Essays on Belonging

The idea of belonging is an important and fundamental value in our lives. Belonging most commonly emerges from experience and notions of identity, relationships, acceptance and understanding. Belonging also emerges in our places of comfort and security. Today in my showcase I will be presenting to you the poetry of Miss Emily Dickinson as well…

Unspoken Rules Unspoken rules, everyone has experienced them in one way or another. Whether it be enforcing them or finding out firsthand what “unspoken rule” they’ve broken. Every group of friends or any group in general has their own list of unspoken rules, and many of them being different which could be why they’re different…

Reading is an ongoing theme through Maya’s childhood and books even become her lifeline after Mr. Freeman rapes her. They give her an escape from her immediate world as well as the opportunity to find poetry. It is not until Mrs. Bertha Flowers reads aloud to her that she recognizes beauty in the sound of…

People have the longing to belong and to be accepted by a group or community. A sense of Belonging can emerge from the connections and acceptance we have with other people, communities and the larger world. These ideas of belonging are represented in texts which explore aspects of belonging and an individual’s potential to challenge…

Title: Precious Text Type: Film Date: 2009 Composer: Lee Daniels Publisher: Lionsgate, United States How does this text relate to the concept of belonging? Precious is the story of an illiterate, obese, 16-year old girl living in Harlem in 1987 who is raped by her father leading to 2 pregnancies, she is also physically and…

My two texts are “The Namesake” and “Bend it like Beckham”. Our prescribed text, Jhumpa Lahiris “The Namesake” explores the link to belonging in detail. The emphasis is on Gogol Ganguli. Gogol struggles with a sense of belonging to his family and his Bengali culture and heritage throughout his life in the course of the…

Although belonging in its simplest form could be the notion of being accepted within a specific setting, it is not always this easy to be accomplished. By studying the poetry in ‘Immigrant Chronicle’ by Peter Skrzynecki as well as my related text ‘Noughts and Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman, it can be seen that although most…

Belonging is a perception shaped within personal, social, cultural and historical context. While to most the concept only includes acceptance and harmony, there can be two sides to belonging, and Donnie Darko explores this idea through its characters and their context in the film. Donnie Darko is set against the backdrop of the 1988 Bush…

Textual Analysis Framework Below is a 3step framework that will help you to make notes about the conten t and language and structural features of texts. You can then use these notes as a basis for writin g responses about belonging texts. step I Orientation to the text Title Hanne Krumpet Type of text Claymation,…

‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging. ’ BY joseph king When an individual’s sense of identity is corrupted through prejudicial attitudes they are left exposed and vulnerable allowing a sense of isolation and displacement in society. An individual’s ability to promote change within…