... alienation and disconnection are strong factors for why belonging is so highly sought after. Belonging can also be achieved in finding a sense of community within a group, as evident in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Forrest Gump." In the song "Somewhere I Belong" by rock band Linkin Park, words of high modality are used ... : "I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real, I wanna let go of the pain I've felt so long (Erase all the pain till it's gone), I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real, I wanna find something I've wanted all along, Somewhere I belong....

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