SIGNIFICANT FACTORS THAT SHAPE IDENTITIES The most significant factors that shaped identities in "Romulus‚ My Father" were cultural heritage and connections between individuals. The memoir paints a picture of a true community where every individual is totally accepted no matter their colour‚ creed mental stability or lack thereof is only possible where each individual is true to themselves‚ "especially as being truthful about one’s identity" to each other‚ arising from social‚ cultural‚ political
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Australian landscape.’ Discuss the ways Raimond Gaita explores these experiences in Romulus‚ My Father and how they’re explored in ONE other related text of your own choosing. Many immigrants describe their initial experience of Australia to be one of struggles and displacement. This is likely due to a lack of attachment to the rugged Australian landscape and unfamiliar people. Raimond Gaita in his memoir Romulus‚ My Father‚ and Sobonfu Some in his short story A Place to Belong both explore the immigrant
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ENGLISH ESSAY The concept of belonging is more complex than it first appears is a true statement and can be proven through the deconstruction of the texts ‘Romulus‚ my father’ and ‘Neighbours’. The meaning of belonging is generalised as a process where an individual or individuals learn to connect with other people‚ groups‚ communities and the larger world. There are several ways that proves this statement above in both texts such as not belonging at the start of each story‚ complications with trying
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Romulus‚ My Father Notes * Tone of book: Honest‚ blatant * Forged sense of identity; violence‚ work‚ independence‚ sacrifices everything for Raimond‚ religion‚ no geographical belonging. * Evocative – unsentimental. * Written in hindsight. Chronological. Quotes * “My father‚ Romulus Gaita‚ always considered himself a Romanian” p.2. * “His face was as open as his character” p.6. Repeated throughout the novel. Very important. Morality‚ values‚ core. * “He felt strongly
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been influenced by a response to the memoir Romulus‚ My Father by Raimond Gaita‚ the short story Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant and translated by Roger Colet and the bildungsroman The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Through one of the fundamental relationships in life‚ the development of friendship‚ allegiances are formed‚ nurtured and forever bonding. In the course of this account of fragility‚ despair‚ loss and resilience‚ Romulus‚ My Father works to articulate an ethical understanding
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The Area of Study 63 Sample response: Nonfiction Prescribed text: Romulus‚ My Father‚ Raimond Gaita‚ 1999 Related text: Gary’s House‚ Debra Oswald‚ 2000 (drama) Statement about belonging and understanding directly related to the question through the thesis statement Context Relationship of place to belonging is discussed‚ with supporting evidence from text Final statement in the paragraph sums up the pressures of place versus family in the quest to belong – taps into
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throughout their life. This is conveyed through the memoir Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita. As Raimond recounts the story of his father’s life‚ he explores the strength of family ties. Despite the sometimes tumultuous nature of the Gaita family‚ there never ceases to be a strong sense of belonging between the individuals. Notions of belonging between Romulus and Raimond are conveyed through the passion of Gaita’s writing about his father and the emotive language of the text. Physical belonging
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between these extremities. Raimond Gaita’s “Romulus‚ My Father‚” a story about a struggle to belong to family and culture‚ and Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands‚” a story of an outcast‚ who fails to conform to a community‚ incorporate distinctive techniques and devices to thoroughly present the idea of belonging. There is a great significance in belonging to yourself‚ your name‚ honour and reputation. In Gaita’s “Romulus‚ My Father” Raimond and Romulus are mentally and physically imprisoned in this
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people‚ experiences and memories in certain places is explored in the texts Romulus my Father a memoir by Raimond Gaita and Oranges and Sunshine directed by Jim Loach. It is not a connection with the physical landscape that allows us to experience a sense of inclusion but rather connections built with people or communities that either heighten ones sense of affiliation or estrangement. This concept is portrayed in Romulus my Father through the character of Anna who is unable to form a connection with
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demonstrated by the combination of techniques used in the novel ’Romulus my father’ by Raimond Gaita and also in the song ’I must belong somewhere’ by Bright Eyes. One of the major aspects of belonging which is throughout the entire novel‚ is the belonging that Romulus has with his personal character. Gaita uses the word “work” as a metaphor to represent the way his father believes that work and character lay hand in hand. Romulus gains the respect of many different people in town from both his
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