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    Peter Skryznecki’s poem “Feliks Skryznecki” and Tom McCarthy’s film “The Visitor” are two texts which explore these ideas. The composers of the text use techniques such as contrasting imagery to convey both these ideas. Through studying these two texts my understanding of the concept of belonging has widened‚ as I have come to recognise and understand of how and what shapes and enhances one’s sense of belonging. Tom McCarthy’s film ’The Visitor’ explores the issues relating to identity‚ belonging

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    Aforementioned notions are clearly exemplified in Raimond Gaita’s memoir‚ Romulus‚ My Father (RMF)‚ and Shaun Tan’s picture book‚ The Lost Thing (TLT). One’s sense of acceptance is determined by their strength of character. Through RMF‚ Gaita recounts his family’s struggle to adapt to new life as immigrants to post World War II Australia. Romulus’ “strength of character” is established by the high modality‚ “my father valued truthfulness above most things”‚ allowing him to form a “lifelong friendship”

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    In my father was a writer memoir‚ Andre Dubus III was young when events in his life starts to mold him. Starting early moving to different places having three other siblings and one parent that was a captain in the military. At the time his father was depressed and didn’t enjoy being a captain in the military in Andre’s eyes. After Andre granddad passed away it was an instant change in the family. Andre dad retired from being a commander in the marines. In Andre’s eyes‚ his daddy became happier‚

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    somewhere between these extremities. Raimond Gaita’s “Romulus‚ My Father‚” a story about a struggle to belong to family and culture‚ and Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands‚” a story of an outcast‚ who fails to conform to a community‚ incorporate distinctive techniques and devices to thoroughly present the idea of belonging. There is a great significance in belonging to yourself‚ your name‚ honour and reputation. In Gaita’s “Romulus‚ My Father” Raimond and Romulus are mentally and physically imprisoned

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    course of our relationship. The disconnection with my father was not of his own volition‚ but rather a natural decline due to his situation. My father‚ John had once been a man I admired‚ because of his strong dedication to establishing a healthy home for my mother my sister and me. He was once a tall strong man with a muscular build‚ additionally he also cared deeply for our family and would do anything he could to make me and my sister happy. My father would frequently take us on sojourns throughout

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    acceptance and self-worth. This is explored in the two texts I have studied – the memoir‚ “Romulus‚ My Father” by Raimond Gaita and the MMORPG “World of Warcraft” by Blizzard Entertainment. Both of these texts explore how culture‚ gender‚ race and tradition can all create barriers to belonging. Barriers to belonging can be broken down as fast as they are put up. In the memoir “Romulus‚ My Father”‚ this idea is explored throughout the book. For example‚ in the second chapter when Romulus is sent

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    Losing Iraq January 15‚ 2014 · http://warontherocks.com/2014/01/losing-iraq/ It was inevitable—not that the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS‚ formerly al-Qaeda in Iraq) would eventually exploit the ever-deteriorating political situation to re-establish control over Fallujah and Ramadi‚ but that here in the U.S. the finger pointing and blame game over “who lost Iraq” would eventually begin. But‚ while the recent events in Anbar province might have triggered the finger pointing‚ both the security

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    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 orwell’s 1984. Both texts emphasise the conundrum of belonging and how exclusion can be present with belonging as well as having the ability to fit in. Gaita expresses the irony of belonging in his memoir Romulus my father exposing how morality has an influencing factor in one’s belonging. Furthermore‚ Romulus’ nationalism for Romania is significant

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    To belong is something deep comples and one can look at the notion of belonging in many ways and my texts have gained me vast insights into the concepts of belonging such as self belonging‚ belonging to community and the power of belongin to somehting “The crucible” a play written by Arthur miller‚ “The Bra Boy’s” a film biography about the lives of the bra boys surf tribe directed and written by Sunny Abberton and the song “Found” written and performed by the band “Horrorshow” Through the use

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    as related texts for belonging - mina mirzakhani 1) Name of Source – Wild Child (2008 film) Name of Composer – Nick Moore Brief Synopsis - In a wild prank with her friends‚ Poppy Moore ruins all her father’s girlfriend’s belongings. When her father angrily arrives‚ he tells her that he is sending her to boarding school in England. How it relates to Belonging – Poppy doesn’t belong in her normal affluent teenage life in California and gets sent to a posh all girls school in England‚ which is

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