Freedom Writers Belonging
Shakespeare’s AYLI explores the characters struggles and romances that can affect their sense of belonging. A place and characters and their surroundings can often influence a person’s sense of belonging around others.
In AYLI, the play is centred on two main locations. One is the Forest of Arden, and the other is the court of Frederick. Both places impact on the characters sense of belonging because of the environment around them.
The court of Frederick is a major contributor to places and the concept of belonging. The court of Frederick is seen as unnatural in the play. The unnatural setting of the court gives connotations of evil and darkness. The court is symbolic of the lack of belonging which is felt when the natural order is destroyed …show more content…
The film Freedom Writers tells a tale of a high school class that broke a cycle of violence and failure in their inner city school. This film is based around the race riots during the early 1990s in Los Angeles. In this film, the school is divided by race and clearly shows the influence of culture on a person’s sense of belonging. This indicates how their cultural identity acts as a barrier between them and other cultures, resulting in a sense of displacement and dislocation. This film shows the struggles and hardships faced by people of ethic culture to integrate into the society of a dominant culture.
Freedom Writers shows that culture acts as a barrier for acceptance. In this film, the school is spilt by race and clearly shows the influence of culture on a person’s sense of belonging. This can be seen through the quote, “in this school, everyone is spilt by race, little Cambodia, Little Africa, white and Latino.” This quote shows that culture categories people and affects their sense of belonging. It also shows, despite living in the same place, they still separate themselves by their background, their heritage and colour. This can clearly be seen in the classroom, whereby the room is divided into four sections, according to ‘gang’ affiliations. Each ‘gang’ refuses to associate with each other, resulting in a sense of displacement among students in the
In AYLI, the play is centred on two main locations. One is the Forest of Arden, and the other is the court of Frederick. Both places impact on the characters sense of belonging because of the environment around them.
The court of Frederick is a major contributor to places and the concept of belonging. The court of Frederick is seen as unnatural in the play. The unnatural setting of the court gives connotations of evil and darkness. The court is symbolic of the lack of belonging which is felt when the natural order is destroyed …show more content…
The film Freedom Writers tells a tale of a high school class that broke a cycle of violence and failure in their inner city school. This film is based around the race riots during the early 1990s in Los Angeles. In this film, the school is divided by race and clearly shows the influence of culture on a person’s sense of belonging. This indicates how their cultural identity acts as a barrier between them and other cultures, resulting in a sense of displacement and dislocation. This film shows the struggles and hardships faced by people of ethic culture to integrate into the society of a dominant culture.
Freedom Writers shows that culture acts as a barrier for acceptance. In this film, the school is spilt by race and clearly shows the influence of culture on a person’s sense of belonging. This can be seen through the quote, “in this school, everyone is spilt by race, little Cambodia, Little Africa, white and Latino.” This quote shows that culture categories people and affects their sense of belonging. It also shows, despite living in the same place, they still separate themselves by their background, their heritage and colour. This can clearly be seen in the classroom, whereby the room is divided into four sections, according to ‘gang’ affiliations. Each ‘gang’ refuses to associate with each other, resulting in a sense of displacement among students in the