Belonging_Peter_Shrzynecki_Etcc

There are many ways in which we interpret the idea of belonging. Many involve into communities and creates the physical and spiritual connection while others have trouble from being accepted or struggles to find their sense of identity and reserve their traditions In the words of William Yang, whose talk “My Chinese Identity” in N Whitfield (ed) From Yellow Earth to Eucalypt is one of the texts I will refer to, “A sense of identity is all Studying the poetry of Peter Skrzynecki for the past term has shown that “belonging” is a bound up with knowing where you came from. Knowing where we belong, then, is crucial in knowing who we are; but it is not all a positive thing. Belonging in its positive and negative forms – it can nurture but it also restrict – may also be seen in Rob Reiner’s 1986 film Stand By Me, based on a novella by Stephen King. Many of these issues are to be found in Skrzynecki’s work, particularly in “10 Mary Street”and “In the Folk Museum”. In skrzynecki’s 10 Mary street, the scenes and the idea of domestic joy clearly represents a sense of comfort the family feels whilst living in their home. It was in this house that Shrzynecki and his family are able to truly create their own culture and build the connection to their home land which they may have needed to suppress when they are in the outside world. They have in turn created a world that combines two cultures to feel a lasting sense of belonging, evident when they” BECOME CITIZENS OF THE SOIL THAT WAS FEEDING THEM”. And to an extend Shzynecki feels the sadness that the house will be removed for industrial work. Skrzynecki has a distinct spiritual connection linked to his home, living there with his parents using the idea that each day they shut the house “like a well-oiled lock” Illustrating the normal daily routines. The use of listing language “Rusty bucket” “China-blue coat.” The colour suggests vibrancy and life, although the use of the word “coat” suggests protection from the outside world. Through merging two cultures the family was able to sustain a normal life “like adopted children in which they finally do find in some ways a small link of connection to Australia. Ethnic identity (1) involves the cultural aspect of an individual's sense of self. These beliefs attitudes, and values are acquired to a large extent from experiences of interacting with others from one's own ethnic background, especially during the early formative years. For example, American-born Chinese growing up in a place like San Francisco with a large Chinese community, form a Chinese identity because they live, play, and attend school and church with mostly Chinese friends and family in Chinatown and nearby areas. But is the process of forming ethnic identity different in its characteristics when the only available contact with people of one's ethnicity is limited to one's parents and siblings, as was the case for me growing up in the Deep South as a member of the only Chinese family in town'