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    What techniques do the composers employ to represent their ideas about the journey and its impact both mental and physical? Refer to two Skrzynecki poems and two related texts. A physical journey which involves the movement from one place to another can have lasting effects on an individual or group which can be mental‚ emotional‚ physical‚ or a combination. The effects and overall impact of a journey will depend on the characteristics of the particular journey undertaken. The composers of different

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    we come from and where we belong in the world. On the other hand‚ a lack of understanding of our history or heritage can prvent belonging. In Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Ancestors’ and ‘Felix Skrzynecki’ and Christine Anu’s rendition of ‘My Island Home’ we begin to get an idea of how important these notions of belonging are. Instead of finding where Skrzynecki belongs in ‘Ancestors’ he finds that he is unfamiliar with his own heritage and a search for who he is and where he has come from arises. Skrzynecki’s

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    belonging we are to see through Peter Skrzynecki poem St.Patrick College the emotional stances of apathetic nature towards the protagonist surroundings. Skrzynecki show inclusion in the poem St. Patricks College. In the poem Skrzynecki is clearly included in the school as he wears the “blue‚ black and gold”. While he is included at the school there does not seem a real sense of belonging to it. Skrzynecki appears to have a sense of apathy towards the school. Skrzynecki uses repetition to get across

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    a positive and negative experience. The choice to belong or not belong can be forced upon an individual by society. The most common barriers preventing a person from belonging in society in which are highlighted in Peter Skrzynecki’s poems include culture‚ language religion. Skrzynecki‚ straddles a dichotomy; that of identification and disconnection. Green is used as the background as the psychological effect is that it creates comfort and people usually feel comfortable when they belong. A string

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    Feliks Skrzynecki Stanza 1: • Attribute to Felik’s dignity and stoicism in the face of loss and hardship. • Personal/Possessive pronoun "my"-final relationship • "Gentle"-tender adjective • (warm feelings‚ loving affection) • ‘Kept pace only with the Joneses of his own mind’s making’ • Colloquialism • Alliteration of ‘M’-‘Mind’s making’ (Has his own values‚ individual-sets his own standards) • Initial picture of a man detached from the world that surrounds him-shows immigrant isolation

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    Poem Analysis Post card The poem Post card by Peter Skrzynecki explores multiple ideas concerning belonging including barriers that accumulate with attempting to develop a sense of belonging‚ and aid to prevent this. As well the feelings and perceptions of belonging experienced by an individual changing over time‚ and lastly the ties between our feelings about belonging with our sense of identity. The poem presents the challenges undertaken by Skrzynecki to reach a sense of belonging within his

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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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    Skrzynecki Feliks Skrzynecki Feliks Skrzynecki is the poet’s father and this poem is a tribute to his dignity and stoicism in the face of loss and hardship. Felix’s individual journey from Europe to Australia‚ from one culture to another‚ echoes through the poem and it is clear that the impact of the journey is as strong for the son as it is for the father. Feliks Skrzynecki is an individual physical and cultural journey experienced by Felik’s and narrated by Peter Skrzynecki. It seems Felix

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    Sea’ by Peter Skrzynecki. This text have helped effectively shape my understanding of physical journeys by developing empathy with the migrants in the poem‚ and the techniques and ideas incorporated in them have increased and developed my understanding. The text ’Crossing The Red Sea’ by Peter Skrzynecki catches the immigrants experience at a point between 2 worlds‚ as those on board leave their homelands and sail towards the new world. It gives insight to the community other than migrants about

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    ...........................................)) -7 6 )) Hostels)in)the)Campus).............................................................................................) 8-17 )) Introduction)...........................................................................................................))18 )) Rules)of)Eligibility)of)Hostel)Allotment)......................................................................))18 )) Admission)to)Hostels).....................................................

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