rift between father and son. The rhetorical question asking if his “father” ever attempted “to learn English?” combined with the metaphor describing the ‘clerk’ asking in “dancing bear grunts” reveals lack of empathy‚ as well as hostility between Feliks’ and his immediate culture‚ a product of his reluctance to assimilate. This separation is reinforced by the metaphorical‚
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home. To Peter‚ a child himself‚ the garden is a source of nourishment‚ and he ravages it “like a hungry bird”‚ eating from its fruit until he is “bursting at the seams”; a colloquial term that reinforces the sense of change and assimilation. Skrzynecki creates a contrast between the ‘inside’ and the ‘outside’ of the family home and garden; where the ‘inside’ demonstrates warmth and security‚ particularly through the use of positive natural descriptions of the garden. The house‚ with “its china-blue
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Write a paragraph about ‘St Patrick’s College’ and belonging say what it says about belonging and the language feature used The poem ‘St Patrick’s College’ by Peter Skrzynecki describes his school years at the Catholic college in Edgar Street Strathfield. This is an important part of Peter Skrzynecki’s life‚ a time when he was trying to fit in‚ to assimilate‚ to belong. Double use of the possessive in the first line ‘impressed by the uniforms of her employer’s sons mother enrolled me at St Pat’s’
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2011 HSC TRIAL EXAMINATION PAPER English (ESL) Paper 1 — Language Study within an Area of Study Total Marks - 45 Section I • • • Pages 2–4 General Instructions Reading Time – 10 minutes Working Time – 1 ½ hours Write using black or blue pen 25 marks • Attempt Question 1 • Allow about 50 minutes for this section Section II Pages 5–6 20 marks • Attempt Question 2 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section THIS PAPER CANNOT BE RELEASED IN PUBLIC UNTIL AFTER 26TH AUGUST 2011 This paper
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their feelings‚ through confusion of being given a new start‚ in a new country. A country where the language barrier between a migrant and a native‚ make this challenge even more taunting. The poem ‘Immigrants at central station’ written by Peter Skrzynecki expresses that migrants are invisible in the representation of Australia. The poet sets a dark and gloomy scene‚ with many immigrants waiting to begin
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highlights the persona’s disrespect for the school and his lack of immediate adoption of the school’s ideals. Thus‚ the persona is alienated and a sense of acceptance is not developed within the institution. Through the simile ‘like a foreign tourist’‚ Skrzynecki portrays the persona’s disaffection for the school. The diction ‘tourist’ suggests that the persona is an outsider and a connection to place has not yet been developed. This idea is further reinforced by the repetition of ‘8 years’ which emphasises
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simile “Like adopted children” conveys to the audience the care the family has for their possessions; the care and love the family has towards their garden allow Peter to feel a sense of togetherness and cohesion within his family. Also‚ in the poem‚ Skrzynecki introduces the motif of the key to symbolize the composer’s close relationship with
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reflects especially‚ towards the emotional trauma that is associated with immigrating to another country. Skrzynecki’s use of rubric as the focus‚ turns towards the “shirtless...Barefooted” people on the ship as he evokes a sense of severe poverty. Skrzynecki also quotes‚ “sunken eyes” and “Red banners” which is associated with their past sufferings that they have encountered during the war. However their suffering has been eased by the calmness of the Red Sea. “Crossing the Red Sea” is similar to “The
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Poem Section A (1) The poems “Migrant hostel” and “10 Mary St” both written by Peter Skrzynecki contain elements of belonging to people and places through techniques used by peter within these poems. “For nineteen years” the family owned their home‚ their place of belonging that within only 4 years of hard work they paid it off and made it their own. The house was unsold until the parents died‚ so the long “nineteen years” at their home was demonstrates how much it meant to the family as it
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and tries to ask who’s going to do his job‚ make the gravy‚ at the family Christmas get together. In Peter Skrzynecki’s “St Patrick’s College”‚ the author reveals how he did not have a sense of place in his schooling life and he did not belong. Skrzynecki describes how he felt the school was a waste of “eight years” of his life through the repetition of “For eight years”. He also in the whole history of those “eight years” never talks about a friend‚ a necessity to belong. He describes how they all
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