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Barriers To Belong In 'The Simple Gift'
Barriers to belong (The Simple Gift)
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* Billy has experienced growing up in a dysfunctional family. His father is abusive and neglects * Billy feels no regret for leaving his father since there is a lock of love * Billy feels alienated or out of place at school and his community; he hates both- yet billy loves Westfield (he feels at home here) * Billy is estranged from his father because his father is uncaring and abusive * Billy appreciates the hospitality of Ernie and compares him to his father (Ernie is better than his father) * Billy experiences caring and compassion from Ernie who provides him with gifts of food and warmth * Billy experiences a whelming acceptance by the librarian

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Kookaburras laughing | | | | My favourite classroom | metaphor | | The railway carriage | Carriage 1864 … my motel bendarat | Metaphor/ humour | Emphasise through irony the need for a place of security in order to belong | | A warm safe little cave… billy’s cave | Metaphor | Emphasising the tranquillity and sanctuary felt towards his little “cave” | | Living in this carriage is special, its mine | | | Old bill’s home | Bendarat Hilton | Metaphor/ humour | | | (his family home) the paint jobs of a thousand everyday dreams | | | | As old bill introduces billy to his family home. The swallows celebrating a birth in the nest above the veranda | Bird motif | | | Watching the swallows swoop and play | | | Bendarat | Bendarat is the perfect town. A friendly librarian, a warm McDonald, luxury train accommodation | Listing | Reveals the requirement for security | Bendarat river | Bendarat laundry | Metaphor/ humour | |

Identity – requires: others to value you, your own self esteem – how you regard yourself * Being homeless changes billy’s
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