1. Poetry and Our Perceptions of Belonging
... coming next", reflecting their the strong disassociation and unfamiliarity that they experienced. Initially described as people who cannot keep track of their surroundings, the migrants' disorientation is compared to "a homing pigeon circling to get its bearings ", the simile indicating that they were united by fear, therefore stressing the human need of finding a community to belong to. The migrants' affiliation with others ... ...
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