Migrants of mixed-race origin - like Leila in The Final Passage‚ inherently suffered against racist attitudes in 1950’s Britain. In Black‚ white or mixed race? It is noted that: ‘mixed-bloods’ were seen as anomalies‚ demonstrably neither one race not another and as such they tended to arouse discomfort.’ This distaste for racial mixing was reflected in the derogatory names given by white people to those of mixed parentage such as ‘mulatto’ the Portuguese word for ‘mule’. The latter resulted in
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Inside the Super-Fast‚ 100-Year Deal for the Waldorf By William D. Cohan October 08‚ 2014 The $1.95 billion sale of New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel‚ announced on Oct. 6‚ is mostly framed as the 2014 analogue to Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate Co. buying Rockefeller Center—the moment that removes any doubt that China‚ and Chinese investors‚ are for real. Only a month ago‚ real estate investment bankers at Eastdil Secured were putting together a selling memorandum about the Waldorf for Hilton and Blackstone’s
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In “Postcards from Chinatown”‚ the poet examines how‚ in a place that had been renovated as a tourist attraction‚ the past lurks in the shadows of the present‚ which is unauthentic and seemingly all just a performance for entertainment. “An Empty Cinema”‚ on the other hand‚ laments the vanishing of Singapore’s past and heritage‚ likening the past to no more than just a cinematic film‚ where it is just a hologram projected onto a screen. In “Postcards from Chinatown”‚ the poet calls our daily
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Adrianna Ruiz Professor Chao English 1A 8 December 2010 Migrant Workers: U.S. vs. Taiwan In this essay I will be discussing the similarities and differences of migrant workers‚ between the two countries: U.S. & Taiwan. Although these two countries are completely different they do have more similarities than you think. The term “migrant worker” is used to refer to individuals who enter the United States or another country legally or illegally as temporary or seasonal workers‚ typically in
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individual’s place in the world as well as his or her sense of belonging. The notion that a feeling of belonging depends on a strong relationship is explored in Peter Skrzynecki’s prose poetry anthology Immigrant Chronicle (1975) – in particular the poems ‘Migrant Hostel’ in which the persona and his family struggle to gain lasting relationships at the hostel‚ and ’10 Mary Street’‚ the persona’s childhood home‚ in which strong familial relationships were forged – and William Golding’s prose fiction text Lord
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made with people‚ places‚ groups‚ communities and the larger community. There are different concepts of belonging and they can be described through the use of various language and film techniques. Belonging is evident in Peter Skrzynecki’s poems St Patrick’s College and Felix Skrzynecki and in the film Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters. Both composers use various ways of interpreting belonging and not belonging. Through the use of language techniques such as cliché and hyperbole‚ and film techniques
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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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Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother Nadirah Malarve In the year of 1938 ‚ photographer Dorothea Lange‚ took one of Americas most captivating and touching series of photographs entitled The Migrant mother. In her photographs‚ she showed pictures of a mother and her two children‚ during the Great Depression in which the family seem completely destitute‚ while setting up camp to find work in the city. This photograph symbolized the Great Depression as it shows how many lives of Americans were affected
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Extended Response - Insomnia How does Skrzynecki represent his ideas about insomnia in the poem Peter Skrzynecki presents a view of Insomnia as an unpleasant‚ inhumane experience. He explores this problem through the use of religious themes‚ sociological issues‚ and inner thoughts and feelings as well as a range of metaphors Skryznecki introduces the physical sense of insomnia as being “Of salt in your mouth - sticky‚ like rubber half melted’ by olfactory and gustatory imagery. Immediately
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“A Martian Sends A Postcard Home” The main theme for this poem‚ “A Martian Sends A Postcard Home” is showing that how different people have different perspectives and different way of perceiving things. This poem shows how a Martian would describe some of our everyday thing a lot differently than we would. The Martian has a unique way of describing everyday objects‚ emotions‚ and time. The Martian sees mist as an object that has human like properties such as becoming tired. “Mist is when the
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