by hand‚ drawing and painting paper organs‚ bones‚ skin‚ and clothes. "Postcards" was created using the stop-motion technique of filmmaking
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impact on your thinking. - Migrant Hostel - Leaving Home - Feliks Skrzynecki Choices are an un-avoidable fact of human life. Typically‚ a physical journey changes our views‚ challenges our thinking‚ broadens our understanding‚ and through this‚ expands our knowledge of life. Through various literary techniques‚ Peter Skrzynecki successfully portrays all elements of a physical in his poems Migrants Hostel‚ Leaving Home and Feliks Skrzynecki. In today’s society people are not always aware of the consequences
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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‚ stating "I never knew you"‚ and later repeats‚ "I never knew you/ Let me be." The repetition
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change ourselves and adopt the traits of mainstream society in order to belong. As illustrated in Peter Skrzynecki ’s Immigrant Chronicle poetry‚ having a strong sense of self-knowledge & understanding - and a deep connection to one ’s own culture‚ beliefs and values - develops a feeling of belonging to and knowing one ’s self‚ and in turn‚ a strong sense of belonging to humanity. ’Feliks Skrzynecki ’‚ ’St Patrick ’s College ’ and ’10 Mary Street ’ all support this thesis and position the reader to
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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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of belonging as they explore the many aspects‚ including the potential to enrich or challenge a belief. This is reflected through the anthology‚ “Immigrant chronicle” written by the Australian-Polish poet‚ Peter Skrzynecki. Through his knowledge but mainly his own experiences‚ Skrzynecki conveys the difficulties of belonging‚ not belonging and the barriers
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identity‚ but the connections they create with broader communities. Belonging accommodates for shifting attitudes and enlightens new experiences with people and places hence a constantly evolving relationship between ourselves and the world. Feliks Skrzynecki is a poem which examines the consequences of immigration by investigating the psychological and emotional implications it has on belonging. Immigration is a disruptive process which transfers a person from one location to another‚ it can be
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