Due Thursday 28th- 1000 words Social and personal factors in one’s life influence and change our own sense of belonging. Peter Skrzynecki in his suite of poems “Immigrant Chronicle” and J.R.R Tolkien in his 1937 fictional novel “The Hobbit” both explore how social and personal factors influence an understanding of acceptance and belonging in their respective texts. Both Peter (being the persona) and Bilbo question in what social and personal situation can we belong. Skrzynecki uses the displacement
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Lakshmi turned to him. “Who is Peter Bascombe?” “He’s the person who told Lord Huntley about us. Last time he came‚ he brought a letter of introduction from Mr. Bascombe. Apparently‚ they went to school together and have known each other since they were young.” “What has his childhood friend got to do with us?” “Mr. Bascombe is the representative from the East India Company Baba works with. They know each other quite well. It’s why Lord Huntley came here to us to buy his merchandise rather than
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In the book‚ Lizzie and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt‚ Willis and Turner don’t get along very well‚ but as Mrs. Elia Hurd gets moved into the house for the feeble minded‚ they find a friendship. Willis and Turner start to connect because they both like Mrs. Hurd‚ they both like Baseball and they both want to be special and set aside from the normal. Baseball was very popular back then and it was a way to show who how cool you are‚ When Turner moved to Phippsburg‚ he didn’t make quite an
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Peter Paul Rubens was the painter of the first part of the Seventeenth Century in Catholic Europe. How he became so is an interesting story. Rubens was educated to be a humanist but like all great artists choose his profession for himself. The combination of first rate classical education with innate visual genius made for an unprecedented combination in an artist‚ which is what made him so great. It has been said that no artist has ever been as well educated as Rubens. After training with
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The Maestro‚ by Peter Goldsworthy The novel Maestro‚ by Peter Goldsworthy is a beautifully crafted novel dealing with the tragic gulf between talent and genius‚ between the real and the spurious. Good literature‚ however‚ is often judged not only by what is written‚ but also the way it is written. Reflecting this criteria‚ Maestro is well written‚ perfectly contrasted and thus an excellent example of a good piece of literature. Goldsworthy has achieved this thorough his character development‚ utilization
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struggled‚ she never let her disability affect her quality of life. In fact‚ she thought that it allowed her to see things and experience things in a much different way. Almost as if she was more appreciative and grateful than the average person. Peter Singer‚ although controversial‚ seems to have a way with words that Johnson takes a liking to. Though she does not support his philosophy‚ she understands some of his work. What’s difficult for most to comprehend is that although Singer’s philosophy
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Belonging Peter Skrzynecki’s poems explore the experiences of migrant families who grapple with what it means to belong in a foreign country. Having left the familiarity of their home‚ they encounter barriers that hold them back from fitting in such as language barriers and the different cultural practices and beliefs. During the poetry‚ Skrzynecki talks about how as a younger migrant he was able to move past the barriers but he felt like he was alienated from his Polish heritage‚ ancestors and
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sense of belonging can be created from the connections people make throughout their lives. Belonging can also allow for people to form positive connections; however there are also many barriers to belonging. Some of these barriers are explored in peter Skrzynecki’s poem “Ancestors”. The poem shows Skrzynecki’s failure to comprehend his own cultural identity. Skrzynecki uses the idea of ancestors and ghosts to show familial‚ cultural and historical belonging. In “Ancestors” the narrator experiences
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connections people make within their world. Belonging can cause individuals to form positive connections with many aspects of our world‚ but in accordance with this there are many barriers to belonging‚ seen through the poem ‘Ancestors’ which shows Peter Skrzynecki’s failure to comprehend his cultural identity. Neglecting the commitment of one’s cultural identity forfeits one’s ability to accept themselves and thus belong in themselves. The protagonist in ‘Ancestors’ experiences confusion as he has
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You’ve looked at a few things that present Peter Singer’s argument against the way we use animals for food and other products. Pretend that you’re talking to a friend and they ask you why Singer thinks it’s wrong to eat a cheeseburger. Explain his argument (or what you take to be the core of his argument). Remember‚ you’re trying to explain this to someone who isn’t familiar with Singer. And‚ what you’re trying to explain is not just *what* he thinks‚ but why he thinks it. If I were explaining to
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