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A Sense Of Belonging In Skrzynecki's 10 Mary Street
When each individual understand the force that drives us to be connected with another, we discover the feeling that we never thought of. Being in a sense of belonging, we discover and understand emotions, empathy and bearing down responsibilities as well respect.

For some people, belonging can be establish through actions and hard work overtime but it seems to be difficult to maintain due to obstacles preventing to accept what is in front of them and relationship. In one of Skrzynecki's poem ‘ 10 Mary Street’ it displays the individual's daily life of him trying to connect to the world. He had shown the connection of feeling belonged through this quote “Tended roses and camellias , Like adopted children” by using his garden it reinforce

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