Segregation And Discrimination

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An individual’s interaction with others and the world around can influence, alter, one’s behaviour, actions and beliefs. However, various external factors influence an individual such as, positive and accepting environments an individual’s sense of belonging can enrich and expand, while negative behaviours such as exclusion and rejection might limit and restrict it; this in turn moulds one’s sense of acceptance and value of being.
This idea is explored in the picture book, The Island by Armin Greder which analyses segregation and discrimination, and further alludes to the strong xenophobic culture and how such ideals can influence the experience of belonging.
Similarly to Ray Bradbury’s, Dark They Were And Golden Eyed [DTWAGE], which expresses
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This creates a culturally deprecating environment which leads to degeneration of belonging for foreigners, while simultaneously developing a mindset of patriotic superiority amongst individuals; creating a common ground of belonging of shared ideology and hate-targets within the community.
This idea is explored in The Island. Greder incorporates juxtaposition, to emphasize the core ideas.
“So they took him in”, an inviting text with a strikingly contrasting uninviting visual stance. The text poses potential acceptance, but the supporting image of the islanders leading the man into their community with aggressive expressions and weapons behind his back with their posture guarded as if being introduced to a lifethreatening danger rather than to a foreign man. This demonstrates the stark distinction between the physical profiles of the man against the islanders and their reluctency against admitting him to take refuge upon their land.
Positioned the two elements together to create a distictive tone.
This makes the audience feel conflicted while sensing senophobic undertones; as although their words comprehended acceptance, their physical profiles and expressions

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