‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experiences of belonging ’
This statement has two point of views in which that can relate to the novel ‘ The simple Gift’ by Steven Herrick and the poem ‘ Refugees blues’ by WH Auden. In the novel ‘ the simple gift’ conveys in the statement ‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich experiences of belonging’ whereas in the poem ‘ refuges blues’ conveys ‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can limit their experiences of belonging ’.
In the novel ‘the simple gift’ we are able to witness an individual’s (billy) interaction with others and the world around him which enriches their experience of belonging. On page109 “Hobos like us” the title of the poem highlights the shared experience of billy and old bill. …show more content…
We all belonged together as a family, in a loving family relationship with my children. But that was last year, many things change in just one year, even a month.
This year, this Christmas, was not like any other Christmas. In one year, a wife decides to divorce, and children decide to grow up and also believe that belonging to a group of friends, beats belonging to a loving relationship with a family. So I am here alone on a Christmas day, alone, no family, lost the sense of belonging as I tried to contact the whole family to come together on a Christmas day to forgive and forget everything so that we can belong again. Even though I thought I had made peace within a once loved family with belonging. I am still outside the door.
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