Skryznecki

Feliks Skrzynecki 1. In stanza 1 “kept pace only with the Jonese” wich represents Feliks is a man who lives by his own standards, a non-conformist, not influenced by those around him Feliks belonged to himself. In stanza 2 Skrzynecki tells us that his father was a hard worker “hands darkened from cement” content with what he was doing. 2. Feliks Skryznecki and his Polish friends have a sense of belonging, when they meet each other and shake hands even though Peter Skryznecki finds this unsettling. When they all talk they have a sense of belonging when they reminisce about their memories in Poland there is a sense of not belonging in reference to Feliks having spent time in a forced labor camp in Germany. Peter feel a sense of not belonging as he’s not used to the formal address. 3. Feliks feels in this stanza uncomfortable with his first meeting in bureaucracy, he has a sense of not belonging “did your father ever attempt to learn English.” (The clerk’s perception of Feliks is one of being an outsider) the barriers to Feliks belonging is his lack of understanding the English Language. 4. Feliks belongs in his garden and this sense of belonging is created through words like “ Cypress”, beautiful lawns 5. Peter .s moves further and further away from his adolescence experiences and his sense of belonging to his father’s culture is slowly eroding. Peter feels a sense of detachment as the years past and he gets older 6. Feliks chooses to belong to his garden and to the world he feels comfortable with. Feliks does not make choices not to beling in fact he makes an effort to belong to the environment he lives in. 7. Peter Skrzynecki sense of belonging is slightly confused as he appreciates and remembers fondly Feliks’s environment and this gives him a sense of belonging, but also Peter Skrzynecki moves away from Feliks’s world as stated in Stanza 7 “I forgot my first Polish Word” 8. Peter Skrzynecki feels that his father has a good sense of belonging and he feels comfortable, he doesn’t argue even though he had a hard life. 9. Peter Skrzynecki feels confused he wants to belong to his dads environment and all the good things about but he is slowly been drawn away because of his world. 10. Yes I can relate to this poem, as my parents also came as migrants going through twenty-four years of labor trying to assimilate into society whilst rear their children. St Patrick’s College 1. The persona’s mother wanted the best education for her son, “what was best”. His mother wants him to belong to a higher social class from the one they are originally from; this is evident from her employer’s son observation. 2. The statue of the Virgin Mary is accepting the students into the school using positive connation’s “outstretched arms” shows a sense of acceptance. 3. The persona tells us that The Virgin Mary’s face is “overshadowed” by clouds; even though her arms are opened her face is not showing which is mysterious, and provides a sense of insecurity. 4. The person’s emotions at this stage would potentially be: isolation, lack of trust, insecurity, separation anxiety and no sense of belonging what so ever. 5. Despite the regularity of the bus journey, the poet continued to feel like a foreign tourist. His cultural heritage made him feel like he did not belong. An illusion to his future he still doesn’t know where he’s going even though he has a good education. However he catches the bus to school every day but does not know where he’s going. 6. The persona seemed to memorise the lords prayer in Latin all in one breath, although it is meaningless to him. 7. The prayer in Stanza 2 is used to initiate the persona’s induction of his schooling life in a blessed and guided manner. It is mentioned again to show a sense of a seal or conclusion to his schooling life as well as to the poem itself. 8. ' 9. His identity is rooted in him, and even though he has assimilated in his schooling environment it is only to a certain extent and responders get the impression that he does not experience a complete send of belonging. 10. No matter how much the persona tries to belong he does not completely integrate with the new culture Ancestors 1. The words “Shadows”, “bearded” and “faceless” does not reveal the fullness of a person. “Faceless” illustrates disconnection, as does a face covered by a “beard” 2. The effect “Standing shoulder to shoulder” is like “Standing shoulder to shoulder” reinforces a time barrier caused by the passing of generations. 3. Its makes the reader feels as if he was part of this poem making the reader belonging to Skryznecki. 4. The persona wonders who these ancestors are, what secrets they hold and what messages they offer. 5. The poet is asking someone, possibly even the reader. 6. The ancestors are “whispering into the darkness”, “pointing from the circle around you”, “behind them are mountains, the sound of a river” the ancestor aren’t talking to Skryznecki, he feels disconnected. 7. Skryznecki is showing that he is haunted by his ancestors but cannot belong to them because of their mysteriously inaccessible identity. 8. Skryznecki discerns is that the taste of blood at the end. 9. Knowing who your ancestors are gives a relationship between the people of the past and people of the present, and how it affects our ability to belong in the world. Not knowing who your ancestors cant make you belong to a certain group or committee as you yourself dont know where you belong. 10. The persona can not tell who his identity is, because he doesn’t know who is ancestors are, therefore the persona doesn’t know where he belongs. 10 Mary Street 1. “Narrow bridge” symbolises negative connation’s, a disconnection 2. “The factory always burning down” symbolises negative connation’s that the factory is never doing well. 3. The personas parents’ attitude toward their job seems, boring, dull and monotonous. 4. The family being together in the garden shows happiness. “Tended roses and camellias like adopted children” the person is showing us affection and love and belonging to a “place”. 5. “I’d ravage the backyard garden like a hungry bird” this a simile this line is a source of nourishments which belongs 6. The persona uses parentheses to show appositive word, phrase, clause, or sentence that interrupts a syntactic construction without otherwise affecting it, having often a characteristic intonation. 7.