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    Creative Writing - Belonging The clear‚ bright and enlightening blue skies greet my face as I ponder through my thoughts in my head. The sun blossoms it’s radiating sunlight‚ which glisten and reflect off the tranquil‚ wavy sea to reveal elements of a mystifying‚ inexplicable‚ yet convivial world. My heart beat pulsates through my ears… so silent and blissful this world of beggaring-description‚ words could not hope to utter moments like these. It was the idea of confronting‚ change and experience

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    In Steven Herrick’s novel ‘the simple gift’ we see various types of belonging. We see that belonging is not about places but it is about people. This is shown when Billy is leaving Longlands Road. He describes the houses using personification saying that they are ‘lonely’ (p4). We also see Billy’s hate for the street when personifies the rocks saying that ’the rocks bounce clatter roll and protest at being left in this damn place’. This gives us the feeling of not wanting to be there. When

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    favours familial and societal expectations‚ and thus shows that intimate relationships with others help to shape and define who we are. Pigs from Home – Hop Doc “I was brought up in the belief that any good Vietnamese family was a self-sustaining one.” “ the divide between the old world and the new” COMPARING BETWEEN THE HAPPINESS OR LACK OF‚ THAT ASIAN FAMILY EXPECTATIONS HAVE - Parental demands cause some children to feel obliged or they will rebel - By following their parents work ethic

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    events. “Get out‚ you don’t belong here anymore”‚ “Just looking at you makes me sick. Leave now and get out of our lives”. It’s funny how the ones who are meant to love you the most‚ can turn on you so easily. My adolescent legs strain as I continue along the path aimlessly‚ my stomach rumbles in emptiness as I realise I left without food. How can one think of such things at a time like that? I most certainly didn’t‚ and now the only thing dwelling in my gut was the sore pain that was the increasing

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    pursuing an education internationally. Language barriers‚ culture shock and the overwhelming feeling of being home sick‚ are just some of the milestones to be overcome. Too often international students find comfort‚ and the much needed sense of belonging‚ in surrounding themselves with students with the same ethnic background/s. Of course this is typically predictable behaviour‚ however to what extent is it beneficial in an increasingly diversified world? In my experience‚ the underlying issue comes

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    Belonging: A Short Story

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    a few minutes on the desert land. The stars in the sky was magnificent bright and dazzling. I wanted to stay more‚ because of the star; I had to leave for at least one more chance to go back to home. I worried about my family and friends and others‚ I left the house more than a week and now‚ I might couldn’t go back to my own belonging world. Thus‚ I need to get into the wormhole. I laid down inside of the capsule‚ I had to save more my energy‚ I was thinking that this would be the last chance‚ the

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    Q: Explore how relationships with humans and to place affect an individual’s sense of belonging. Human beings‚ like plants‚ grow in the soil of acceptance‚ and not in the atmosphere of rejection. The inability to accept the realities of a new world and its surroundings is a consistent challenge where individuals must struggle not only with their personal obstacles‚ but also with the adversity of discovering a sense of affiliation in an antagonistic culture neighboring them. Peter Skrzynecki’s

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    This is England – essay ”This is England” is about a 12-year-old boy named Shaun. He lives in England and is bullied in/at school. He lives alone with his mother because his dad died in war. One day he meets a group of skinheads who wants him to join their group. Even though Shaun is young‚ he is not afraid of the skinheads. He joins the group and quickly becomes their favorite member. Shaun has probably been forced to act older than he is‚ because of his dads’ early death. In the movie he makes

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    a physical location may present us with the perception that we either belong or not belong however‚ it is the connections that we form with people in places‚ memories of previous places and ones response to experiences within places that heightens ones sense of belonging or alienation. The concept of belonging through connections with 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

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    Power has the potential to change the way we behave and the pattern in which we think. Especially found in leaders‚ positions of power allow for one person to represent a collection of people‚ ideas‚ or beliefs. In some cases power is the tool that leaders need to push their group to thrive‚ yet in others it is the poison that consumes leaders and causes the led group to crumble. The difference lies in morals‚ ethics‚ and standards. Power must be balanced by a set of moral and ethical standards that

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