Wild Cat Belonging Analysis

‘A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.’, a quote by Brene Brown. It is telling the reader that all that is needed in life is love and this also gives us our identity to belong. Within wild cat falling it is seen that even in worst case scenario if there is love in your life you will belong. It is also evident in the Stolen Generation, even if a child is taken from their mother they will learn to understand that everyone is wired to love and be loved and to belong. It is even shown in the breakfast club that everyone belongs, in every circumstance.

There is a few circumstances where Wild Cat doesn’t feel he belongs, he feels he belongs more in prison than in the outside world. Many situations Wild Cat tried to belong but felt he didn't , for instance when he came out of prison. Wild Cat just wanted to be taken back to prison, back to his home. “I want to pound on the locked gates and demand to be let in again”. The aboriginal families also struggled with the intervention of the welfare authorities. Wild cat was teased for the help his family received after his siblings were taken by authorities. They were given a house and had to live like whites. Wild Cat was playing with ‘friends’ on the other side of the fence, his mother has to remind him, ‘They belong on the white side of the fence. You’ve got to prove you do, and don’t you forget it.’ Through Wild Cat and his family it is evident that their identities determine where they belong, in many ways for Wild Cat it is shown he belongs in prison as he believes that is his new