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    The Migrant Experience

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    The Migrant Experience The largest migration in American history was the Dust Bowl exodus. “Between 1935 and 1939 nearly 300‚000 southwesterners migrated to California” (Rice 407). Family farmers‚ tenant farmers‚ and sharecroppers‚ were the people that were displaced during the 1930’s; there were multiple reasons behind the exodus of the people whose families had worked the land for many generations. Severe drought in the Great Plains region‚ particularly western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle

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    may have to compromise part of themselves in order to belong within a group. This is very true of the way in which we see Raimond and his father come to feel they belong to each other and to other members of their community in Gaita’s memoir‚ ‘RomulusMy Father’. It is also true of the way Charlie is made to feel he belongs within his new friendship group at school in Stephen Chbosky’s epistolary novel‚ ‘The perks of being a wallflower’‚ and the reason why he had trouble being accepted by his peers

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    Romulus My Father

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    RomulusMy Father by Raimond Gaita Teaching notes prepared for VATE members by Bev Rangott CONTENTS |1. |Introduction |Page | 1 | |2. |Ways into the text |Page | 3 | |3. |Summary of the text |Page

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    RomulusMy Father Essay Exploring Friendship Essay The friendship between Romulus and Hora had more influence on Raimond’s life than the absence of his mother. Discuss Romulusmy father‚ written by Raimond Gaitor is an autobiographical novel exploring the much respected values and morals possessed by Raimond Gaitor’s father Romulus as seen by Raimond growing up in rural Australia. Gaitor writes the novel in awe of his father and the steadfast principles he believed in. Throughout the novel

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    Romulus My Farther

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    romulus: themes - alien culture‚ the importance of morality Romulus My Father gives an insight into a person’s attitude towards life. Different attitudes and morals are displayed‚ but ultimately reveal that a person’s attitude towards honesty‚ loyalty‚ courage‚ charity and capacity for hard work is the key to life. Romulus’s attitude towards honesty is the most important of his many values. Romulus strongly believed that honesty is the key to everything and that "only a rigorous truthfulness

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    Romulus and Hora Romulus and Hora in Romulus my Father is evidence of this. Both share a cultural root of ‘Romania’ and links between people are able to strengthen a sense of belonging so that it’s not just a fleeting experience. “Nor have I known anyone so contemptuous and resistant.... it formed the basis of their lifelong friendship...they longed for a community of honorable men”. The underlying contemplative and authoritative tone of the quote shows that as immigrants‚ that values and ethics

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    “An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging” Belonging is a concept universal to humans and is essential aspect of people’s lives. An individuals experience of belong could be both enriched and limited from their interaction with the world around them. The memoir RomulusMy Father‚ written by Raimond Gaita and the graphic novel by Shaun Tan‚ The Arrival both incorporate prominent aspects of the concept of belonging. Through

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    Romulusmy father is a Memoir written by Raimond‚ Romulus’s son is about Romulus and his journey and life in Australia in the early 1950’s. This memoir explores the concept of belonging through many topics such as Romulus and his immigration experience from Yugoslavia to Australia. It explores the shared beliefs and values of Romulus and his son Raimond. It also explores the concept of belonging through the different family member perspective of the landscape and the connections within Romulus family

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    ROMULUS MY FATHER ESSAY The indiviuals in Romulus were shaped by their experiences. In the biography ’Romulus My Father’ the characters encounter many different situations and journey to foreign lands‚ these experiences shape and change the characters. In the novel some characters endure breakdowns‚ others conflict with one another and some even die‚ from these we see characters become independent‚ stronger‚ weaker and even loose control and breakdown. Romulus meets a girl called Christine

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    accept individuals as human beings‚ in order to connect with them. This is the journey undertaken by the protagonists of the memoir ‘RomulusMy Father’ (1998‚ Raimond Gaita)‚ the poem ‘My father began as a god’ (Ian Mudie) and the short narrative ‘Envy’s Fire’ by Serge Liberman. By its very nature the memoir‚ ‘Romulusmy Father’ (adapted from a eulogy given at Romulus Gaita’s funeral) is structured as a deeply personal portrait of a father through his son’s perspective. The emotional skirmishes or

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