Fiddler On The Roof By Peter Skrzynecki Analysis
Task 8, ‘BELONGING CAN INVOLVE THE MAKING OF DIFFICULT CHOICES’
John W. foster said that ‘a man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.’ This perception of belonging clearly demonstrates that it is necessary to make difficult decisions to belong. This idea is partially confirmed in the texts I have studied: Immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrynecki, and the novel Fiddler on the Roof by Norman Jewison. These three texts demonstrate that an individual can make difficult choices to not belong as well as belong depending on what they want.
As mentioned above, making difficult choices can also make a person not to belong. This concept is aptly demonstrated in Peter Skrynecki’s poem ‘Postcard’. In this poem, Skrzynecki shows his decisions using a number of figurative devices such as when he speaks to the postcard in an apostrophe, stating "I never knew you", and later repeats, "I never knew you/ Let me be." The repetition …show more content…
Patrick’s College is described as the darkness that prevents Skrzynecki from shining his own “life”. For eight years, he has to put up with all the religion that he can never understand and there’s not even one day that he feels a sense of belonging there. He couldn’t find any sense of belonging in this place and he created his own personality in a different way the school want him to be. His choice of not belonging is shown clearly with the fact that he wants education, not religion.
Contrastingly, In the film, Fiddler on the Roof, a tale centering on the family of Tevye, a Jewish family living in the town of Anatevka, in Tsarist Russia, in 1905. Anatevka is broken into two sections: a small Orthodox Jewish section; and a larger Orthodox Christian section. Tevye notes that, "We don't bother them, and so far, they don't bother us." Throughout the film, Tevye breaks the fourth wall by talking at times, directly to the audience or to the heavens (to God), for the audience's benefit. Much of the story is also told in musical
John W. foster said that ‘a man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.’ This perception of belonging clearly demonstrates that it is necessary to make difficult decisions to belong. This idea is partially confirmed in the texts I have studied: Immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrynecki, and the novel Fiddler on the Roof by Norman Jewison. These three texts demonstrate that an individual can make difficult choices to not belong as well as belong depending on what they want.
As mentioned above, making difficult choices can also make a person not to belong. This concept is aptly demonstrated in Peter Skrynecki’s poem ‘Postcard’. In this poem, Skrzynecki shows his decisions using a number of figurative devices such as when he speaks to the postcard in an apostrophe, stating "I never knew you", and later repeats, "I never knew you/ Let me be." The repetition …show more content…
Patrick’s College is described as the darkness that prevents Skrzynecki from shining his own “life”. For eight years, he has to put up with all the religion that he can never understand and there’s not even one day that he feels a sense of belonging there. He couldn’t find any sense of belonging in this place and he created his own personality in a different way the school want him to be. His choice of not belonging is shown clearly with the fact that he wants education, not religion.
Contrastingly, In the film, Fiddler on the Roof, a tale centering on the family of Tevye, a Jewish family living in the town of Anatevka, in Tsarist Russia, in 1905. Anatevka is broken into two sections: a small Orthodox Jewish section; and a larger Orthodox Christian section. Tevye notes that, "We don't bother them, and so far, they don't bother us." Throughout the film, Tevye breaks the fourth wall by talking at times, directly to the audience or to the heavens (to God), for the audience's benefit. Much of the story is also told in musical