1. The Nature of Belonging
... place. Throughout our lives, everyone faces the need to belong and so straddles the dichotomous nature of belonging encompassing (surrounding) acceptance and alienation. This dichotomy is explored in Peter Skrynecki's poems "Migrant Hostel" and "Feliks Skyrznecki" as well as Hayao Miyazaki's film Spirited Away. Skyrnecki establishes the despondent image of a migrant's initial unwelcoming experiences in a ... with the Australian people through the short, serrated visual imagery of "a crew cut, grey haired, department store clerk," however contrasts this with the serene imagery and soft rhy...
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