Belonging Speech
English Speech belonging: Significant moments in time shape an understanding of belonging.
HSC students; Belonging is defined as fitting in to a particular environment or having the right personal or social qualities to be a member of a particular group. Our belonging to or connections with people, places, groups and the world at large allows one to develop a distinct identity, characterised by affiliation, acceptance and association. This in turn shapes and develops our understanding of belonging. Steven Herrick’s free verse novel ‘The Simple Gift’ explores this value of events that shape a person’s identity and hence their sense of belonging in their world. However in Shaun Tan’s picture book ‘The Red Tree’ captures a moment in time, a partial fragment of a girl’s life. In a similar way, Russel Drysdale has captured one significant moment in time, in his painting Boy Running, Cooktown. These texts portray that to gain a full understanding of belonging it is essential to experience significant moments in time. Conveying that belonging isn’t easy and that there are times where you may not be accepted, so attitudes to belonging can change over time depending on these experiences.
Specific moments in time, cause people to have an instinctive reaction, this changes a person’s understanding of belonging. Herrick explores belonging as a personally transformative process intrinsically linked to the development of conscience and identity through significant moments in time. In the chapter ‘Champagne Billy’, the protagonist’s understanding of belonging is shaped through several significant moments in time. In running away from home, Billy reveals that the barrier between himself and his father is impenetrable. In ‘sport’ Billy recalls a significant moment which led to the continuation of the deterioration of his relationship with his father. The heartless violence of giving “one hard backhander” to a boy because he accidentally broke a window with his soccer ball
HSC students; Belonging is defined as fitting in to a particular environment or having the right personal or social qualities to be a member of a particular group. Our belonging to or connections with people, places, groups and the world at large allows one to develop a distinct identity, characterised by affiliation, acceptance and association. This in turn shapes and develops our understanding of belonging. Steven Herrick’s free verse novel ‘The Simple Gift’ explores this value of events that shape a person’s identity and hence their sense of belonging in their world. However in Shaun Tan’s picture book ‘The Red Tree’ captures a moment in time, a partial fragment of a girl’s life. In a similar way, Russel Drysdale has captured one significant moment in time, in his painting Boy Running, Cooktown. These texts portray that to gain a full understanding of belonging it is essential to experience significant moments in time. Conveying that belonging isn’t easy and that there are times where you may not be accepted, so attitudes to belonging can change over time depending on these experiences.
Specific moments in time, cause people to have an instinctive reaction, this changes a person’s understanding of belonging. Herrick explores belonging as a personally transformative process intrinsically linked to the development of conscience and identity through significant moments in time. In the chapter ‘Champagne Billy’, the protagonist’s understanding of belonging is shaped through several significant moments in time. In running away from home, Billy reveals that the barrier between himself and his father is impenetrable. In ‘sport’ Billy recalls a significant moment which led to the continuation of the deterioration of his relationship with his father. The heartless violence of giving “one hard backhander” to a boy because he accidentally broke a window with his soccer ball