In Skrzynecki's "Migrant Hostel," the migrant's inability to connect with their culture has left them with an overall sense of displacement and loss of identity. ... Skrzynecki complemented this, using a tone of instability when the migrants were left "wondering who would be coming next", reflecting their the strong disassociation and unfamiliarity that they experienced. 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...

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