Feliks Skrzynecki Stanza 1: Attribute to Felik’s dignity and stoicism in the face of loss and hardship. Personal/Possessive pronoun "my"-final relationship "Gentle"-tender adjective (warm feelings‚ loving affection) Kept pace only with the Joneses of his own mind’s making’ Colloquialism Alliteration of M’-Mind’s making’ (Has his own values‚ individual-sets his own standards) Initial picture of a man detached from the world that surrounds him-shows immigrant isolation
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Demonstrate how alienation is a key theme in both Migrant Hostel and Feliks Skrzynecki. Textual evidence must be used in your response. Belonging is an extremely complex and intangible concept based upon one’s perception of themselves and the world around them. Through reading and breaking down these two poems‚ Migrant Hostel and Feliks Skrzynecki by Peter Skrzynecki‚ it is recognised that they both reveal alienation in their contexts. Alienation is a key theme as both poems emphasis dominate
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you find it pleasant or not. Peter Skrzynecki shares his personal experience of migration and the years after through poems not all so pleasant‚ which I would like to show you parts of his journey today. I would also like to explore the picture book The Arrival by Shaun Tan also about migration experience. Born in 1945‚ Peter Skrzynecki moved from Germany at the end of WW2‚ travelling by sea to Australia spending time in migrant hostels in Sydney. Skrzynecki presents feelings of belonging
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is presented to them. The Skrzynecki poem Migrant Hostel fits with this message while St Patrick’s College conveys the opposite. St Patrick’s College by Peter Skrzynecki examines Skrzynecki’s time at a Catholic college that his mother forced him to attend. He feels excluded from the moment he enters and his view does not change once he has graduated. The ominous imagery of Mary‚ “With outstretched arms‚ her face overshadowed by clouds‚” supports the message that Skrzynecki felt unwelcome from his
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experiences living within his working class family home in a positive environment whilst ‘Migrant Hostel’ deals with the very early memories of living in the migrant camps within Australia and‚ though it isn’t a positive atmosphere‚ is viewed by Skrzynecki as the first real place that he can consider ‘home’ and can therefore belong to. The Pursuit of Happiness also deals with the issue of the need to belong to a place through the unfolding story of Chris Gardner and his son as they face barriers such
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My name is Alex Harvie. I thought my life was great‚ and it was. Living as an English professor in the lively cobblestone houses of Southampton was a dream for many people‚ but it would soon become the most far-fetched idea my mind could possibly conjure. By soon‚ I mean right now. My lifestyle became a fleeting luxury the moment I received a telegram that I would be drafted to the infantry to fight against Hitler and his indescribably unethical and cruel war organization. The Nazis‚ my mind raced
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Throughout the entirety of the poem Skrynzecki dwells upon the thematic premises of displacement as a means to justify the individual’s sense of uncertainty and isolation which plagues the concerns of the poem. In the opening stanza of MH ‚ Skrzynecki encapsulates the transient status of the
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Belonging is a feeling an individual experiences when they feel a sense acceptance within a group. Once an individual experiences this they begin to feel a sense of identity and confidence within themself. It is believed that an individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can either enrich or even limit their experience of belonging. Both of Peter Skrzynecki’s poems “10 Mary Street” and “St Patricks College” along with the 2007 film “Hairspray” explores this concept. 10 Mary
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Feliks Skrzynecki Analysis of “Feliks Skrzynecki” 1. What ideas about belonging or not belonging are explored in the poem (4-5 sentences) Throughout Peter Skrzynecki’s poem‚ Feliks Skrzynecki‚ the idea of belonging or not belonging is explored through many aspects. These aspects emerge through pre-existing cultures and personal relationships. 2. How does Skrzynecki use poetic and strural techniques to explore ideas of belonging or not belonging in “Feliks Skrzynecki” The
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belonging we are to see through Peter Skrzynecki poem St.Patrick College the emotional stances of apathetic nature towards the protagonist surroundings. Skrzynecki show inclusion in the poem St. Patricks College. In the poem Skrzynecki is clearly included in the school as he wears the “blue‚ black and gold”. While he is included at the school there does not seem a real sense of belonging to it. Skrzynecki appears to have a sense of apathy towards the school. Skrzynecki uses repetition to get across the
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