Pauline Kaldas Home Analysis

I Still Call Australia is an Australian song written in June 1980 and sang by Peter Allen. This song is all about homesickness, homes and of course the Australian Culture. It signifies the nostalgia for home and the Australian Patriotism because the singer himself strongly supports his country and home. What the message of this song is trying to convey is that no matter where you go and how far you are, Australia will always be called home for Australian expatriates.

In the essays “Homeplace” by Scott Russell Sanders and “I Must Be Going” by Richard Ford, the authors discuss their very different viewpoints on whether people should move around or stay put in one home. In “Homeplace,” Sanders argues against moving with a didactic and self-righteous tone that aims to put his philosophy of staying put above any other. However, in “I Must Be Going,” Ford approaches the topic differently, explaining his own reasons for moving from home to home. Although he is defensive in reaction to others criticizing his choices to move, he does not put his method of living above that of others, but simply seeks to justify it. Although the two authors discuss the same topic in their essays and both use evocative methods of writing to explore the motivations behind moving or staying put, they do so using very different viewpoints and attitudes towards transience.

The quality and importance of life are looked at by most as a valuable and great gift, but this perception of someone’s life is stated differently by the two poets, David Malouf and Bruce Dawe. The poems Suburban and Homecoming express life through the eyes of two separate groups, one being a ‘stereotypical’ individual and the other, a group of men fighting for their own lives. Poetry offers many hidden meanings within their stories, Suburban and Homecoming are no different offering two distinct takes on the meaning of life. Whether that be shown through war, or a Sunday morning after a long night out, both poems convey the emotions of life, both positively and negatively.

In the essays “Homeplace” by Scott Russell Sanders and “I Must Be Going” by Richard Ford, the authors discuss their very different viewpoints on whether people should move around or stay put in one home. In “Homeplace,” Sanders argues against moving with a didactic and self-righteous tone that aims to put his philosophy of staying put above any other. However, in “I Must Be Going,” Ford approaches the topic differently, explaining his own reasons for moving from home to home. Although he is defensive in reaction to others criticizing his choices to move, he does not put his method of living above that of others, but simply seeks to justify it. Although the two authors discuss the same topic in their essays and both

The song “The New World” written by Jason Robert Brown, describes the feeling of trepidation about leaving ones home and following a new path. Colm Toibin and Jason Brown both use imagery to show how lost one feels when searching for home. Eilis’s relationship with “home” shifts and changes as she struggles to come to terms with the consequences of living in two places both mentally and physically. She loves her small home town of Enniscorthy, but she doesn’t quite fit in with the atmosphere and the people. In many ways, her “home” has a socially-conservative environment, and not everything is as it seems. However, her new home in Brooklyn is filled with her feelings of homesickness and nostalgia. Eilis never feels quite happy there because she is always thinking about her sister Rose and her mother. Yet, Brooklyn provides her with the opportunity to start over and begin a new life.

Most people define home as a comfortable setting which provides love and warmth. In Scott Sanders “Homeplace” and Richard Ford’s “I Must Be Going” the concept of home is defined in two different ways. Sanders believes that by moving from place to place, the meaning of home has been diminished. Sanders believes that America’s culture “nudges everyone into motion” (Sanders 103) and that his “longing to become an inhabitant rather than a drifter” (103) is what sets him apart from everyone else. Ford prefers to stay on the move. His argument is life’s too short to settle in one place. He believes home is where you make it, but permanence is not a

Being in the home was like a separate world, one between life and death. When I reached the outside world again everything seemed so fresh. There were bright yellow-green leaves that hung with an arrogant vivacity, cars that sped by with such fervor, wind blowing with verve and energy, lively children playing with a vivacious lust for life, and the vitality that exudes from the air into your lungs. I wanted to bring this energy into

As the story continues, the concept of “home” to everyone keeps moving to other places. At first everyone started at their property until they were driven off their property by a “cat,” a large tractor sent by the bankers to force poor families off the land. After the families were forces from their homes, they headed to California. On their

The worker contacted Glenda Morrison; who is the grandmother of Bradly Blackburn. Mrs .Morrison stated "Bradley and Trucly are both great parents and they have very happy children. they go to church often, watch movies together amd Bradley loves to cook for the family. Mrs. Morrison stated "Bradley and Trucly use to say in my home and ive never seen either parent spank the children nor did i see any substance abuse.I think theyre both doing a wonderful job and im proud of both of

The community is of a dreamlike place, embodying visions of the American flag, bake sales, and neighborhood gatherings. People will expect to experience a transition as if they were "going to be leaving America and going into this fantasy kingdom, where there is no crime, with only people like me. Celebrations premise is that residents will stroll treelined streets to afternoon matinees, waving to their neighbors on the front porches along the way"(Wilson 2). Despite the beauty of Celebration, this artificial front gives people reservations about living in such a community.

When home comes to mind I think of my home town, so small it can’t even be considered a town, Matawan, New Jersey. As a kid when I would say where I was from people would automatically look at me with a bewildered face and ask “Where is that?”. Being in a small town there has been some advantages like knowing everyone in my around two hundred and seventy person graduating class. Playing sports in a small town allowed me to develop friendships from a young age that will last a lifetime. By growing up in a small town and a small school, there was a definite sense of community. I remember when a classmate was diagnosed with cancer our small school rallied together and organized multiple fundraisers to try and pay for a treatment in Germany for

In this essay I will be comparing two poems which show connections between people and the places in which they live. The two poems I will be comparing and contrasting are “Blessing” by imtiaz Dharker and “Island Man” by Grace Nichols. Both of these poets express their feelings through these poems. Grace Nichols allocates her experiences of how people feel when separated from the environment and place they lived in for such a long period of time. On the contrary Imtiaz Dharker uses the poem “Blessing” to convey the importance of water for less fortunate people. From both of the poems I have chosen I can see that the poets have written about something they feel is important. The reason why I have chosen these two poems is because both of the

Susan Lichtman’s “Domestic Arrangements” is showing in the Art Gallery. The exhibition runs from March 12 through Friday, April 22. The exhibition is organized by the interns in the Barton Art Gallery which curated by Maureen O’Neil. On Thursday, March 17, the Barton Art Galleries and the Barton College Friends of Visual Arts hosted a reception at 5 p.m. for the “Domestic Arrangements” exhibition by Lichtman.

Throughout the world of suburbia, there seems to be a persistence of communities who attempt to create a perfect, enclosed world for the whole of the community to live in. By providing for everything that the inhabitants would ever want, suburbia is able to close itself off from those around it that it deems unworthy of belonging. While this exclusivity helps to foster the sense of community, it can also bring with it isolation from the outside, and also from within, and have disastrous results. Throughout the semester, there have been a number of works that have dealt the issue of isolation, but the greatest representation of a work whose physical qualities in its representation of suburbia help to

We drove to our favorite breakfast joint, a 5-minute drive from our house. House, not home. “I hate this house,” Alan had just admitted. I was encouraged to agree. I hated it myself. We’ve lived here too long.