Essay on Looking Back on Little Bee

Many writers explore the notion that cultural differences may inflict feelings of disconnection for their central characters. This is shown in the two texts ‘Neighbours’ and ‘Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram’, as both protagonists struggle to cope with their newly exposed environment. Despite this, we learn that it can be resolved through the acceptance of one another, yet others may remain to dissociate themselves from society.

People who share a connection through cultural or social factors often relate well together. This is demonstrated in the poem “Migrant Hostel” through the use of the simile ‘Nationalities sought each other out instinctively like a homing pigeon’, this likens the behaviour of the migrant searching for other people with whom they shared a connection with, to the action of a bird driven by instinct. This shows that by the different

Many of the characters experience violence, some due to civil war and conflict between religious groups, and others due to corruption. In the story ‘Cell One’ Nnamabia both witnesses and experiences violence in the Nigerian jail. When Nnamabia has been caught and put in jail, his family bribed police and guard to see Nnamabia. Also Nnamabia paid police to treat him better.

In the picture books The Arrival and The Little Refugee, the power of language and images has enabled the audience to see immigration through refugee’s eyes. The viewers see that it is not that

For many Africans, dreaming is a way of life. In Fatou Diome’s novel “The Belly of the Atlantic” she delivers a clear message that things aren’t always what you expect them to be, proving that people's dreams could easily turn into their nightmares. ‘Diome points out the flaws in both France and Senegal, but her main concern is with the people of her home-country, both their false expectations regarding France and Europe as lands of easy opportunity as well as their domestic failures’. This novel is persuasive and successful at bringing awareness to its readers because of the real life examples regarding racism, discrimination, and immigration. This piece will discuss the efforts of African immigrants as well as the similarities and differences between Fatou Diome’s “The Belly of the Atlantic” and Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” characters.

Belonging is shaped by the experiences he or she encounters with others, and within the two poems ‘Migrant Hostel’ and ’10 Mary Street’ by Peter Skrzynecki, and the film ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ directed by Kate Woods, the characters’ personas are moulded by their endurances of alienation and barriers from mainstream society due to their personal and cultural differences.

Melina Marchetta’s Looking for Alibrandi compared and contrasted to Simone Lazaroo’s The Asian Disease exhibited in Alice Pung’s anthology Growing up Asian in Australia both explore the cultural expectations which subsequent to behaviours of detachment from tradition evidenced in the children of migrant families. Since complying to such unreasonable conditions is arduous for the protagonists in both texts, teenage girl Josie and the ill father are both victims to the loss of their individual identity in consequence to their traditional expectations. Such bereavement of personality is depicted throughout the texts when both characters undergo the harsh criticism of others which defines racism, the lowering of their self-esteem in result of the oppression they endure and the substantial struggle of Josie and the father having to establish a fulfilling life for themselves.

More and more Muslims are escaping their home country at an astonishing rate,but the question is who will let them in their country? The article “Brave New World” written by Melissa Eddy illustrates the struggles of young Muslims escaping their country in order to find a new life. Countries have antagonized the Muslim refugees as “terrorists”. If the Muslims are rejected from every country they will be forced to stay in their own country. What thought to be a warm welcome turns into antagonism.

One of the most interesting and complicated experiences one can have is the experience of moving from one country to another. More specifically, the country of one’s home to a completely foreign place. Although this is very specific to immigrants, their children also typically experience this phenomenon of merging two cultures within one person. This is mostly due to the fact that those children grow up in one culture at home while being exposed to another culture and way of life simultaneously in their present environment. In particular, the experience of being Afro-German is one often overlooked, yet is incredibly fascinating as one begins to explore the intricacies relating to the merging and clashing of two different cultural backgrounds and vernaculars, which in turn create a narrative unique to those children of two worlds. Nigerian filmmaker Branwen Okpako explores these particular narratives in her social documentary films, Dirt for Dinner and The Education of

4b) the entire setting of Nigeria brings out the theme of oppression especially political oppression. All of Nigeria is suffering as a result of the political oppression, including Abba Town, Enugu and Ifeoma’s village. The road setting also shows political oppression, especially when persons are stopped and searched by the military for no good reason.

For the third times in many days I was scared of life. Now to be more specific I was more scared of leaving my house, but still, I was scared of being alive. The last three days I have been miserable. Trapped in my house scared of every noise I hear, scared of being attacked, being attacked by bees. This all began a long three days ago on my way home from school. It was a humid and cloudy April day, the moisture in the air promised for a large storm ahead. I left Starcenter Middle School and was walking my typical route through the windy dirt road to my home. As I was walking and listening to the birds sing in the trees, I heard a small “buzz”. I looked subconsciously for the animal that may have created that sound. I was stunned when

Have you ever felt like an outcast or that you do not fit in where you live? For young Nwoye, this is exactly how he feels. In Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart Nwoye struggles with self identity and understanding where he stands within his clan. His misunderstanding leads him to embrace a new culture when British colonists come to Nigeria. This illustrates to readers the positive effects that can come from colonialism.

In his mind, the English are peaceful, and the Igbo are violent. The Commissioner expresses this in his description of the British justice system as “a peaceful administration”, and in the last paragraph of the book, in which he describes the novel he is going to write. He intends to title it The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. It is interesting that he equates colonization with pacification. This supports that the District Commissioner’s belief was that British law is justice, and justice is

The immigrant experience affects families in a unique manner wherein ethnicity, and therefore, identity becomes something continuously negotiated. Jhumpa Lahiri’s contemporary novel, “The Namesake,” beautifully illustrates the complexities of generational culture clashes and the process of self-individualization over the course of this experience. Lahiri challenges the often-one-dimensional approach to ethnic identity by allowing readers an intimate and omnipresent look into the internal struggles of the Gangulis, a first-and-second-generation Bengali family, following their relocation to America. The novel incorporates a heavy presence of reading, and the abundant representation of books and documents throughout it are vital to its

We are introduced to the theme of racism in the novel when the census officials come to take away Benjamin to his