Migrant Woman On A Melbourne Tram Analysis

An individuals sense of belonging relies on a sense of character and stability in their environment. Stability is built upon the way people connect with themselves and others while still holding onto their social identity. The play ‘Cosi’ by Louis Nowra and and Bruce Dawe’s poem ‘drifters’ both present a similar ‘no belonging’ type relationship with society. They show a lacking ability to develop relationships, connect within their community and build upon a healthy social

In this essay I will attempt to highlight how disconnections can give rise to new connections, by using the example of the diasporic Bangladeshi community found in Brick Lane, London. I shall layout a variety of evidence both quantitive and qualitative to support the claim, and also compare diasporic and trans local migrants.

The feeling of not belonging, of being unwanted, or being judge is a very common thing that occurs too many individuals. The feelings of isolation and alienation can be frustrating, dangerous and eventually push a character to it their extremes. In the short story The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross, the main character Ann feels alone and isolated for many reasons. From the beginning of the story the theme of loneliness and alienation occurs almost immediately. Ann is not pleased with her life, she feels not only isolation emotionally but physically. She and her husband John live in the middle of nowhere, far away from company and populated settlements. The remote surrounding in which they live creates a feeling of extreme isolation, especially after previously living in a city, “Even the distant farmsteads she could see served only to intensify a sense of isolation( Ross 9).” John is a simple farmer who thinks the only way he can please and show his love to his wife, Ann, is by working all day to earn

Once becoming a part of a different society, she has to adapt to the ways that she is unfamiliar with. She has to erase in a form of what she knows and feels is correct to from her true self. “I am staring painfully at an image. My image? No! – what is left of what once used to be my image”. (Darko p1) The immigrant black woman doesn’t seem to feel whole as she lacks love from her husband, her family and her

The notion (idea) of belonging is explored through the dynamics between conforming to social influence and maintaining perception of self identity. This is reflected in Peter Skrzynecki’s poem ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ which highlights the struggles of migrants, in this case, his father of trying to belong and not feeling like an outcast. Peter examines how an inherent (existing in something) desire to belong to a group or community may have caused them to deny aspects of identity. Peter’s assimilation into the Australian way of life induces a detachment from his father and his cultural ideas.

Both Khaled Hosseini's novel ‘The Kite Runner’ and the short stories "Are You Different?" by Mia Francis and "Chinese Lessons" by Ivy Tseng in the anthology "Growing Up Asian In Australia" by various authors discuss the notion of being displaced. In the texts, the role of being an outsider extends from being excluded in one's own family to a large-scale extermination of the ethnic minorities. In both ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘Growing Up Asian in Australia’, it is inferred that the idea of being the outsider causes individuals to experience pain, because the way that they perceive themselves and by the people around them as different leads them to feel voiceless, discriminated, and conflicted in a place where they should feel like they belong.

“Simple recipes” by Madeleine Thien, and “The Closing Down of Summer” by Allister MacLeod both focus on the struggles the characters undergo due to cultural gaps, or being away from home from work, creating the sense of isolation or alienation within their families. The impression of isolation found in the text is generated from the situational behaviours found in the actions, thoughts, or exchange of language in the characters. For Macleod focuses on how his protagonist uses ancestral rituals to find individual fulfillment on the account of his work occupation deteriorating his connection with family. Whereas Thiens story demonstrates how the uses of ritualistic behaviour has created a tension between the different social identities of oriental

Both Willa Cather’s My Ántonia and O. E. Rölvaag’s Giants in the Earth portray the difficulties of everyday life in unexplored territory, with similar themes and context. Although the overarching themes of both novels are similar, the manner in which characters behave with each other, the dependency families have on each other, and the ability of individuals to mitigate conflict is different. Both My Ántonia and Giants in the Earth portray an array of sources causing conflict in relationships. However, they differ in the motivations of characters and intent of individual action. Both novels give unique perspectives of immigration, demonstrating how integral relationships are to survival, but also portraying how individual interests can

The Australian native Markus Zusak shows how aboriginality, “mateship”, and the urban life are portrayed in a more or less typical Australian life. Through these novels Zusak describes how people embark on unexpected journeys to better others and most importantly their selves. Throughout his novels, the reader will question life in poverty and how richness is not necessarily physical but only fully achieved through the mind. Zusak, through his cultural environment in I Am the Messenger gives readers a link to the experience of how people’s lives may change drastically in order to overcome past weaknesses.

Robertson’s article is in response to a research question centring around the implications and significance of temporary migrants in urban Australia. Robertson focuses specifically on student and tourist workers as temporary migrants and their role and social position in society. In this piece, I will be critically analysing the writer’s argument, especially in terms of her use of supporting claims, evidence and assumptions. Robertson argues it is the concept of time that determines temporary migrants as different from urban locals, permanent migrants and even, from each other. This construct of time sometimes works in conjunction with ethnicity and culture to force these migrants into varied, and yet similar, social standings within Australian

Immigration and separation are a common subject now talked about. Many novels and newspapers use immigration as a subject in their writing. The portrayal of immigration can be very different. This is a common subject in the text “Band-Aid for 800 Children” and for “Red Umbrella”. They both portray the subject of immigration in both similar and different ways.

I was laughing at how relatable, how real, how honest it all felt. “This is how you treat your mother? . . . And this is how you treat your daughter?” (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, p. 55). This was a phrase that constantly echoed throughout my family home. The parallels were amusing but soon became uncomfortably similar. The transnational family, the machismo, the self hate that lived within children of color, Whiteness, the trauma from living in an impoverished country with a corrupt government, Oscar’s mental health, the Fukú, the Zafa, and so many more similarities were piling up. It was theory disguised as a fictional narrative. Not only that, but very similar concepts were being discussed in Leisy Abrego’s Sacrificing Families. Although different genres, both Abrego and Díaz have arguments on what structures a transnational family (a family that “sustains multi-stranded social relations that link together their societies of origin and settlement”) (Arredondo 2016). Both include the concepts of gender, internal colonialism, and intersectionality.

All over the world, immigrants and their children often face external and internal hardships in society: often times their appearance sparks discrimination and maintaining their culture leads to alienation. They struggle to fit in, as they neither fit fully into the host society nor their ethnic society. This dichotomy exists in a more pronounced fashion for mixed race individuals, such as Jack. In Ken Liu’s “Paper Menagerie,” Jack faces hurtful encounters from his peers and neighbors due to the visibly different attributes he is born with and the heritage of which he is a part of. Consequently, Jack tries to conform to the cultural ideal around him to escape the reality of his

In Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, culture causes belonging as well as insecurity. In this novel, characters from the Caribbean and England are put side by side to highlight how strong cultures affect those without one. Christophine and R hold strong ties to their identities through their ethnic background, while Antionette is left wondering, “‘who I am and where is my country and where do I belong’” (61). Rhys uses the binary opposition of these two contrasting characters to convey that people rely on their cultures for their identity and because of this, those who do not fit into a certain group have trouble defining themselves.

The poem “They’ll say she must be from another country,” by Imtiaz Dharker explores the challenges of a woman in her everyday life. She feels that she doesn’t belong in the country she is living in, because people can notice how different she is from everyone else. She makes it easy for people to understand why she feels alienated but, at the same time feels proud of who she is. Dharker conveys her message through the many examples of alienation given throughout her poem.