Saroo Brrierley Analysis

Belonging can have every different meaning from connecting with people, places and the community. After reading Saroo Brierley autobiography Lion or A long way home as the reader you follow the journey of Saroo Brierley and how he connects with people, places and the community to find his way back to his hometown. You also follow Saroo and his connections that he places on People, places and community. Saroo has a strong connection with people but the people that Saroo Brierley has the strongest connection with are his adoptive family John and Sue Brierley these connections shows though out the book which show a strong sense of belonging. The communities that Sarro was a big part of was the schools that he attended they influenced Saroo’s sense …show more content…
Saroo connects very strongly with his adoptive parents Sue and John Brierley this shows a strong sense of belonging. Saroo encourages the reader to try and imagine what it was like to lives on the streets of Calcutta. The reason why Saroo tries to do this is because he wants to reader to see that there when he was living on the streets of Calcutta he did not have a sense of belonging in that part of his life. When Saroo moved to Australia with his adoptive parents Sue and John Brierley they made it as easy as they could for Saroo to adapt to his new environment and to feel a sense of belonging. As quote from the books that shows this is Mum and dad were very affectionate, right from the start, always giving me lots of cuddles and making me feel safe, secure, loved and, above all, wanted. p9. This is a great example of Saroo having a belonging when he moved to Australia. Another quote from the book that shows that Saroo had a sense of belonging with john and Sue Brierly form the start is Another adoptive parent might have made the decision that I was young enough to start my life in Australia with a clean slate and could be brought up without much reference to where I’d come from p6. Saroo liked that John and Sue Brilery didn’t want Saroo to forget about his …show more content…
The people who played the biggest part were his adoptive parents Sue and John Brieerly this is because they were the people who brought him up from a very young age. We know from reading the book that John and Sue Brierley loved Saroo very much and Saroo loved them as well this is shown when Saroo says Mum and dad were very affectionate, right from the start, always giving me lots of cuddles and making me feel safe, secure, loved and, above all, wanted. p9. But these were not the only people who help shape Saroo to who he is today Saroo also needs to be very thankful the lady at the orphanage …….. who help Saroo get a place to move to in Australia. Because of Saroo fitting in so well with his new family their connection was able to build. This also shows that a sense of belonging can come from connecting with others in the