English Paper 1 Section 1 Jennie Tran Question 1: text onevisual text (a) Explain how one aspect of the

e visual text represents the concept of belonging. The concept of belonging in this visual text is directly linked to family and home. The layering and differing sizes of the hands symbolises the general structure of a family from the parent with the bigger hands and to the children with the smaller hands. Together, these hands act on the emphasis of unity and the importance of family that attain a sense of belonging. Question 2: text twopoem (b) why does the speaker say we never belonged? The speaker says we never belonged because the family did not obtain the common characteristics of a family that had high standards of living, therefore they did not belong. The use of we as first person indicates that despite the disconnection from society, there was a sense of attachment with the family themselves. Question 3: Text Three--Prose extract (c) How does the narrator evoke the experience of being at home in the landscape? The feeling of home is evoked by the narrator through the extensive use of descriptive imagery such as the line sky full of grand canyons and mountain ranges of white cloud which is effective in a way that creates a deep visual of what the narrator views as home in this landscape. Also, the narrator utilizes the cumulation of the landscape and the feelings that evoke from the experience as she could lift her hand, hold it over blue peaks, valleys, ranges, touching them softly, feeling their folds, textures, warmths and sudden coolness, in which evidently shows that the persona feels at home in this landscape as they embrace the landscape to their hearts content and thus, feels a sense of belonging towards this landscape as a whole experience. Question 4: Text FourNonfiction extract (d) Analyse the ways this text communicates the relationships between home and belonging. This text reveals that there are different interpretations of home, although belonging is achieved just the same. The narrator communicates this intimate relationship between home and belonging with the use of first person when describing personal

aspects of home life such as it was a nice brick home that I had which adds to the deeper meaning of belonging to this home environment to just this particular person, not anyone else. The narrators own use of jargon when he describes a different aspect of home life such as footscray is me also reiterates the intimate and sentimental characteristics of belonging to this certain individual. Question 5: Belonging involves the connection between people and places, which is evident in text one. However, this can be arguable in text two. In text four, the portrayal of home is represented in a way that differs from others, particularly in terms of location. There isnt always a definitive answer when asked about what home is to them. It varies from different people, from different places and from different lives. This text shows challenges the notion of home of just being a concrete house. In this text, there are sections that reveal stream of consciousness such as I felt as if Ive come home. I like it very much, I do that highlight the intimate and sentimental feelings towards these particular places whether it may have been the suburb, or the inner city. These heartwarming connections bring about the sense of belonging that one may feel when discussing sentimental places or areas, despite the differing locations. The use of first person I is a very personal approach towards these viewpoints and adds emphasis on the sentimental feelings towards the places such as the line I know Ive been happier here than Ive been in years which expresses the most deepest content and satisfaction the individual feels in relation to a particular place. Albeit, in text two, it demonstrates that people do not have to share a connection with places in order to belong. The repetitiveness of we amplifies the connection within the family despite their hardships. We learned how not to mind is an example that shows that they didnt mind the hardships because they were in it together. The places in which they resided in deemed insignificant in contrast to text four, as the family in text two regarded the family relationship as more important and fundamental as they never had the money or the land. Despite this, the family learnt how to coexist together without the constraints of the concerns troubling them in which ignited a sense of belonging. In prcis, belonging does not necessarily involve the connection between people and places, the concept of belonging could and can be reliant on the relationships formed with family, mostly depending on the context.