The refugees in ‘Journey to Freedom’, like the boys in ‘Lord of the Flies’, also experience “human nature stripped of all that it depends on”, but this is in contrast to the anarchy that develops in “Lord of the Flies”, the refugees face challenges of the journey with quite courage and acceptance. War imagery, “the battle was not over...we had fought with the elements and with the authority”, establishes the harrowing nature of the challenges the refugees faced on their journey. Through the refugee’s unemotional reaction to their trials, the reader understands that difficult experiences can heighten “genuine human endeavour and courage”. Fear is an ever present aspect of their journey, emphasised through the simile “fear spread quicker than the lice that infested our bodies”, yet they do not descend into anarchy, using fear as a catalyst. Through the refugees’ reactions to the challenges faced on the journey in ‘Journey to Freedom’, differing aspects of human nature are able to be understood by the…
Peter Skrzynecki's poem, 'Immigrants at Central Station, 1951' further explores the lengthy journey that the refugees have taken after fleeing the aftermath of the war, as well as their emotional well-being throughout the process.…
The poem is about a mother mockingbird struggling to feed its three fledglings or young birds when a cat approaches them to mark the transformation of the mother from a feeding and caring bird to dangerously defending and protective.…
Migrants Hostel depicts the notions of ‘choice’ and successfully portrays the consequences of freedom. In this poem the migrants are challenged through the hardships they face as they leave their familiar grounds for the new and…
'Mametz Wood' by Owen Sheers and 'Break Of Day In The Trenches' by Issac Rosenberg, both present themes of loss and destruction that can be seen throughout. These ideas are displayed through a motif of conflict and war, specifically surrounding WWI. Rosenberg's poem describes the death-ridden life of a young soldier in the trenches whereas Sheers' poem depicts the dismal burial ground of the battle of Somme, many years later. Despite these time-setting differences, both poems are effective in expressing horrors of war.…
Peter Skrzynecki's “Migrant Hostel” reflects the harsh reality of being excluded due to one's heritage and culture. Skrzynecki reflects upon his childhood years as a new migrant in Australia being met with indifference and hostility. The rhetorical inquiry “Who would be coming next” underlines the uncertainty, shock and surprise of the migrants who were forced to come to the hostels and alienated from the rest of the population. This is further emphasized through the irony of the use of the word 'hostel' which typically defines a kind, hospitable building. Skrzynecki emphasizes the need to be with others they understand through the simile of 'a homing pigeon'. This image expresses the instinctive behaviour of people to find those similar to themselves like the pigeon that is 'circling to get its bearings'. He continues to express this nomadic and isolated feeling as being like 'birds of passage'. The recurrence of a bird simile evokes a sense of being in transition, never ever connecting to anywhere, emphasizing the suffering of the migrants. The final stanza emphasizes…
“My family hadn’t even gotten to the interview room when my father’s booming voice stopped the rest of us in our tracks. Don’t any of you say a word or I will make you lost. Let me do all the talking” Pg. 31. This quote demonstrates the family’s urgency to remove themselves from the refugee camp in search of a better life; however, the family stays for another year…
People who are forced upon a journey may feel isolated and disempowered. Skrzynecki explores this in ‘immigrants at central station’ through detailing the apprehension felt by migrants whilst waiting for a train in central station, Sydney. In the first line of the poem “it was sad to hear” Skrzynecki has already established a sombre using the highly descriptive word ‘sad’. Similarly in the line ‘a dampness that slowly sank into our thoughts’ He continues this negativity through the sensual imagery of ‘dampness’ and the depressive symbolism of ‘sank into our thoughts’. Skrzynecki also uses the simile ‘like cattle bought for slaughter’ to link to the negativity shown in stanza 1, he also creates a sense of entrapment, dehumanising the migrants and reducing them to livestock. Skrzynecki uses repetition of the first line with the introduction of a conjunction at the beginning ‘but it was sad to hear’. Doing so allows him to refer back to the first stanza and stress the sombre tone while the conjunction allows Skrzynecki to juxtapose the poem against the last two paragraphs bringing the audience’s attention to the suddenness of the arrival of the train.…
There were two major historical turning points during this period; Reconstruction and the Industrial Revolution. With the end of the Civil War in 1865 came the Reconstruction Era which lasted until 1877. During this time the federal government attempted to resolve the issues that resulted from the ending of the Civil War. Although physical rebuilding of the region began quickly and rapidly progressed, reconstructing southern society proved to be a much more difficult process. The two major concerns were from the political stand point on how to integrate rebel states back into the nation and from the social stand point on how to integrate 4 million newly freed slaves back into society.…
The chorus of the song mainly deals with the nomadic living they had to live after their expulsion by the British because they were people of French ancestry and they were afraid of being backstabbed. The driftwood which floats on the ocean trying to reach the shore and the mention of the “gypsy tail wind” are an indication of that. You are thrown around with no destination because a cold front, the enemy came, and took away your land.…
Remembering Kevan MacKenzie Henry Taylor Once upon a time I spent a summer At a camp for children far from here, Teaching riding to young boys and girls. I taught them to make a horse go straight, The way to make a horse stand still.…
The second stanza demonstrates the abrupt changes in the soldier’s life before and after the war. Initially this stanza describes a time when the town was joyful, romantic, and dream like. However, this was before the war, and is…
Structure: 13 stanzas of couplets each with irregular rhyme and rythm, which emphasises how mixed up and irregular their lives are as a result of the war.…
At the beginning of the poem, Flores introduces two young boys who live in a barrio, or a poor neighborhood. The boys have caught two fat pigeons and hold them in their trembling hands. As the poem continues, the boys eventually release the pigeons and watch as the birds fly far above their poverty-stricken community. Flores creates a hopeful tone to communicate that even in the midst of poverty, one can still hope for a different future freed from the strains of poverty.…
To develop my career in Administrative work. I have to learn from organization which encourages employee and give respect to employee’s ideas which ultimately gives pleasure to be a part of that organization.…