... , "I knew deep down that I was wrong and I think that my emancipation began at that moment." Also on the theme of identity is Josephine's culture and her change in perspective of it. This is a more gradual change than her the perspective on herself, though there is one particular event which really ... "You can't hate what you are apart of." At first Josie thought that her background stopped her from being herself but later realises that her culture makes up who she is and that she cannot break free of it. This change in perspective is also shown through the annual "Tomato Day ... if anyb...

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... hard for all middle age old migrants because they feel it hard five up their own values and adapt the foreign culture of their new country. For all youngsters like Peter himself adapting to a new country and picking up its culture is not at all difficult, but this change in cultures in the families leads to various changing viewpoints - as it occurs ... way of his life. In the third stanza the composer illustrates how he perceives the way his father and his friends greet very abnormal. Being mixed up completely with the Australian culture, the composer is not used to the use of full nam...

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... examines the changing perspectives between a father and son. At first he son could not understand the physical nature of his father, the hardships that he has endured, or the Polish Culture that he hangs onto. As time passes and the child grows and matures, his perspective of his father changes. The quotes "I never once heard him complain about work, weather of ... that of the father when looking at his son. He feels that his son is slowly detaching from him. As the father hangs onto his Polish culture, his son is slowly conforming to the new Australian way of life. The poet uses the ad...

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... further south of Hadrian's Wall" v/s moving towards Australia, becoming more and more Australianisedfurther south of Hadrian's Wall is Australia. Presents reader with image of enormous wall obstructing poet from his culture and father. - " kept paces with the Joneses of his own minds making" v/s shows Feliks' detachment from the world around him - " I often wondered how he existed on five or six hours ... of sleep a night" v/s shows admiration and awe of father - Shakes hands with his polish friends "too violently" v/s shows son confusion about fathers polish community, been brought up ...

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• Grade Level: High School