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    A perception of belonging is a process that develops over time‚ and can be established when we feel a sense of affiliation towards an environment; whether it is social‚ or physical. This notion is extensively explored in Peter Skrzynecki’s poem ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ from the anthology ‘Immigrant Chronicle’ and in Tim Winton’s – ‘Neighbours.’ Both texts explore the ways individuals achieve a sense of belonging‚ through finding comfort in a social and/or physical environment. Skrzynecki’s poem Feliks

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    Compare and contrast the two poems‚ “Migrant Hostel” and “10 Mary Street” As the hundreds and thousands of migrants arrived into Australia to start their new lives in their new homes‚ most of them experienced the difficulties of belonging while torn between two places. Peter Skrzynecki‚ poet of the Immigrant Chronicle wrote the poems “Migrant Hostel” and “10 Mary Street”‚ which explores his own feelings of belonging‚ place and alienation as he recounts his migration from Germany to Australia. However

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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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    How is the concept of belonging dealt with in the poems Migrant Hostel and 10 Mary Street The concept of belonging is dealt with in the poems Migrant Hostel and 10 Mary Street through constant images throughout the poem created by Skrzynecki. The composer of the poems has decided to portray the way the family feels from when they are moved out of the hostel to when they actually have a home and feel as if they belong to the land where the house is situated. In Migrant Hostel the poem is about 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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    the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition.” ― Jodi Picoult Belonging is the perceptions held by individuals‚ which enables them to be inherently connected and to develop an affinity with themselves as well as an intimate bond with place. I believe I have learnt that belonging is the most basic human desire‚ a part of the human condition. In order to achieve true belonging‚ however‚ many feel the need to belong to a particular place. In Peter Skrzynecki’s

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    Feliks Skrzynecki The issues of acceptance and alienation are crucially present in Peter Skrzynecki’s ’Feliks Skryzynecki’. Although the poem is a tribute to Peter Skrzynecki’s father‚ a range of concepts are also revealed. Through the use of powerful and vivid imagery‚ the poet successfully conveys Feliks as a man who is comfortable‚ content and secure in his own identity. In this poem‚ concepts of belonging and not belonging occur within place‚ family‚ community and culture. The first stanza

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    Migrant Hostel (spatial belonging) – White Ribbon Poem No one kept count of all the comings and goings— arrivals of newcomers in busloads from the station‚ sudden departures from adjoining blocks that left us wondering who would be coming next. Nationalities sought each other out instinctively— like a homing pigeon circling to get its bearings; years and name-places recognised by accents‚ partitioned off at night by memories of hunger and hate. For over two years we loved

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    emphasise the difficulties and/ or benefits of belonging to. The various texts explore the difficulties and inadequent benefits of belonging. The poems “Migrant Hostel” and “St Patrick’s College” by Peter Skrzynecki and the related texts The Ride of Zhu Bao Sheng a short story by Nick Long and the novel Stolen by Lucy Christopher effectively portray that being alienated can be the catalyst for a true sense of not belonging. A sense of not belonging can emerge from the dislocation and displacement

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    Post Card Postcards is a poem‚ the last of the immigrant chronicles‚ written by Peter Skrzynecki. The immigrant Chronicles is a series of poems talking about Skrzynecki’s personal life and experiences of having parents who has emigrated from country under communist influence. This poem specifically talks about a postcard with an image of Warsaw‚ the largest town in Poland‚ printed on the front. It is an emotional poem which trigger different types of reactions at different stages of the poem

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