How is belonging represented in “migrant hostel”? - Amanda Weekes Belonging is a sense of enlightenment felt when an individual gains an understanding of themselves in relation to others and the wider world. The poem “migrant hostel”‚ written by Peter Shkrzynecki looks at the way in which someone is able to belong to the people in a place without feeling a connection to the place itself. This poem explores both belonging and barriers to belonging through the use of language techniques. These techniques
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Peter Skrzynecki is of Polish/Ukrainian background and was born in 1945‚ in Germany‚ shortly before the end of World War II. He emigrated to Australia in 1949 with his parents. Most of Skrzynecki’s poems are about his life and the change that he has experienced from moving to a different country. In 1951 the family moved to Sydney‚ to the working-class suburb of Regents Park‚ where a home had been purchased at 10 Mary Street. The poem “10 Mary Street” represents change as it shows the comparison
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Feliks Skrzynecki‚ composed by Peter Skrzynecki‚ is an affectionate‚ yet puzzled poem of the persona’s father‚ as seen through the eyes of the composer. The first stanza beings with the line‚ ‘My gentle father’ showing the reader that not only does this show some sort of affection and admiration the composer had for his father‚ but also some detachment. In the verse‚ it states the father’s devotion to his tasks stems from his sense of belonging to his garden; ‘Loved his garden like an only child’
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“Feliks Skrzynecki” although a paean of admiration for his father‚ reveals a growing disconnection between the two. The poem reflects aspects of post World War Two life for migrants in Australia‚ providing a viewpoint from the influx of migrants from the war-torn countries of Europe and the racism they endured under the White Australia Policy. This racism is manifested through the clerk’s ignorant question ‘Did your father ever attempt to learn English?’ Ironically‚ it is the clerk who is demeaned
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you ever had a relationship with someone and then in the next breath it is gone‚ broken‚ destroyed? How did this situation impact you? The poem Feliks skrzynecki written by Peter skrzynecki‚ deals with the issue of the relationships between the generations and the adaption of migrants from an old European culture to the new Australian society. Through the poem we see the widening gap between father and son as the
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is presented to them. The Skrzynecki poem Migrant Hostel fits with this message while St Patrick’s College conveys the opposite. St Patrick’s College by Peter Skrzynecki examines Skrzynecki’s time at a Catholic college that his mother forced him to attend. He feels excluded from the moment he enters and his view does not change once he has graduated. The ominous imagery of Mary‚ “With outstretched arms‚ her face overshadowed by clouds‚” supports the message that Skrzynecki felt unwelcome from his
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including the potential to enrich or challenge a belief. This is reflected through the anthology‚ “Immigrant chronicle” written by the Australian-Polish poet‚ Peter Skrzynecki. Through his knowledge but mainly his own experiences‚ Skrzynecki conveys the difficulties of belonging‚ not belonging and the barriers
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Hostel life is entirely different from life at home. Many parents prefer to send their children to hostel so that they are away from homely pleasure and learn to live and grow on their own. Hostel life provides the most ideal atmosphere for study. The students get more time and suitable atmosphere to do their studies‚ to get help or guidance for anything from their class-fellows and morever‚ from seniors who are living close by. Even a careless or negligent student starts working hard when he sees
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The hostel students‚ sometimes‚ misuse their freedom and independence which spoils their promising career. Some begin to love films and fashions. Some waste their money in gambling and drinking. Some hostels are over crowded and do not provide healthy and comfortable living. The crowded rooms do not allow the students to pay proper attention to their studies. Our political parties also misuse the students especially the boarders. Student Accommodation at Colleges: Colleges and Universities
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upbringing fabricates their social and cultural expectations which inevitably influences their ability to belong. The poem Feliks Skrzynecki‚ composed by Peter Skrzynecki depicts a nostalgic yet perplexedly negative description of the writers father. The readers are taken on a journey from Peters child-like admiration for his father to the pairs developing detachment throughout the poem. Peter and his father have contrasting social and cultural expectations as a result of their different upbringings which
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