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    are heavily articulated within Skrzynecki’s poem Migrant Hostel‚ and 10 Marry Street. Congruently‚ both texts explore the aforementioned understanding of belonging in a personal voice through the textually dynamic medium of poetry. Migrant hostel‚ is a moving account of the experiences of migrants living in an overly-crowded hostel‚ it depicts the strain and sense of imprisonment in the new Country that awaits immigrants beyond the hostel. Throughout the entirety of the poem Skrynzecki

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    concept through the analysis of the following texts: Migrant Hostel‚ Feliks Skrzynecki written by Peter Skrzynecki in the Immigrant chronicle and the TWO other related texts “Skins” directed by Anthony Fabian and the documentary “Bully” directed by Lee Hirsch. All four texts explore modes of belonging‚ not belonging and the statement above. The first text‚ Migrant Hostel‚ is a reflective poem about Peter Skrzynecki’s experience in a migrant hostel in Parkes‚ Western Australia. Skrzynecki describes

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    Peter Skrzynecki’s ’Migrant Hostel’‚ Parkes 1949 - 1951‚ illustrates how in the initial stages of belonging‚ people feel insecure‚ experience doubt and fear and search for friendships to establish a sense of security. The poem is in 4 stanzas and each stanza is more than 6 lines long. Each stanza is one sentence and several ideas are brought out within each sentence. This syntax visually shows how doubtful and tentative the migrants were when they came to Australia. Australia was supposed to be

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    individual the sense of acceptance or isolation for themselves and their surroundings • Name texts: o Migrant hostel‚ 10 Mary Street‚ St. Pats college‚ from PS Immigrant chronicle o LFA ‚ Melina Marchetta Paragraph One – Migrant Hostel • Topic sentence – link to Migrant Hostel • Technique‚ example‚ effect • The poem describes the pessimistic experiences of the author and others in the Migrant hostel in Parkes • Quotes: o ‘constant comings and goings’ – unpleasant situation‚ characterises mood of

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    PRESCRIBED TEXT: Skrzynecki‚ Peter – The Immigrant Chronicle Chosen Poems: -Migrant Hostel -Postcard “Belonging is essential for human fulfillment” When somebody belongs they usually feel accepted and comfortable‚ yet when somebody does not belong‚ feelings of detachment and disorientation can be seen‚ so surely belonging is essential for human fulfillment. Peter Skrzynecki’s poems Migrant Hostel and Postcard show the fulfillment of belonging but mainly of not belonging‚ being disoriented

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    The poem ‘Migrant Hostel’ shows feelings of confusion and loss for the persona‚ and how they feel no sense of place or belonging‚ due to the interactions with society and how the society doesn’t want the migrants to be a part of their community. The poem reveals a historical fact through the date and place name‚ this shows that this poem is personal and establishes the reality of this experience. The transient nature shown through the poem is represented by the description in the first stanza‚ ‘comings

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    Skrzynecki’s poems such as; ‘Migrant Hostel’ and ‘St. Patrick’s College’

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    of Peter Skrzynecki’s Poems‚ Migrant Hostel and 10 Mary Street and also in the 1997 film ‘Titanic’. In Peter Skrzynecki’s Migrant Hostel‚ he talks about the 2 years of his life that he and most of his family lived in a Migrant hostel in Parkes after coming to Australia after World War 2 from Poland and leaving most of his family and polish heritage behind. This poem gives the responder a sense of confusion about whether he belongs or not to this migrant hostel. Skrzynecki creates this confusion

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    Compare and contrast the two poems‚ “Migrant Hostel” and “10 Mary Street” As the hundreds and thousands of migrants arrived into Australia to start their new lives in their new homes‚ most of them experienced the difficulties of belonging while torn between two places. Peter Skrzynecki‚ poet of the Immigrant Chronicle wrote the poems “Migrant Hostel” and “10 Mary Street”‚ which explores his own feelings of belonging‚ place and alienation as he recounts his migration from Germany to Australia. However

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    with in the poems Migrant Hostel and 10 Mary Street The concept of belonging is dealt with in the poems Migrant Hostel and 10 Mary Street through constant images throughout the poem created by Skrzynecki. The composer of the poems has decided to portray the way the family feels from when they are moved out of the hostel to when they actually have a home and feel as if they belong to the land where the house is situated. In Migrant Hostel the poem is about the experiences of migrants when they first

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