Migrant Hostel Analysis

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In the prescribed text “migrant hostel” Peter Skrychenki advocates to the audience the story of a thousands off migrants coming to Australia after World War 2 demonstrating that the persona does not necessarily belong to a place such as the hostel in a broader context Australia. Showing the personas alienation and this sense of not belonging migrants feel when they first come to Australia. The tile itself ‘Migrant Hostel’ exemplifies this sense of exclusion towards these migrants from people in society. While the term “hostel” connototaes an temporary establishment that provides needs for an individual but also creates this sense of segregation encapsulating this idea of entrapment which restricts entry to Australia, which is in regard to

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