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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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    Poem Section A (1) The poemsMigrant hostel” and “10 Mary St” both written by Peter Skrzynecki contain elements of belonging to people and places through techniques used by peter within these poems. “For nineteen years” the family owned their home‚ their place of belonging that within only 4 years of hard work they paid it off and made it their own. The house was unsold until the parents died‚ so the long “nineteen years” at their home was demonstrates how much it meant to the family as it

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    Peter Skrzynecki struggles to belong through isolation and therefore takes time and patience to feel attachment and security. The Poem St Patricks College written by Peter Skrzynecki clearly emphasises his feelings of not belonging within

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    essential in our lives as it brings about acceptance and connection to a person‚ group or place. Migrants often experience alienation and exclusion before experiencing acceptance and belonging into the new society. Peter skrzynecki portrays migration as a painful‚ soul searching experience‚ re forging a sense of personal and cultural identity which is evident in Migrant hostel. On the contrary Peter displays a perspective were the family feels stability and security at their address 10 Mary Street

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    All these ideas are present in Skrzynecki’s Immigrant Chronicle poems‚ Feliks Skrzynecki and St Patrick’s College‚ both of which explore the problems associated with the displacement that accompanies migration. These elements also manifest themselves in M.T. Anderson’s picture book Me all alone‚ at the end of the World

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    Analyse how any two texts emphasise the difficulties and/ or benefits of belonging to. The various texts explore the difficulties and inadequent benefits of belonging. The poemsMigrant Hostel” and “St Patrick’s College” by Peter Skrzynecki and the related texts The Ride of Zhu Bao Sheng a short story by Nick Long and the novel Stolen by Lucy Christopher effectively portray that being alienated can be the catalyst for a true sense of not belonging. A sense of not belonging can emerge from the

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    IMMIGRANT CHRONICLES By Peter Skrzynecki STUDY NOTES *** Studying poetry Poetry appeals to our understanding through our imagination by making us see what the poet has seen‚ hear what the poet has heard and experience the poet wants us to feel. Useful Literary Terms Alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds close together – for a special sound effect and/or emphasis | Allusion | a reference to something from history/ literature/ religion that adds meaning to the

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    Chronicle by Peter Skrynecki‚ and the novel Fiddler on the Roof by Norman Jewison. These three texts demonstrate that an individual can make difficult choices to not belong as well as belong depending on what they want. As mentioned above‚ making difficult choices can also make a person not to belong. This concept is aptly demonstrated in Peter Skrynecki’s poemPostcard’. In this poemSkrzynecki shows his decisions using a number of figurative devices such as when he speaks to the postcard in an apostrophe

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    others and the world around them can either enrich or even limit their experience of belonging. Both of Peter Skrzynecki’s poems “10 Mary Street” and “St Patricks College” along with the 2007 film “Hairspray” explores this concept. 10 Mary street refers to the story of the house that Peter and his family lived in after moving to Australia from Germany. A recurring theme throughout the whole poem is time‚ this is shown through the repetition of the line of “for nineteen years” this being the period

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    Peter Skrzynecki Peter Skrzynecki explores his perceptions and ideas of belonging in the anthology of poems from “Immigrant chronicle”. The concept of belonging is conveyed through the represent action of people‚ relationship‚ ideas‚ place‚ events and societies. In the text responders may experience and understand all the facts of belonging or not belonging‚ this awareness may be influenced by the different ways perspectives are created through the voice of Peter Skrzynecki. The language techniques

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