Chris Jacobson Miss Lindquist English 101 15 November 2010 Fearless Rhymes To gaze into the lyrics of both Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur is like living in the ghettos of New York City where violence never stops. Both of these artists grew up seeing and living a life filled with violence. Gunshots and drive-byes‚ death and murder were a daily occurrence. Although the lyrics of both artists are simply telling their life stories and how hard it was to grow up in their “hoods” they contain
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Lauren Boike There are few hip hop artists who have had such an immense impact on the music world as Tupac Shakur. The West Coast rapper was born in New York City‚ and would enter the music business through a guest spot on a Digital Underground track in 1991. From those collaborations‚ it was a short step to Interscope Records‚ where he would create another two solo albums before launching into fame and fortune with the group Thug Life. Shakur’s career would be defined by controversy‚ legal problems
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What is belonging? * Family * Social groups * Sporting * Community * Religion * Ourselves What are words for not belonging? * Left out * Unwanted * Alienated * Isolated * Disowned What is belonging ? Belonging is the feeling you get when around friends‚ family and the community. You become a part of their lives as you become apart of theirs. There are different feelings to different people you belong to‚ giving and receiving affection from Family
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The individual’s understanding of belonging is inextricably shaped by significant moments in time‚ which while not necessarily life-changing events‚ have a lasting‚ individual and personal impact. Such a concept of the significance of profound moments in time is echoed in Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel ‘The Namesake’ and Sean Penn’s 2007 film ‘Into the Wild.’ Both pieces rely upon an authorial manipulation of time‚ extended metaphor‚ symbolism and medium-specific techniques to make evident this importance
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How do people’s ideas about belonging change due to passage of time and interacting with their world (family‚ friends‚ community‚ environment)? Belonging comes from connections with physical aspects but is often a feeling created by shaped perceptions and interactions with the world over time. It is through the poems‚ ‘ 10 Mary Street and Migrant Hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki from his compilation in the immigrant chronicle‚ Tim Winton’s short story ‘Neighbours’ and Rob Sitch’s film‚ ‘The castle’
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Belonging is a complex challenge that encompasses all aspects of our life including identity‚ relationships and connections to the greater world. An individual’s choice to either embrace or resist the challenge is heavily influenced by past experiences and the ramifications of these experiences on an individual’s sense of self-worth. Both genuine relationships and connection to a particular physical environment can also affect the response of an individual and encourage them to embrace the challenge
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‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging‘ Discuss this view with details reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing. An individuals’ sense of belonging is shaped by society and the world around them. A lack of interaction with society limits the sense of belonging felt thereby‚ confirming social separation. This can be compared to the sense of contentment experienced when interaction
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Belonging is just as much about exclusion as it is about fitting in. Belonging is a concept wholly linked to the morality and social connections one exercises. These factors foster the sentiments of alienation and acceptance hence showing how belonging is just as much about exclusion than fitting in. It is these factors that derive one’s belonging in society and hence some are excluded naturally. This collated idea is portrayed in Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus my father which is supported by George
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Belonging to a social group builds character and identity and can only be fulfilled when it is effectively comprehended. Belonging is a complex idea that is very rarely defined as solely belonging or not belonging‚ but rather somewhere 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
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Arthur Miller sets his play‚ The Crucible‚ in a patriarchal and puritanical town where belonging to society is superficial. Through my study of this play‚ I have gained many insights‚ which are also reflected in my two related texts‚ I am Sam directed by Jessie Nelson‚ and My Sister’s Keeper written by the author Jodi Picoult. Belonging to someone or a group gives an individual and others the strength‚ confidence and power. However‚ society may also marginalise different people within their society
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