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    SIGNIFICANT FACTORS THAT SHAPE IDENTITIES The most significant factors that shaped identities in "RomulusMy Father" were cultural heritage and connections between individuals. The memoir paints a picture of a true community where every individual is totally accepted no matter their colour‚ creed mental stability or lack thereof is only possible where each individual is true to themselves‚ "especially as being truthful about one’s identity" to each other‚ arising from social‚ cultural‚ political

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    RomulusMy Father Notes * Tone of book: Honest‚ blatant * Forged sense of identity; violence‚ work‚ independence‚ sacrifices everything for Raimond‚ religion‚ no geographical belonging. * Evocative – unsentimental. * Written in hindsight. Chronological. Quotes * “My fatherRomulus Gaita‚ always considered himself a Romanian” p.2. * “His face was as open as his character” p.6. Repeated throughout the novel. Very important. Morality‚ values‚ core. * “He felt strongly

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    fuelled by our innate desire to achieve a sense of acceptance and belonging. Belonging doesn’t just happen; it involves many factors and experiences in order to feel that you truly belong. Feeling a sense of inclusion can enrich our identity and relationships and can lead to acceptance and understanding. In order to understand who we are we need to belong and this is effectively represented in Raimond Gaita’s memoir ‘Romulus My Father‚’ Shaun Tan’s ‘The Lost Thing’ and JD Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in

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    In the text Romulus my father‚ written by Raimond Gaita‚ the main character of Romulus’s life is marked by suffering. Gaita who is the son of Romulus‚ includes plenty personal and descriptive accounts of his father Romulus. Many of these accounts involve examples of how Romulus life was marked by suffering. Such suffering occurred throughout Romulus life by having to move away from his homeland to Australia‚ being denied his love for education‚ having to work his hands to the bone in order to scrape

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    Australian landscape.’ Discuss the ways Raimond Gaita explores these experiences in RomulusMy Father and how they’re explored in ONE other related text of your own choosing. Many immigrants describe their initial experience of Australia to be one of struggles and displacement. This is likely due to a lack of attachment to the rugged Australian landscape and unfamiliar people. Raimond Gaita in his memoir RomulusMy Father‚ and Sobonfu Some in his short story A Place to Belong both explore the immigrant

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    fairness‚ this perspective allows the reader to see the injustices and faults of society at the time. In many ways‚ To Kill a Mockingbird can be easily compared to the novel RomulusMy Father as they both have the common theme of belonging. The characters in both novels both exemplify and explore various aspects of belonging‚ such as the barriers which can lead to exclusion‚ relationships‚ social hierarchy‚ a sense of community‚ racial prejudice ‚ the importance of family and those who do not belong

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    concept of belonging it is often quite difficult to develop and state a comprehensive overview of this wide-ranging human need; in which the rules of society have a bearing on an individual’s potential to belong. Belonging is found in different forms‚ belonging to place‚ people‚ self and time. In a social context of fear‚ the strength of personal conscience and the human spirit will be tested‚ and often appearance of public belonging is a mask covering the private desire to reject belonging. These ideas

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    of belonging is vital to the well being and self esteem of the individual‚ but a lack of connection‚ or rejection can cause instability and other negative repercussions” Senses of belonging evolve from the connections made with entities such as people‚ places and communities. The feeling of connection or relation with these entities is formed from the perception of oneself and the perception of these entities as shaped by historical cultural‚ social‚ and personal context. Romulus my father as a

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    Character Study * Romulus Romulus achieves a sense of belonging to his community through work. It is clear that Romulus feels the way to belong to a community is through hard work and through proving his ‘worth’ to that community. 1950s rural Australia tolerated immigrants‚ however rarely accepted them as individuals and respect usually had to be earned. This understanding of belonging develops Romulus a ‘reputation’ in his community; “his work became admired and his business prospered” (ch

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    told the story of his father and his various relationships with the land and the people he interacted with. Similar to Gaita‚ Maria Dell’oso has also written a reflective piece that features anecdotes of her family in different time periods and she has shown the change in their sense of belonging over time also. Both texts share the migrant experience and the hardships that European migrants would have to deal with when they first arrived in a foreign land. In Romulus my father we are repeatedly forced

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