1. Poetry and Our Perceptions of Belonging
, which parallels the experiences of white Australians to that of the Indigenous. Keating urges society to acknowledge the Indigenous culture and enrich their experience of belonging by questioning "can we find just solutions to...the people to whom the most injustice has been done." ... Initially described as people who cannot keep track of their surroundings, the migrants' disorientation is compared to "a homing pigeon circling to get its bearings ", the simile indicating that they were united by fear, therefore stressing the human need of finding a community to belong to. ...
- Word Count: 1116
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Graduate