Belonging-_Peter_Skrzynecki

Belonging
–
Folio,
Oral
and
Writing
Task
 
 Part
1:
Folio
Task
 Visual
Text:
Film
 Title:
Edward
Scissorhands
 Release
Date:
21
March
1991
(Australia)
 Director:
Tim
Burton
 
 The
Film
Edward
Scissorhands
tells
a
story
of
an
isolated
individual
and
his
migration
 into
a
suburban
neighbourhood.
Edward’s
ownership
of
scissors
as
hands
has
proven
 to
be
a
great
adversity,
in
his
struggle
to
achieve
acceptance
and
a
true
sense
of
 belonging.
Director
Tim
Burton
has
highlighted
the
idea
of
rejection
faced
by
 individuals
possessing
strange
physical
characteristics
in
modern
society,
and
its
 direct
link
it
has
to
immediate
judgement
of
that
person.

 
 This
text
develops
an
understanding
to
Edward
not
belonging
with
his
lifestyle
as
 he’s
living
in
a
distinctly
separate
world.
 In
the
opening
scenes
of
the
film,
Burton
utilizes
the
effect
of
colour
combined
with
 an
aerial
shot
to
represent
separation
between
Edward
Scissorhands
and
the
rest
of
 the
neighbourhood.
The
single
shadowy
gothic
house
present
at
the
end
of
the
 street
is
contrasted
with
the
symmetrical
and
brightly
coloured
houses
of
the
 neighbourhood,
illustrates
that
there
is
a
severance
between
Edward
and
the
 neighbours.

 
 In
the
aftermath
of
being
rejected
by
the
community,
the
use
of
flashbacks
is
 employed
to
depict
the
comforting
emotions
of
belonging
Edward
has
experienced
 in
his
previous
life.
The
use
of
such
comforting
flashbacks
evokes
emotion
and
 compels
the
audience
to
feel
sympathetic
towards
Edward.
 
 Symbolism
is
also
used
to
emphasize
Edward’s
“Scissorhands”
as
being
the
greatest
 obstacle,
preventing
his
acceptance
into
the
society.
To
find
true
belonging
is
a
 difficulty
within
itself,
when
this
difficulty
is
amplified
with
further
complications
in
 Edwards
case
“Scissorhands”
the
task
seems
almost
impossible.
 
 The
ideas
presented
in
‘Edward
Scissorhands’
are
similar
to
Peter
Skrzynecki’s
 Migrant
Hostel.
In
migrant
hostel
the
simile
“like
a
homing
pigeon,
Circling
to
get
it
 bearings
”
creates
a
sense
of
the
migrants
desire
for
a
home,
a
place
of
belonging.

 This
suggests
where
he
belonged,
the
‘circling
‘
suggests
an
accompanying
feeling
of
 dislocation

 
 The
text
challenges
the
human
attitude
and
openness
to
those
rejected
by
society,
 suffering
with
disabilities
or
abnormalities.
By
absorbing
the
audience
into
Edward’s
 alienation,
Burton
was
able
to
infuse
insight
into
the
negative
effects
and
the
 excruciating
pain
felt
by
victims
who
do
not
belong.
 
 
 
 Literary
Text:
Poem
 
 Title:
A
Letter
Home
 Poet:
Quincy
Lehr

 Published:
Book‐
Across
the
Grid
of
Streets,
Seven
Towers,
Dublin
 Date:
2008


 
 The
poem
A
Letter
Home
by
Quincy
Lehr
reveals
the
challenges
and
isolation
faced
 by
an
individual
moving
into
a
new
home,
away
from
any
family
or
acquaintances.
 The
individual
seems
to
be
extremely
distant
from
society
and
almost
a
phantom
to
 the
town,
“A
sense
of
some
exquisite
isolation.”
To
achieve
belonging,
the
individual
 must
expose
oneself
from
hiding
and
social
disclosure,
by
overcoming
their
fear
of
 being
judged
and
be
more
open
to
new
possibilities.
 
