The concept of belonging is deeply fused with the interrelationships between human beings, where acceptance by others is the key to a sense of belonging. Numerous texts reflect the fact that engaging in relationships with others, including different groups and cultures, is integral to a feeling of belonging. However, other texts present ideas that suggest that identity is the most integral aspect of belonging, or that in fact belonging requires an introspective alienation from others. This essay will discuss the importance of accepting belonging and also how other aspects have the same value with reference to various texts, namely the poems “This is my letter to the world” and “I was hungry every year” by Emily Dickinson, the artwork “The Two Fridas” by Frida Kahlo and the film “How It Is in Heaven” directed by Kay Pollak. Emily Dickinson's poem "This is My Letter to the World" presents an exploration of the poet's alienation from society and his simultaneous desire to connect with it, thus showing his need to belong through connections with others. Dickinson's use of the pronouns "this" and "that" in the first two lines of the poem immediately establishes Dickinson as an external entity isolated from society. This is further represented in the contrast created between Dickinson's "sweet countrymen" and "me" where the physical isolation of the two sentences on separate lines exemplifies their disconnection and thus demonstrates Dickinson's alienation from the camaraderie connoted by "countrymen". Furthermore, in the line “the simple news told by nature” nature is personified to represent a pantheistic God. Since the 'mere news' is symbolic of Dickinson's work, this places the poet as a vehicle for nature and thus relegates Dickinson to a high... paper center... na's lessons to Daniel, demonstrate reciprocity relationships that once again represent the integral importance of interconnections. Overall, then, the film contrasts the idea of ​​belonging through religion which stifles emotion and identity, with human relationships which are shown as a life-giving force that provides belonging through acceptance and understanding. (318) Overall, all these texts show different aspects of belonging. While "The Two Fridas" and "How It Is in Heaven" assert that acceptance by others and within communities is essential to belonging, Dickinson's poetry overall suggests that identity is a more importance of belonging and that alienation from others can actually develop. an inner belonging. It can therefore be seen that belonging is established through different means and that acceptance is not only the most important aspect.