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    Some people will go to extraordinary lengths to achieve a sense of belonging; whether it to be a group‚ culture or city‚ some people will try anything. Techniques such as stage directions‚ hamartia‚ and dialogue are used in the set text Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” to display belonging and not belonging. Other techniques such as symbolism and camera shot are used to exhibit belonging and not belonging in the supplementary text Your Favorite Martian’s “Zombie Love Song” film clip. In Arthur Miller’s

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    Short Story Screaming in pain‚ Rebecca was about to give birth to her first baby. She was forced to have a homebirth as there were no hospitals around for miles. Her shrieks of pain had woken everyone in the neighbourhood‚ many came up to the house to get a glimpse of the situation. One of Rebecca’s friends‚ Rick‚ had rushed into the house in a matter of minutes after he heard the screaming. Rick stayed with Rebecca for several hours that followed to comfort her as best he could. His best attempts

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    “Discovering our identity is a challenging journey.” Humanity is born lost. It is only through embarking on a lifelong journey do we even begin to unfurl our identity. As Socrates once said‚ “the unexamined life is a life not worth living.” Without this journey towards self-discovery our time will leave us feeling hollow and unsatisfied. The human race faces many challenging experiences from absent parents‚ to the media’s perception of what we should or could be. Each challenge along with our role

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    Nerves and freshly straightened hair‚ I walk into the first house party I have ever been too. House music blaring‚ the haze of cigarette smoke and the scent of cheap wine and bear entice me into an epitome of teenage angst. Hormones are raging at the same pace as the fierce bass notes dropping. God help me. It’s a pale autumn morning and my mum and I awoke to the prize of empty bottles scattered across the kitchen. A small pool of stale leftovers of my father’s evening gathers at the bottom of the

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    A family as dysfunctional as ours‚ you must understand why being so different is so hard. Having a twin brother who is the perception of a golden child‚ and a sister‚ who is probably going to be the next Miss America‚ really makes you stand out as the ‘other’ sibling. I obviously lack the physical genetics which my brother and sister gained to my disadvantage. Being in my family is hard; not knowing which snide remark would come next towards my supposed unworthiness to sit at golden table for dinner

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    Bright‚ blood red colours saturated the makeshift tent‚ signalling the arrival of a new year. Red papers rustled in the breeze. Inscribed on them were golden characters each indicating happiness‚ health and prosperity. Red flowers bloomed in their various places around the tent. Bodies piled in ecstatically‚ one after another‚ sniffing‚ as they entered‚ the heavenly aroma of the vast array of foods present. Greetings were exchanged. So was money‚ which remained silent in the red packets they were

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    Strange is the fact that we insistently look for things that unite us‚ that are common. But we are so similar! And at the same time absolutely different. Maybe‚ that’s one of the paradoxes in human life. Close‚ and yet‚ in continuous feverish search for facts that confirm this closeness. It’s striking how strong this aspiration of man for company‚ for union and oneness is‚ how permanent is our instinct for escape from loneliness. On this very need‚ the need to belong‚ is based society. Everyone has

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    The Black Death‚ or Black Plague‚ was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s‚ where it received its name Black Death. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic are estimated at least 75 million people. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between a third and two-thirds of Europe’s population. The Black Death had a drastic effect on Europe’s population‚ irrevocably changing Europe’s social structure

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    ENGLISH ADVANCED BELONGING ESSAY An individual’s sense of belonging can be shaped by numerous elements of their interactions with other people and places. To obtain a true sense of belonging‚ these elements must work to support and accept the individual in their discovery of a fulfilled and contented existence. These essential concepts of belonging are displayed within William Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It‚ Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A.B. Patterson’s poem Clancy

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    Area of study -Belonging - Experiences/events - Places - People/relationships/others - Self identity; ideas/perceptions - The wider world (e.g. community‚ context of texts) Synonyms and antonyms for belonging and not belonging Synonyms: Belonging: - Integrated - Accepted - Unified - Included - Relating - Fitting in - Conformity - Not-Belonging: - Ostracized - Exclusion - Excommunicated - Alienated - Emancipated - Segregated - Exiled - Isolated - Antonyms:

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