Belonging
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YEAR 12 ASSESSMENT A.O.S=] BELONGING
“HUMAN BEINGS ARE PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH BELONGING”
*SKRZYNECKI DEPICTS AND EXPLORES THE MANY HARDSHIPS AND EMOTIONAL CAHLLENGES THAT MIGRANTS [LIKE HIS FAMILY] STRUGGLE TO ADJUST TO NEW CUTURAL ENVIRONMENT. DAUNTING CHANGES THAT ARE PHYSICAL, PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THREATEN TO OVERWHELM THOSE WHO HAVE EXCHANGED THEIR FAMILIAR WORLD’S ON ONE SIDE OF THE WORLD FOR ANOTHER THAT SEEMS UNFATHOMABLE AND FOREIGN. An ALLEGIANCE TO TIES OF FAMILY, RELIGION AND CULTURE *Have BEEN* SACRIFICED FOR DREAMS OF NEW OPPORTUNTIES AND NEW BEGNINGS.* SKRZYNECKI ALSO CONVEYS THAT ARRIVALS IN A NEW LAND IS *traumatic *AND SURPRISING FOR MOST FAMILIES IT CAN ALSO GENERATE CONFLICTS AND *DRAMA “for* the moment I repeat*, I never knew you, let me be” METAPHORICALLY* ILLUMINATED IN THE POEM BY THE REPEATING MOTIF OF IMPRISOMENT.
THE POEM ‘’ 10 MARY ST’’, THE COMPOSER FELIKS DEMONSTRATES THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE OF HIM FAILING TO BELONG OR SOCIALLY ACCEPTED, BY HIS FAMILY AND THE INDUSTRY DESTROYING HIS HOME* “the whole block been gazette for industry”* CREATING THE SENSE OF DISPLACEMENT FOR HISFAMILY AND FOR HIM.
SKRZYNECKI HIGHLIGHTS HOW HIS FAMILY AND HIM HAD LIVED IN ‘’10 MARY ST’’ FOR NINETEEN YEARS. HE EXPLAINS BRIEFLY THAT HIS FAMILY VALUED THEIR MEMORIES THAT ALL HAD LIVING IN “10 MARY ST” BECAUSE OF THE SENSE OF SECRITY AND ACCEPTANCE THAY ALL FELT AND THE EXTRAUDINARY BOND THEY HAD WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS/ COMMUNITY.” FOR NINETEEN YEARS, WE DEPARTED” THE USEOF HIGH MODALITY REPRESENTS THE PERSON’S TIME REFERRENCE EMPAHAISING HIS THESIS THAT THEY ALL CHERISH AND VALUE THEIR MEMORIES LIVING IN THEIR HOUSE AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR HOMELAND/COUNTRY.
THE POET ASO ARGUES HIS POINT THAT EACH PERSON HIS FAMILY HAD OWNERSHIP OF THE HOUSE TOGETHER BY USING SIMILE TO BACK UP HIS ARGURMENT” EACH MORNING THE HOUSE LIKE A WELL-OILED LOCK” HE DEFINES THAT THE DOOR CLOSES EASILY AND HOW THEY ALL TOOK CARE OF IT PROBERLY...
“HUMAN BEINGS ARE PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH BELONGING”
*SKRZYNECKI DEPICTS AND EXPLORES THE MANY HARDSHIPS AND EMOTIONAL CAHLLENGES THAT MIGRANTS [LIKE HIS FAMILY] STRUGGLE TO ADJUST TO NEW CUTURAL ENVIRONMENT. DAUNTING CHANGES THAT ARE PHYSICAL, PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THREATEN TO OVERWHELM THOSE WHO HAVE EXCHANGED THEIR FAMILIAR WORLD’S ON ONE SIDE OF THE WORLD FOR ANOTHER THAT SEEMS UNFATHOMABLE AND FOREIGN. An ALLEGIANCE TO TIES OF FAMILY, RELIGION AND CULTURE *Have BEEN* SACRIFICED FOR DREAMS OF NEW OPPORTUNTIES AND NEW BEGNINGS.* SKRZYNECKI ALSO CONVEYS THAT ARRIVALS IN A NEW LAND IS *traumatic *AND SURPRISING FOR MOST FAMILIES IT CAN ALSO GENERATE CONFLICTS AND *DRAMA “for* the moment I repeat*, I never knew you, let me be” METAPHORICALLY* ILLUMINATED IN THE POEM BY THE REPEATING MOTIF OF IMPRISOMENT.
THE POEM ‘’ 10 MARY ST’’, THE COMPOSER FELIKS DEMONSTRATES THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE OF HIM FAILING TO BELONG OR SOCIALLY ACCEPTED, BY HIS FAMILY AND THE INDUSTRY DESTROYING HIS HOME* “the whole block been gazette for industry”* CREATING THE SENSE OF DISPLACEMENT FOR HISFAMILY AND FOR HIM.
SKRZYNECKI HIGHLIGHTS HOW HIS FAMILY AND HIM HAD LIVED IN ‘’10 MARY ST’’ FOR NINETEEN YEARS. HE EXPLAINS BRIEFLY THAT HIS FAMILY VALUED THEIR MEMORIES THAT ALL HAD LIVING IN “10 MARY ST” BECAUSE OF THE SENSE OF SECRITY AND ACCEPTANCE THAY ALL FELT AND THE EXTRAUDINARY BOND THEY HAD WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS/ COMMUNITY.” FOR NINETEEN YEARS, WE DEPARTED” THE USEOF HIGH MODALITY REPRESENTS THE PERSON’S TIME REFERRENCE EMPAHAISING HIS THESIS THAT THEY ALL CHERISH AND VALUE THEIR MEMORIES LIVING IN THEIR HOUSE AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR HOMELAND/COUNTRY.
THE POET ASO ARGUES HIS POINT THAT EACH PERSON HIS FAMILY HAD OWNERSHIP OF THE HOUSE TOGETHER BY USING SIMILE TO BACK UP HIS ARGURMENT” EACH MORNING THE HOUSE LIKE A WELL-OILED LOCK” HE DEFINES THAT THE DOOR CLOSES EASILY AND HOW THEY ALL TOOK CARE OF IT PROBERLY...