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    Essay- Community and Society Belonging is a paradoxical concept illustrating an individual’s sense of inclusions and exclusion simultaneously. This is evident in Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus My father as the individuals Romulus‚ Raimond and Christine experience the dynamic changes evident in the concept of belong to place‚ society and community. Armin Greder also explores the fluid and dynamic nature of belonging through his picture book ‘The Island’ through the isolation of the protagonist

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    Belonging is a complex perception informed by an individual’s understanding of their own identity‚ and their connections with other people and places. As such it is an intensely personal and subjective concept; Raimond Gaita’s memoir ‘RomulusMy Father’ represents belonging as a perception closely interrelated with one’s identity and wellbeing. Similarly‚ Penn’s 2007 film ‘Into the Wild’ and Judith Wright’s poem ‘Nigger’s Leap‚ New England’ explore the wider significance of belonging on a socio-cultural

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    Benjamin Hoff Discuss this statement‚ focusing on how composers of texts represent the concept of belonging. In your answer‚ refer to your prescribed text (‘Romulus My Father’) and ONE related text of your choosing. You should write no more than 1000 words. Sense of belonging coming from father‚ in father son relationship. This can be seen in both‚ Raimond Gaita’s elegiac memoir‚ ‘RomulusMy Father’ and Gabriele Muccino’s 2006 film‚ ‘the pursuit of happyness’. Both texts demonstrate the relationship

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    world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belongingBelonging is a concept universal to humans and is essential aspect of people’s lives. An individuals experience of belong could be both enriched and limited from their interaction with the world around them. The memoir RomulusMy Father‚ written by Raimond Gaita and the graphic novel by Shaun Tan‚ The Arrival both incorporate prominent aspects of the concept of belonging. Through their representation of various elements in the

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    individual’s sense of belonging? Belonging is a concept of fitting in to a group‚ place or team. Belonging to place‚ identity‚ relationships and barriers are significant influences impacting on belonging in both the memoir RomulusMy father and a similar text in the poem Katrina by Bruce Dawe. The prescribed and related texts effectively demonstrate the importance of how integral a sense of belonging is to human existence and the impact it can have on one’s life. Belonging to place is a theme

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    Finding a state of belonging involves intense internal struggle Through a consideration of this statement‚ consider the representation of belonging in your core text and at least one related text of your choosing It is true that for an individual trying to belong‚ an internal struggle must be overcome in order to find a true state of belonging. This internal struggle‚ an individual may endure involves barriers that are needed to be overcome in order to feel included‚ as if these barriers are

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    Belonging is the connection and understanding an individual feels with a group‚ object‚ or activity. An individual must have belonging to feel a true‚ deep happiness with oneself and one’s surroundings. The consequences of not belonging or alienation for extended periods of time can have severe psychological and emotional consequences. Scientists say that it is in the human need to belong. Naturally‚ belonging is something that all people strive to achieve. Belonging can change over time in one of

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    society. A sense of belonging is driven by both the external and internal factors that exist around them. Raimond Gaita’s biographical memoir RomulusMy Father and Margaret Atwood’s poem “Further Arrivals” clearly demonstrate similar concepts of how a person’s sense of belonging may differ. Both texts construct related understanding of the harsh experience of migration to Australia‚ the struggle to find their own identity and pursuit to find their home‚ wherever that may be. Belonging to the people around

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    creation of a sense of belonging. ‘Understanding nourishes belonging…a lack of understanding prevents it.’ Demonstrate how your prescribed text & one other related text of your own choosing represent this interpretation of belonging. At the very heart of relationships lies a struggle to accept individuals as human beings‚ in order to connect with them. This is the journey undertaken by the protagonists of the memoir ‘RomulusMy Father’ (1998‚ Raimond Gaita)‚ the poem ‘My father began as a god’ (Ian

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    towards a sense of Belonging‚ a process that incites the creation‚ or deterioration of a sense of personal and cultural identification. The memoir‚ RomulusMy Father‚ by Raimond Gaita; John Guare’s play‚ Six Degrees of Separation; and Tim Winton’s short story‚ Big World‚ from the collection‚ The Turning‚ explore the concept that Belonging is the driving force for the human condition. Each composer represents their varied perceptions of belonging in their texts‚ conveying that Belonging as a fundamental

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