 A
common
technique
used
in
the
text
is
similes,
Lehr
uses
similes
to
better
 communicate
the
pessimistic
view
presented
in
the
poem
by
making
explicit
 comparisons
to
off‐putting
circumstances,
an
example
of
this
is
‘Strained,
like
the
 words
you
mumble
through
a
pillow.’
which
contributes
to
the
miserable
aura
 emitted
by
the
poem
and
challenges
the
idea
of
whether
or
not
a
true
sense
of
 belonging
is
in
reality
worth
achieving.

 
 Word
choice
has
proven
to
be
a
well‐built
foundation
in
emphasising
the
message
of
 isolation
in
the
poem,
for
example
‘inert,
intermittence,
and
isolation’
are
all
cold
 words
which
present
an
idea
of
seclusion
and
the
inability
to
react
when
confronted
 with
societal
matters.
Rhyming
couplets,
‘day,
away’,
‘outside,
hide’,
are
used
to
 raise
the
level
of
appeal
to
the
reader
and
enhance
the
ability
of
the
reader
to
 remember
certain
versus,
it
also
establishes
tone
and
rhythm
which
allows
the
poem
 to
flow
more
smoothly
and
keep
its
appeal.
 
 The
ideas
of
belonging
presented
in
‘A
Letter
Home’

 
 A
Letter
Home
challenges
my
views
on
social
interaction
and
the
link
it
has
with
 fitting
into
a
community.
To
achieve
belonging
you
must
not
conceal
yourself
away
 from
the
opportunity
but
take
a
risk
and
embrace
every
chance
that
comes
by
you.
 “To
form
a
slick
of
moisture
as
I
hide,
Behind
my
window,
staring
at
each
drop,
Just
 outside,
yet
a
continent
away.”
The
message
conveyed
in
this
poem
has
positively
 affected
my
view
on
the
journey
required
to
achieve
happiness
and
belonging,
and
 that
each
offer
is
one
that
should
be
taken.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Multimedia
Text:
Newspaper
Article
 
 Title:

Study
reveals
public
attitudes
toward
Hijab
wearing
in
Australia
 Date
of
Publication:
7th
April
2009
 Author
of
Item:
Danielle
Roddick
 
 The
Newspaper
Article
‘Study
reveals
public
attitudes
toward
Hijab
wearing
in
 Australia
shows
that
a
majority
of
Australians
are
supportive
of
the
Muslim
women’s
 decisions
to
wear
traditional
Islamic
headscarf.
 
 The
text
develops
an
understanding
to
the
belonging
of
a
culture,
religion,
the
 individual’s
feel
they
belong
if
they
are
wearing
their
headscarf.
 
 The
techniques
the
creator
of
the
text
uses
to
communicate
their
ideas
about
 belonging
are
the
word
choice.
It
is
positive
and
negative,
such
as
the
words
‘
 supportive’,
‘multiculturalism’,

‘shared’,
‘sympathy’,
‘acceptance’,
‘tolerance’,
 ‘assimilate’
and
‘positive’
are
all
word
in
which
they
feel
they
belong.
The
words
such
 as
‘intolerance’,
‘objection’,
‘repression’,
and
‘prohibited
are
all
words
of
not
 belonging.
 
 The
perceptions
of
belonging
in
this
article
are
developed
similarly
to
the
poem
Felix
 Skrzynecki.
In
the
poem
Felix
Skrzynecki
it
creates
a
sense
of
Felix
belonging
in
this
 setting,
as
he
chooses
to
stay
within
his
boundaries,
due
to
his
experience
of
 displacement
after
the
war,
this
has
led
to
his
chosen
state
of
positive
isolation
in
a
 secure
place
where
he
can
control.

This
is
similar
to
the
article
whereas
Australians
 seeing
the
Hijab
as
mandatory
for
Islamic
women.
They
also
see
it
as
a
 representation
of
Islamic
women’s
repression
or
a
failure
to
assimilate
into
 Australian
culture. Both texts communicate the idea that to understand the importance of places of belonging and to achieve the highest level of fulfilment, one must experience life with a change accompanied by a completely new environment.
 
 The
article
challenges
my
thoughts
on
a
combination
of
belonging,
the
text
 challenges
my
thoughts
on
exploration
into
new
areas
in
order
to
discover
true
 belonging.
The
text
also
reveals
the
importance
of
each
individual
person.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The perception of belonging within a text can be understood when an individual challenges or enriches a community to which they are a part. Good morning