ENGLISH ORAL: BELONGING Intro: To belong or not to belong‚ that is the question. Belonging is unavoidable in our lives‚ whether it is the feeling of connection or disconnection to people‚ places‚ groups‚ communities and the larger world. The multifaceted concept of belonging is shaped by personal experience as it can be interpreted in different ways by individuals. Self-acceptance is the start of belonging as it is difficult to establish a sense of inclusion in a world where our perception hinders
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Belonging to a group‚ culture‚ nationality or school all have an effect on the individual’s sense of self. This shown through ‘the china coin’ by Allan Baillie‚ poetry ‘10 Mary st’ and ‘migrant hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki‚ as well as the related text ‘neighbours’! In ‘The China Coin’‚ the main character Leah and Joan went on a journey to China in purpose to find out the mystery of the broken coin. As the journey progresses‚ this ultimately gives them a sense of their Chinese identity and belonging
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Stylistically simple yet thematically complex‚ thoroughly unique yet clearly universal‚ strikingly imaginative yet distinctly real‚ Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake emotionally captivates the reader as it explores the cultural‚ generational‚ and personal conflicts faced by Gogol Ganguli‚ the son of Indian-American immigrants. As a young man‚ his father‚ Ashoke‚ nearly died in a train accident‚ breaking multiple bones in his lower body and temporarily developing paralysis. Before it occurred‚ he was reading
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Viva coce ’belonging’ What does the concept of beloning mean to you on a personal level? Belonging to me on a personal level means to be appreciated‚ that your thoughts and veiws are regognised and respected. A sense of comfort in a place or people that you can tell them and they wont judge me. But really‚ to just have a place‚ a spot‚ in other peoples hearts. How may our sense of beloning make us feel accepted and deepen our relationships. Well personally from my own context‚ I understand belonging
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individuals through a vast range of different processes and levels. A sense belonging is vital for our existence as it creates a sense of fulfilment and protection in our lives. We spend our lifetime searching to belong and be accepted and in the absence of this our lives can becoming meaningless and lose value. So what does Belonging mean‚ although a sense of Belonging may vary from person to person a universal meaning of belonging may be a way of acceptance‚having security‚ fulfilment and a connection
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Belonging Question: “A sense of belonging requires an understanding of one’s past”. To what extent is this notion of belonging explored in your prescribed text and 1 related text? Response A sense of belonging can be found in many different places. But for one to belong to self‚ group or place one must fully understand one’s past. Peter Skrzynecki’s “10 Mary Street” and “Migrant Hostel” are two poems that explore his past‚ showing his attitudes and his quest to belong. Another text that explores
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the act of belonging and the connections that we have with various individuals‚ groups and places. However‚ acceptance and belonging is not always reached. This idea of self-discovery and belonging is presented in various ways in the poems‚ ‘St Patrick’s College’ and ‘Postcard’ by Peter Skrzynecki and the visual text featuring a girl celebrating her 10th birthday. Despite our individual identities‚ everyone requires the sense of connection‚ and by being an accepted member of a group makes us feel
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Literary Analysis-The Namesake The important theme of naming and identity is introduced at the very beginning‚ when Ashima calls out for her husband. She does not use his name when she calls for him‚ since "it’s not the type of thing Bengali wives do" (Lahiri‚ J. p. 2). Their husbands’ names are considered too intimate to be used. The Bengali tradition of pet names and "good" names. Only close family uses the pet name in the privacy of the home‚ while the "good" name is used in formal situations
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human signifies‚ for each of us‚ belonging to a class‚ a society‚ a country‚ a continent and a civilization.’ Belonging is a human desire of being accepted with people or places. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s story‚ The Namesake‚ the story follows the Ganguli family from their traditional Indian life in Calcutta through their uneasy transformation into America. This family is strewn with opposing fidelities and the underlying concept of the difficulties of cultural belonging‚ for being tradition bound immigrants
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Belonging is to be the property of a person or organization‚ to be linked to a particular person‚ group‚ place‚ or time by a relationship such as birth‚ affection‚ or membership. The poems “Post Card”‚ “Migrant Hostel” and “St Patrick” from “The Immigrant Chronicles” by Peter Skrzynecki‚ the film “Remember the Titans” directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and the novel “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas “ by John Bayne convey the idea about belonging emerging from the connection with people‚ place and communities
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