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The process of belonging and/or not belonging is capable of making and/or breaking one’s life and self-esteem. This may prove to be an eye-opening process that, most often than not, affects us and the people in close contact with us. This also usually results in us having a heightened sense of connectedness to the environment around us and may allow us to experience things that we hadn’t before. The inverse is also true; if we lack a sense of belonging we may not be able to function as well in society and may have to give in to the pressures placed upon us. Our perceptions shape our sense of belonging. In the prescribed text, “Immigrant Chronicle” by Peter Skrzynecki and my related text “Episode 1, Family Footsteps” “Armenia”, all these perceptions are extensively discussed, how they affect our sense of belonging and how our sense of belonging eventually affects the people around us.
In the prescribed text “Immigrant Chronicle” by Peter Skrzynecki he describes the various methods and factors that affected his sense of belonging. This fact is put into spotlight in the poem “St. Patric...

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