Step 1: Generating Ideas * Read Destiny by Shalini Akhil * Answer the following questions: The text a) Who are the characters? b) What is a lungi‚ and what are rotis? c) What do you think is the message of this piece? Yourself d) What did you want to be “when you grew up”? Try to remember a really idealistic dream from when you were quite young. Go back to that memory and write a paragraph describing all the details of that dream: why you wanted it‚ how you imagined yourself to look
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the sense that he chooses to detach himself from both the forest and court. * Essentially‚ he acts on his potential to challenge social normalcy and the status quo by rendering himself devoid of any affiliation to these communities‚ instead belonging to a ‘melancholy of my own.’ In doing so‚ he is minutely fastidious in the way in which he examines and scrutinizes the human condition; thus‚ by challenging these groups and
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video game designer gave a talk through TED talks‚ concerning a very personal time in her life and how she overcame it. McGonigal‚ suffered from a very bad concussion so that for moths of her life she had to stay in bed and was allowed to do almost nothing but sleep and eat. This was a very hard time for McGonigal; she felt useless and even considered suicide. At that point she realized that it was time to change‚ using her love of games‚ she created a game in which the “bad guy” was her illness and her
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waiting mates‚ anticipating the next sets to come through. I finally get out the back of the waves and sit up on my board next to an old veteran male surfer‚ with a long grey beard‚ tanned and wrinkled skin like leather. We started chatting about our love of surfing. Our conversation went from how long he has been out for to his greatest surfing experience and just how much it all means to him. This is what it’s all about to me‚ not only the physical pleasures‚ but the fact that you belong to and
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a strong urge to check their own progress alongside that of another‚ or to stick with those people who‚ for all outward appearances‚ seem to have it all figured out. No wonder they end up questioning who they really are‚ after having spent so much time imitating others. A certain amount of experimentation – with rebellion‚ imitation‚ and changes of image and attitude – is probably necessary before they can form a real sense of what they want and how to go about getting it. Parents who recognize
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The dead-ended street She stood in the middle of the street‚ where the wind washed on the sighing pavement with a hollow sound at midnight. Her empty eyes saw straight through the bleary neon lights flickering on and off the street signs. She looked and saw nothing‚ gulping in cleansing‚ scouring draughts of air. Her hair whipped around her face‚ and the world was reduced to fragments and blurs‚ spots and smudges of something unreal. A train whistled through the air behind her‚ silent as a
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experiences shape an individual’s sense of belonging Belonging means the idea of being part of something where you are accepted without compromise‚ conditions or limitations. Relationships with people around one’s environment and experiences through one’s life have a strong connection to shape an individual’s sense of belonging. The play Rainbow’s End by Jane Harrison demonstrates that relationships and experiences affect individuals to shape their sense of belonging. Relationship between families usually
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Belonging is a perception shaped within personal‚ social‚ cultural and historical context. While to most the concept only includes acceptance and harmony‚ there can be two sides to belonging‚ and Donnie Darko explores this idea through its characters and their context in the film. Donnie Darko is set against the backdrop of the 1988 Bush vs. Dukakis Presidential election; it represents 1980’s conservative America through the last 28 days‚ 6 hours‚ 42 minutes and 12 seconds of Donnie Darko’s life
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bring him to you.” It suddenly struck me while I was making my brother sleep that I had completely forgotten about Fluffy. This hadn’t been the first time since my brother had become a part of my world. I knew that Fluffy must feel alienated. As I walked past Fluffy’s cage I noticed that Fluffy must feel segregated and I felt remorse for the first time. This realisation made me reflect on my past and when Fluffy meant everything to me. I remembered the very first day when we bought Fluffy from a pet
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Belonging is an individual pursuit that is dictated by us and our internal thoughts. It is a mental state that indelibly relates to who we are at any given point in time but also dictates where we are striving to be in the future. Whilst we all desire a smooth pathway to our future sense of belonging we are constantly challenged by the interactions we have with people around us. At times these relationships can inspire us to be more than we thought it possible to be because of the genuine love provided
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