GUAIA connections to Identity&belonging

[unfamila]

what stories in GUAIA do you think closely relate to Identity and belonging?
Which stories did you talk about in your essays, and which ones aren't worth reading?

[Art Vandelay]

the street fighter one was dope

[nosuperstar]

Sticks and Stones and Suck Like by Sunil Badami discusses the appearances influence on ones sense of self, how looking or being different from the 'norm' can lead people to change themselves to conform to the majority, Towards Manhood by Benjamin Law slightly touched on this also.

I think Hoa Pham's story is a great example to use because through her story, she discusses whitewashing, to which many examples can be drawn from it such as the white Australia policy and I used Germany's concept of perfectionism during the holocaust as an example but in all honesty, I don't know why I did that, my teacher thought it was good though.

[FlorianK]

The once I used the most were probably:


Five Ways to Disappoint Your Vietnamese Mother
Chinese Dancing Bendigo Style
Towards Manhood
Sticks and Stones
Chinese Lessons
The advantage of learning your own language

Can't recall the other ones I used anymore and I'm not sture if the stories have the same wording as I stated above.

I also used the first 3 of that list in the essay below:
Re: English Work Examples Directory

[unfamila]

Thanks for all your replies 
And i guess that german reference works, nosuperstar

[unfamila]

That's a great essay FlorianK, great discussion..I love how you introduced GUAIA, i may have to steal that line.

[AllAboutTheLGs]

Sticks and Stones and Suck Like by Sunil Badami discusses the appearances influence on ones sense of self, how looking or being different from the 'norm' can lead people to change themselves to conform to the majority, Towards Manhood by Benjamin Law slightly touched on this also.

I think Hoa Pham's story is a great example to use because through her story, she discusses whitewashing, to which many examples can be drawn from it such as the white Australia policy and I used Germany's concept of perfectionism during the holocaust as an example but in all honesty, I don't know why I did that, my teacher thought it was good though.

I used Sunil a lot too in my SACs because:

1. Sunil is incredibly easy to write about. You can apply his story to almost any prompt that is thrown at you.
2. The ideas present in his story are pretty straight forward, and are therefore easier to explore and dissect.
3. Because of the 2 points above, you can write about Sunil in more detail and depth, thus getting a higher mark.

BUT: everyone and their mother will recognise this, therefore for my exam, I told myself I would not write about Sunil, in an attempt to stand out from the crowd, to be different and unique. What I'm saying is, although Sunil's is really easy and I encourage you to write about him, there are other unorthodox stories in the book to write about.

Then again, that's just me being a perfectionist :p