Firstly, in Felix Skrzynecki the father figure is describe as a self sufficient person "my gentle father/the joneses of his own minds making" this can be back up later as we learn he has made no attempt to learn he has made no attempt to learn English. "He swept in its path 10 times around the world" Felix pride of his home and the attachment that is portrayed. The house belong to him.
"Remnants of a language i inherited unknowingly" this is a representation his cultural background which he has always felt a bitterness of not fully belonging. The poem also shows the father and son relationship growing apart …show more content…
Peter gives a strong sense of belonging through the garden and house. The concept of time is constantly reminded in the poem as the repetitions of the phrase "nineteen years" which signifies Peter time spent in 10 Mary street. It also show an lengthy attachment Peter has with the home. "Tender rose and camellias liked adopted children" show the strong sense of the belong from the parents through belonging to the garden and the innocence care they treat it with to the garden and the innocence care they treat it with through "tender" and "adopt". The personification "china blue coat" give the house a sense of security and warmth which signifies the significance of their belonging "the inherits key /that'll open no house/when this one is pulled down" shows that Peter's inherited his parent past but does not understand the meaning and cannot related to himself. People shows that now he will find it hard to belong to his heritage as he finds new belonging in