different perceptions of their belonging
in Australia and the necessity (Father & Peter)
Identity
disparity between his father's strong sense
of cultural identity and his confusion about his
own identity
Belonging
shaped by personal, cultural,
historical & social contexts
father's sense of belonging with his friends and his garden
come from his cultural (Polish), personal and historical
context (forced labour)
Peter's contrasting sense of alienation comes from his
cultural context (son of migrants who has never been to
Poland at this stage), personal context (experience of
education).
connections with places, ppl,
groups, communities, macro
father's strong sense of belonging comes from his
connections with his friends (people), garden (place) and
his cultural heritage
Relationships
relationships with his friends and garden
give him a sense of belonging.
Peter explores his relationship with his father
Understanding
attempt to come to an understanding of his father and
to come to terms with his own shifting identity
• Individual ability to enrich/
challenge a group
Feliks both enriches and challenges Peter's
notions of his own identity and stability.
Attitudes to
belong
Feliks does not change his fixed sense of
belonging, while Peter's attitude modifies over time,
pitching his tents "further and further south of
Hadrian's wall."
• Assumption is that his experiences have shaped him to be
a stoic, honourable man.- represented in a favourable light.