Peter Skrzynecki Migrant Hostel Summary

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The poem ‘Migrant Hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki had a moderate influence on how I composed my narrative story. The main way that it influenced my writing was how Peter alluded to the dehumanisation of the immigrants. His use of simile and imagery prompted me to use a greater variety of imagery in my piece of writing. I had alluded to the dehumanisation of immigrants, stating ‘Mum looked up at the looming figure, arms trembling as the number was patched onto the arm of her shirt. 15673 mine read. 15674 his read’. Having the numbers being patched into each and every immigrant, it shows dehumanisation as it removes the identity of the individuals and replaces each identity with a number which conveys to us that the immigrants were treated like things