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Omed62

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"Perceptions of belonging depend on context"

what could be some ideas about the questions in terms of structure.

What things can you talk about!!!
 

erckle999

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What core text are you doing?
That question is tricky because beyond whether one belongs or not, it is asking for a discussion of whether you perceive that belonging differently or at all because of context.
My advice would be to break up context into 3/4 different strands. Suppose we break it up into any of cultural context, social context (could be familial, school whatever), spatial context (belonging to place), temporal context (belonging due to progression of time, nostalgia - themes like that) even personal context (this could get into personal demons, mental issues).
So based on your texts, you might pick a few of those (1 per paragraph). Then in each paragraph you would want to show, in different ways, how one's context influences their belonging or lack their of. Then, as the second half of a paragraph, you might talk about how each that same contextual factor influences one's, or the general notion of, perception of belonging. For example, perhaps social attitudes engender racism and prevent one from belonging. However, perhaps time goes by and although racism may no longer occur, the previous feeling of non-belonging catalysed a perception of non-belonging leading to a perpetual, visceral vicious cycle between the perception and feeling of belonging.
 

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