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    When human beings strive to become a particular person with a specific identity‚ it creates a sense of belonging and self-awareness. The first place where you would find persons searching for their identity is High school. Gravitating towards a specific peer group or clique is what students tend to do. These cliques depended on either extra-curricular activities‚ gender‚ popularity or ethnicity. Everyone wanted to belong somewhere and this caused segregation among fellow students. When I was

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    I Rc Belonging Research commissioned by The Automobile Association July 2007 The Social Issues Research Centre‚ 28 St Clements Street‚ Oxford UK OX4 1AB Tel: +44 1865 262255 Email: group@sirc.org The Belonging research was commissioned by the AA and undertaken in April-May 2007. The members of the Social Issues Research Centre staff responsible for the project were Dr Peter Marsh‚ Simon Bradley‚ Carole Love‚ Patrick Alexander and Roger Norham. Further details of the research can be

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    The concept of Identity is complex through the exploration of relationships and a sense of belonging. This is explored within Tim Winton’s short stories‚ ‘ Neighbours’ and ‘Big World’‚ and in Robert Walker’s poem ‘Okay‚ Let’s be Honest’. Identity can change and evolve depending on belief‚ change‚ language and shifting influences. Tim Winton‚ the composer of ‘Neighbours’ has a perplexed and distressing tone as he suggests to the reader‚ the significance of multiculturalism and diversity within Australia

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    BELONGING / ALIENATION - Two sides of the same coin (duality) Some conceptual dimensions; • choice vs circumstance • change / transition • identity • values • contextual influences Drama 7 mins Exciting • the day i got washed out to sea • getting hit by a car • scoring 12 goals in one football match 7 mins Boring • brushing my teeth every morning • getting locked out after school • looking for food 7 mins Unknown • legs falling asleep while getting a blow job • using

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    Crucible Discussion Notes. One’s belonging will always be entrenched in the ‘belonging’ established by another group; regardless of whether or not you wish to be a part of such a group. That is to say‚ even if it is your aim to find your sense of belonging totally outside of another group‚ the course of action required to achieve this belonging through not belonging will be influenced by the sense of belonging established by the group; in your wish to contrast that belonging. A less convoluted illustration

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    Who I am as cultural being? Culturally‚ I identify myself as Hungarian/American Christian. I am also a first-generation American. It is essential to identify this‚ it relates to my sense of belonging‚ self-perception and ethnicity. All of witch shaped the person I am today. However‚ at some point in time‚ my cultural being has presented confusion for some people‚ (including myself ) as I was born in Romania into Hungarian family‚ raised in Transylvania in a White/Hungarian community. As a result

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    connections often evolve and change‚ affecting the people they are. As individuals gain understanding the connection that they may hold with people or places change‚ this in turn affects their identity and how they relate with other people. As people gain a sense of understanding their feelings of belonging change. Belonging is a vital concept for human interaction and allows people to feel they fit in with groups such as family and friends. This concept is explored within the three texts‚ “Romulus My Father”

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    Belonging is just as much about exclusion as it is about fitting in. Belonging is a concept wholly linked to the morality and social connections one exercises. These factors foster the sentiments of alienation and acceptance hence showing how belonging is just as much about exclusion than fitting in. It is these factors that derive one’s belonging in society and hence some are excluded naturally. This collated idea is portrayed in Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus my father which is supported by George

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    Speech - Belonging Good morning Meagan and fellow classmates. The interactions that individuals have with others and the world around them can be both enriching and limiting to their experience of belonging. Belonging is a major factor contributing to the human condition as it provides social security and acceptance however if an individual decides to limit their interactions‚ this may negatively affect their experience of belonging and may result in complications such as loneliness and hostility

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    world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging.‘ Discuss this with detailed reference to your prescribed text and one other text of your own choosing. An individual’s connection to their family‚ a culture or place can develop a greater understanding of themselves or can act as a barrier to truly belonging. In the novel‚ The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri and Whale Rider‚ a film directed by Niki Caro‚ the barriers to belonging are ---- whether it be self-inflicted alienation or alienation

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