Communities aren't really explored in 'The Simple Gift' by Steven Herrick.Wouldn't the components of the rubric cover all prescribed texts anyway?
Pretty much...If the question was "The challenge to belong may be resisted or embraced. How is this explored in your prescribed text and ONE or more texts of your own choosing?" How would you attack it? I have something along the lines of "The challenge to belong is ultimately dominated by influences beyond the realms of one's control. An individual's pursuit heavily relies on positive interaction with others and the world around them, and a significant understanding of one's true identity in order enrich their abilities to be embraced by the people or places."
How would others do it?
time was incredibly easy for skrzyneckiCommunities aren't explored in Skrzynecki either. Only in about 2 of his poems and he still doesn't ""belong"". I don't think the question will be that though. It seems a little unfair if they make it as difficult as last years question since some texts didn't adapt to the question.
Would it complicate the thesis too much if you added that whilst these notions of identity and relationships can enrich our opportunities, repeat the fact that it can still be out of our hands, or is that already addressed well enough to talk about further in the body or conclusion? Im doing St Pats and Post Card so if I took the argument down the direction that Peter makes weak attempts at establishing relationships and a true sense of identity, and in conjunction with his environment in Australia, he ultimately fails to feel a sense of belonging? Just trying to get my head around the direction I would take which is strong enough to carry through a strong essayPretty much...
Although the challenge to belonging may be resisted or embraced, there are circumstances beyond the individuals control which act as a barrier to belong etc
The main focus of your essay will be answering the question about how the challenge of belonging may be resisted or embraced. Though, in the resistance part, you can talk about how it's a conjunction of his choice to resist, and circumstances beyond his control (i.e. he lacks the cultural understanding to form a cultural affiliation).Would it complicate the thesis too much if you added that whilst these notions of identity and relationships can enrich our opportunities, repeat the fact that it can still be out of our hands, or is that already addressed well enough to talk about further in the body or conclusion? Im doing St Pats and Post Card so if I took the argument down the direction that Peter makes weak attempts at establishing relationships and a true sense of identity, and in conjunction with his environment in Australia, he ultimately fails to feel a sense of belonging? Just trying to get my head around the direction I would take which is strong enough to carry through a strong essay
Apologies if I scared anybody with this post, I made a mistake in thinking this was actually an assessable dot point of the rubric.Imagine, a years worth of preparation, and question like this appears...
~~"In engaging with a text, the responder may experience and understand possibilities presented by an exclusion from the world the text represents"
To what extent does your study of the concept of Belonging resonate with this statement?
In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your choosing.~~
A monster of a question, straight from the rubric. No doubt half of the state will be stumped by a question like this.
nopewell its last year for belonging, so good luck. Inb4 they specify texts.
They totally are, there's the Australian community, his family community, the Polish community, the community of migrants...Communities aren't explored in Skrzynecki either. Only in about 2 of his poems and he still doesn't ""belong"". I don't think the question will be that though. It seems a little unfair if they make it as difficult as last years question since some texts didn't adapt to the question.
nevertheless we all know an individual's sense of belonging is determined not only by their own choices but also by the attitudes of others.Yeah i hear the Belonging paper was on connections and people.