to cope with memories. In the poem Postcard from Kashmir‚ by Agha Shanhid Ali‚ and Elena‚ by Pat Mora‚ both authors must do just that. In fact‚ both writers effectively incorporate powerful language and techniques in their poems to embody a nostalgic feeling for what once was the past‚ and for what they consider to be an unfulfilled present. In Postcard from Kashmir the speaker yearns to go back to what they once called their home. They call a postcard their home‚ and say in lines four
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a notion of understanding and therefore‚ belonging‚ is explored throughout Shakespeares play As You Like It‚ Peter Skryecki’s poem "Feliks Skryznecki" and Shaun Tans picture book "Tales From Outer Suburbia". Peter Skryznecki’s poem "Feliks Skryznecki"‚ is an insightful poem which explores a sons disconnection with his father‚ Feliks‚ but more importantly Feliks’ willing disconnection with society in an attempt to conserve the memory of his past life. "My gentle father Kept pace only with
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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 such as characterization‚ we
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text of your own choosing. 2009 ’Understanding nourishes belonging... a lack of understanding prevents it.’ Demonstrate how your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing represent this interpretation of belonging. Postcard Peter Skrzynecki’s poems
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explores the rubric statement. PERCEPTIONS of belonging/ not belonging vary. “Feliks Skrzynecki” – Feliks and Peter have different perceptions of their belonging in Australia and the necessity of belonging in Australia. “St Patrick’s College” – Peter and his mother have different perceptions of the impact of his belonging at St Patrick’s College. “Postcard” – Peter initially has a different response to the postcard to the response that he imagines his parents will have. His perception of his belonging
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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 culture
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world. These 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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Skrzynecki’s poems‚ Feliks Skrzynecski and postcard‚ as well as the movie bend it like beckham directed by Gurinda Chadha. All of us have had to struggle for something in our lives‚ however‚ when minorities such as the ones portrayed in these texts are forced into a struggle due to their ancestry‚ their ties with their family and culture are greatly influenced. Struggling to find a sense of belonging with ones family can be overcome by a shared experience. This is evident in Feliks skrzyecki‚ when
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poems “Feliks Skrzynecki” and “Postcard” and ______________(the related text) all powerfully explore the concept of belonging and the centrality of culture through a variety of film‚ poetic and ___________ techniques. In particular‚ all four texts investigate how a sense of belonging arises from a feeling of connection to places‚ with Molly’s connection to land and her mother‚ Feliks’s connection to his garden and Polish friends‚ the persona’s contrasting lack of connection to Warsaw in “Postcard” and
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construct their identity and their sense of belonging. This is discovered in the thoughtful novel “Kite-Runner” by Khaled Hosseini‚ where the importance of connection is demonstrated through Amir’s understanding of his identity. The poem “Feliks Skrzynecki” by Peter Skrzynecki also conveys a similar idea‚ where the point that alienation with culture will influence one’s understanding of their identity was illustrated. One’s identity is build up by where and whom he belongs to. This is conveyed through the
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