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    Comparing Two Poems

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    ideas of acceptance and alienation are explored in the poems Feliks Skrzynecki and Postcard‚ and Randa Abedel-Fattah’s feature article Prejudice is alive and well in the legal

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    distort the barriers can affect the way one belongs to people‚ places‚ groups or the larger world. Peter Skryznecki’s persistent desire to connect/belong to his cultural heritage is carried forth in various poems‚ such as Feliks Skryznecki and Postcard. Cultural barriers determine whether the composer/responder is able to belong‚ and shows the ways in which he attempts to belong. The continual desire to belong to a social group and the want to mature is defined through the film Mean Girls by Mark

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    A major event that occurred in the wake of the Cold War was the mass migrations of many Vietnamese people to Australia. According to Ashley Carruthers (2008)‚ the only Vietnamese to previously arrive in Australia were generally tertiary students‚ wives of Australian soldiers or orphans from the war. Following the 1975 surrender of South Vietnam however‚ the Vietnamese were forced to flee their homes in a desperate attempt to escape the newly-communist rule of the North. Due to the economic prosperity

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    IV. Labour Processes Tirupur garments cluster employs large number of workers who migrate from 18 southern districts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In the recent past workers from other parts of India‚ viz. U.P. Bihar‚ Orissa‚ Manipur‚ Nagaland and also from Nepal used to come and work in Tirupur. Women workers are employed in large numbers in exporting units involving them in stitching‚ folding‚ checking and packaging jobs. In the knitting and embroidery workshops the share of female workers is

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    handicapped Tick √ Yes No If‚ yes then attach appropriate certificate issued by the competent authority Are you a Resident of J & K? Tick Yes No √ If‚ yes then attach appropriate certificate issued by the competent authority. Are you a Kashmiri Migrant? Tick Yes No √ 15. If‚ yes then attach appropriate certificate issued by the competent authority. 16. Academic Qualifications Examination School/College Board Subject Year of Passed Passing (Class 10th Onwards) Percentage of Marks Last academic

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    Peter Sckerznki Summary

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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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    and the connections that we have with various individuals‚ groups and places. However‚ acceptance and belonging is not always reached. This idea of self-discovery and belonging is presented in various ways in the poems‚ ‘St Patrick’s College’ and ‘Postcard’ by Peter Skrzynecki and the visual text featuring a girl celebrating her 10th birthday. Despite our individual identities‚ everyone requires the sense of connection‚ and by being an accepted member of a group makes us feel as if we are an important

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    will understanding their thought and support them‚ which is in this case‚ the aboriginal kid is being accepted by her as her children in the white man society. Here we can see the connection between the experiences of Peter Skrzynecki in “Migrant Hostel” and in Australian‚ both of them experience a lack of belonging to a place because of the lack of understanding to the place. However‚ in Australia‚ Sarah Ashley has successfully understand and accept the Aboriginal culture then finally she is

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    shows resentment‚ dissatisfaction and alienation‚ “Watched me pegging my tents further and further south of Hadrians Wall”‚ Hadrians Wall used as a symbol comparing the differences of his culture and heritage with his father. Likewise the poem ’Migrant hostel’ was written in Parkes‚ 1949-51‚ which happened to be during the time of ‘White Australia’ policy. The fact Skrzynecki wrote this poem in ‘Parkes’ he was only further alienating him from where he is and it creates a barrier to society which can

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    BELONGING SPEECH Belonging is a part of life that every individual consciously and subconsciously searches for. What does the term ‘belonging’ mean to you. Is it the feelings of acceptance and understanding through the connections that we make to people‚ places and groups or is just plain old human instinct an inner drive A need that is imprinted into the genetics of people. As an individual we must strive to establish connections that allow us to actualize a sense of belonging. Today I aim to

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