The theme of belonging is explored in Martin Luther King's speech and the short film Harvie Krumpet in many ways and both show senses of not belonging and being outcasted, as well as belonging and being accepted.
“But one hundred years later, the Negro is still not free… One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation… One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty” Martin Luther King’s repetition throughout his speech emphasises the sense of injustice and not belonging in society, as a result of the pigment of their skin even though he states that the declaration of independence declares that all men including black along with white have the right to heir and live…show more content… As he exploits that the possibilities of fairness and justice between white and Negros being true, he attempts to show the audience that black people and white people can belonging together in the same society and live in harmony. King uses the term ‘Little white boys and girls along with Little black boys and girls’ as an critical climax of his speech and emphasises the fact that black people along with white people are all God’s children and all are human and makes the audience question whether or not there is a real reason to why Negros are treated different to white people, resulting in thoughts of belonging as a society and how Negros weren’t allowed to join any form of public groups due to them being opposite skin colour to white. Belonging in ‘Harvie Krumpet’ however is not explored until his middle-aged life. At the time Harvie had been in and out of hospital, on his fourth and final visit he meets his future wife, due to him have testicular cancer. They fall in love and eventually try to fall pregnant which makes Harvie finally have a sense of belonging and acceptance, nonetheless due to Harvie having one of his testicals removed due to the…show more content… Diversity is what makes everyone unique and interesting in there own way, and everyone should be proud of those things as we are all God’s
