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    In rainbow’s end‚ the author Jane Harrison uses different types of technique to explore the sense of belonging about Aboriginal People. Stage direction is used to show the actors action and reaction. For example‚ in the bank manager’s office‚ through 5 stage directions to show Gladys determined to give her daughter a better life. “Gladys who’s all dressed up” “she pulls out of her bag a special certificate for punctuation” “she stares him down” all her action in response to Bank manager’s concerns

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    Generation. Throughout the song Roach talks repeatedly about the sense of loss and trauma suffered through the immense hardships of being taken from familiar surroundings and placed into a foreign setting. Although the song does not provide grim details of the incredible embarrassment of slave labour‚ Roach strongly focuses on the heartless taking of the children into a surrounding‚ where they could not ask themselves the basic belonging questions such as‚ who am I?‚ What am I worth? And what is my

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    Belonging Speech I want you to do something for me‚ I want you to think of your parents‚ now in the same thought put yourself in the picture. Now think‚ what have you inherited from your parents‚ is it just their physical appearance or is it also their way of thinking. What if I were to tell you‚ that it is something much more‚ that each and every one of us‚ has inherited our parent’s sense of belonging or not belonging‚ and then developed it. Forces both external and internal shape our identity

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    An interesting character in “Yellow Brick Road” by Witi Ihimaera is Matiu‚ a young boy who cares for his family and is very eager to meet with the future. Matiu helps to deliver the idea of going somewhere foreign with great enthusiasm in this story‚ unlike the character Hema from “Big Brother‚ Little Sister.” Hema is also an interesting character as he is protects and cares for the people in his family‚ and instead of purposely harming them when they betray him‚ Hema runs away. Hema and Matiu are

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    needed‚ if there is a lack of understanding then belonging within ceases to exist. Peter Skrzynecki‚ the poet of the anthology Immigrant Chronicle and Robert Zemeckis‚ director of academy award winning film Forrest Gump both look at addressing the importance of belonging and the need for understanding in order to belong. The poem 10 Mary Street by Peter Skrzynecki exemplifies the lack of understanding the persona conveys and the lack of belonging in which is caused through this. This is seen through

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    To what extent is an individual’s sense of belonging determined by external forces? Support your response by close reference‚ to how ideas about belonging are represented in your prescribed text‚ and at least one other related text of your own choosing. As human we all desire the constant necessity to belong; to family‚ cultural and social groups and to places - in particular our homeland. This essential instinct humans hold to belong allows meaningful and enriching connections and relationships

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    ENGLISH ORAL: BELONGING Intro: To belong or not to belong‚ that is the question. Belonging is unavoidable in our lives‚ whether it is the feeling of connection or disconnection to people‚ places‚ groups‚ communities and the larger world. The multifaceted concept of belonging is shaped by personal experience as it can be interpreted in different ways by individuals. Self-acceptance is the start of belonging as it is difficult to establish a sense of inclusion in a world where our perception hinders

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    Area of Study: Belonging AREA OF STUDY: * Explore and examine relationships between language and text and interrelationships among texts. * Synthesize ideas to clarify meaning and develop new meanings. * Take into account context‚ purpose and register‚ text structures‚ stylistic features‚ grammatical features and vocabulary. * Perceptions and ideas of belonging/not belonging. * Personal‚ historical‚ cultural and social contexts. * Connections made with people‚ places‚

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    Belonging is knowing who you are‚ through trials and struggles that you will be familiar with yourself and can understand the reasons for your uniqueness. Belonging is not only about being accepted into a circle‚ but earning that place. Not just a member‚ but a leader. “No man is an island”‚ yet despite the most basic human need to belong‚ many chose to be alone. A sense of belonging is integrated through several different contexts and aspects of each individual’s everyday life. Three texts in which

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    Our wellbeing depends on our secure sense of belonging to a group 一个group里面,有安全感先有幸福。 In this world‚ everyone should be having secure sense of belonging to our own group. When we are born‚ we have already belonged to different groups‚ and in these groups‚ our wellbeing depends on our secure sense of belonging to a group. At school‚ our wellbeing depends on our secure sense of belonging to class. At company‚ our wellbeing depends on our secure sense of belonging to work team. At home‚ our wellbeing

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