Shaun Tan Red Tree Belonging Analysis

English speech on belonging
Everyone has a unique sense of belonging and identity. Our sense of identity is shaped within personal, cultural, historical context over a long period of time. That’s why we prefer our own identity over anyone else’s. We reject a forced identity and take risks to find the place where we truly belong. We engage with the world in search for a better understanding of our true identity.
Good morning teachers and fellow students, it is an honour to stand before you toady to talk about why I think belonging is important. In my studies of English, I have found the area of study ‘belonging’ very helpful because it make us understand more about acceptance, know where we belong to. I will explaining the importance of belonging through an explanation of the following text ‘red tree’ and ‘who are my people’. I will also be sharing my experiences of belonging with you show you why I strongly believe belonging is important.
The protagonist of ‘Nobody understands’ feels that nobody in her world cares about her, she does not feel connected. The dominant image-the girl placed in the bottle with a helmet on her head. The bottle symbolizes prison, barrier. She made for herself. And the colour- dark shading and tone is used to communicate her emotion. But the vector lines- horizontal lines lead readers to the barren land scape motif of red leaf is symbolizes hope, her back is towards the red leaf. She just need walk out from her worlds. Then she can find who is her belong to, still has some people care her. At the end of the text ‘red tree’, she get in her room, and she fined the whole big ‘red tree’. Now she understand where is her place, where is her belong to. She is no