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    belong to people or a place is important to individuals as it helps them develop a sense of security and identity. This statement can be seen throughout various texts but is undoubtedly shown through the texts ‘The Simple Gift’ and ‘A Child Called IT’. The free verse novel ‘The Simple Gift’ is about Billy Luckett‚ a sixteen-year-old boy who decides to leave home‚ as he felt he was isolated from everyone else. Billy finds his security‚ peace and identity in the natural environment but is also shown

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    How has the author used techniques to develop the three main characters in The Simple Gift? The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick is a novel told in verse form from varied perspectives of three individuals who are separated by contrasting experiences however are connected by similar needs and desires. Their respective experiences are skillfully and credibly interwoven‚ highlighting their individuality and inter-relationship in which we see dramatic change and development in each of the characters

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    The Simple Gift Essay Transitions can be confronting but leads to new understandings of the self and others. Transitions can often be caused or prompted but can lead to new understandings and views of the self and others. The cause of Billy’s transition is caused by physical and psychological abuse from his father‚ lack of caring from his school and his run down neglected neighbourhood with its “truck still on blocks”‚ “unmown grass” and “broken windows”‚ all the symbols pointing to a decaying‚ decrepit

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    It can be a person’s connection with people places‚ and even ideas. The material that will be encompassing this is the simple gift and as a related text Mr Cheng. In the first part of the story Billy lacks connection in every aspect mentioned. In terms of people‚ Billy disowns his father for many reasons. His upbringing influenced what turned into hate. Through the technique of metaphor he says “he gave me one hard backhander across the face‚ so hard I fell down… and slammed the door on my sporting

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    Response to ‘The Simple Gift’ By Steven Herrick The simple gift by Steven Herrick incorporates many of the key aspects that are related to belonging‚ and the negative effects of not belonging. His text demonstrates the simple passions of human nature and delves into the concepts of caring‚ simple kindness and a willingness to look past the exterior and accept a person for who they are. This idea of acceptance is shown clearly in Billy Luckett’s treatment of Old Bill‚ the homeless man who lives close

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    How does Billy develop a sense of belonging in ’The Simple Gift’? In Stephen Herrick’s verse novel‚ The Simple Gift‚ the main protagonist‚ Billy Luckett‚ is a sixteen year old runaway who feels that he needs to escape after being constantly rejected and alienated in his own town and home by key people and places. He is traumatised by his abusive father‚ alienated by all his peers at school and disconnected from the neighbourhood where he has lived and grown all his life. Billy gradually finds

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    belonging cannot be achieved” Belonging is a sense of enlightenment felt when an individual gains an understanding of themselves in relation to others and the wider world. The gift of protection and security is vital for the individual to develop a sense of belonging‚ and help prevent alienation. ‘ The Simple Gift’ is a free verse novel written by Steven Herrick which features a protagonist‚ Billy‚ who feels a great disconnection with his society and the people around him. Likewise‚ ‘The Blind

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    “The simple gift” written by Steven Herrick is narrated in the first person in helps to gives a sense of subjective‚ since it has the character’s own prejudices and preferences such as “I knew it was hunger”. It engages the reader by building up the closeness with them‚ and allows them to delve into the mind of the characters. “The simple gift” is also written in a diary format as from the three different characters points of view‚ in affect to be more personal and sincerely. This is the main technique

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    individual and how it has been represented through the two significant texts including‚ free verse book The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick and wordless picture book The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Each one of these texts’ discusses and portrays the idea of being accepted or not being accepted in the environment through different circumstances but in a similar way. The first text is The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick which examines the life of a 16-years-old boy called Billy Luckett‚ who ran away from home

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    and their surroundings. This is clearly seen in The Simple Gift by Stephen Herrick which demonstrates elements of belonging and acceptance through the ’pain and suffering’ of rejection‚ ’homelessness’ and ’dealing with death’ by the characters Billy‚ Caitlin and Old Bill. Similarly in the movie “Freedom Writers”‚ it explores the ideas of taking control of one’s identity and accepting life’s simple pleasures. Firstly‚ in the novel ‘The Simple Gift’‚ Steven Herrick explores the idea taking control

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