Belongong

Area of study: BELONGING Perceptions and Ideas of belonging vary: Shaped by personal/cultural/historical/social contexts: a sense of belonging emerges from connections with PEOPLE, PLACES, COMMUNITY GROUPS and the LARGER WORLD Aspects of belonging include notions of EXPERIENCES, IDENTITY, RELATIONSHIPS, ACCEPTANCE and UNDERSTANDING Texts explore many of these aspects including: the potential of an individual to enrich or challenge a community/group Reflection of the way attitudes towards belonging are modified over a period of time Choices not to be long / barriers preventing belonging are also explored Textual representations of such perceptions are constructed through a variety of language modes, forms, features and structures. Engagement with the text; experience/understanding derived from: SUMMARY OF RUBRIC Possibilities presented by a sense of belonging to, or exclusion from the text and the world it represents. Our engagement is influenced by how perspectives are varied or omitted from a text. Different texts explore varying perspectives of the concept of belonging Representations of belonging / not belonging are influenced by context Composers use a range of language and stylistic techniques to convey varying representations of belonging Responders feel a sense of belonging or exclusion from texts and the world represented in them as a result of the perspectives presented or excluded from texts Contemplation of our sense of belonging can deepen understanding of oneself and the world at large Affiliation Association Connection Attachment Relationship Affinity Alliance Connection Belonging: “fitting in” by having “the right qualities” to be “appropriately placed” Texts examine human relationships and connections to other INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, SOCIETIES and OUR ENVIRONMENT. Notions of identity, acceptance, and understanding are dealt with in texts, thus issues of conformity and individuality become PERTINENT. Section III IMMIGRANT CHRONICLE A selection of poems which chronicle personal experiences – the immigrant experience in general – within a specific context  Universality' “ Cathartic” – Audience & Himself. Autobiographical in style and is therefore both reflective and emotive. Places/Experiences/Notions of identity Feliks Skrzynecki Quote Technique & Analaysis Places “Spent years walking its perimeter; from sunrise to sleep” Extended metaphor - Feliks treasures his garden and empowerment is attained through his connection with the soil. Repetitious work and labour provides him with security and purpose - the feeling of belonging. Unable to seek belonging from the Australian culture he is surrounded by, Feliks finds solace and creates his won world in the safety / beauty of his garden. “Loved his garden like an only child” Simile – depiction of his connection with the land and the extent of the intimacy shared. “ Swept its paths; Ten times around the world” Hyperbole – demonstrates how belonging requires active commitment. It is not an easy feat but if one perseveres a sense of place can be gained. “Talking they reminisced... about farms where paddocks flowered” Connotations – highlights his continual connection with his homeland Serves as a barrier to belonging in Australian society. It is readily accepted that with age it becomes increasingly more difficult for one to adjust or assimilate to a new environment. Therefore Feliks ever really “belongs” in Australia and he recreates his life with his garden, work and Polish friends – latching onto his past. Reminiscing reminds him of happier, uncomplicated times before the trauma of war & destruction of everything they knew. Experiences/Identity “Hands darkened; From cement, fingers with cracks” “My gentle father” Stanza 1 “His polish friends” Stanza 3 Imagery is employed to show how his experiences have enriched his notions of identity. Differing experiences serves as a barrier to Peter belonging in the world Feliks and Felik’s friends share in. Initially the connotation and possessive pronoun is demonstrative of the bond shared between father/son. This is in direct contrast to the impersonal pronoun of ‘his’ is indicative of how he doesn’t belong to the world of his father & his father’s friends. N.B: Ironically although Feliks has never assimilated in Australia he still feels a great sense of belonging and contentment in the little Polish world here. It is this very world that he has created which Peter finds himself alienated from – he is caught between two worlds. “Golden cypress; Lawns – geraniums” Jargon/allusion: the golden cypress and geranium plant is found in European countries. The lawn is a recognised Australian icon. The amalgamation of the two is a demonstration if how Peter is caught between these two worlds. The incongruity reveals the tension experienced. “My father sits out the evening... Watching stars and streetlights come on” “Happy as I have never been” Imagery: Stanza 6 details Feliks Skrzynecki’s contentment through the use of imagery and conveys how he is obviously at peace. Contrast/tone: the nostalgic tone reinforces the alienation felt and audiences detect the detachment experienced. Peter’s feelings are juxtaposed with his father’s and responders recognise that he does not feel the same degree of contentment. This is due to differing experiences and the persona evidently does not share in the same resilience which Feliks possesses, ergo, a barrier to belonging can be found. Relationships Feliks Skrzynecki Quote Technique & Analaysis Acceptance / Understanding Feliks Skrzynecki Quote Technique & Analaysis Ideas about belonging Feliks Skrzynecki Quote Technique & Analaysis