1. Trust What is trust Trust is an action or emotion that signifies honesty respect truth reliance faith and responsibility between two or more people. Trust is something that can not be bought or sold it must be earned over time and can be just as easy to loose trust as it is to gain. Trust is also one of the key aspects in belonging if you are trusted you belong . Two text that illustrate this point is the novel The simple gift by Steven Herrick and the movie Joe dirt Ethan mills year 12, 16/3/2001

2. The simple gift The simple gift by Steven Herrick is about a teenage boy called billy who runs away and heads west to a town called Bendarat .Where he meets new people a man called old bill and a girl called Caitlin. He begins to belong in Bendarat by finding a job making friends and having a place to stay. one day billy is confronted by welfare workers who question billy because he is under 18. this is bad because it means billy could be taken away which he really dose not want. He wont be able to see Caitlin or old bill who are like family to him so Old bill comes up with a plan to give billy his old house .

3. billy I held the keys to welling ton road as old bill talked and tried to convince me and himself that we could fool the welfare worker and the cops. I listened to old bill and knew we could do it but as I listened never never in my life feel sadder than I did right then because I knew that old bill was giving me more than these keys I held. And as I held these keys I wasn’t sure whether taking them meant old bill had a new life too or taking them meant that he now had nothing, nothing at all to hold. I held the keys and listened to old bill and tried to read between the lines holding someone's past in my dirty hands. This shows that old bill is trusting billy with more than just a house he is trusting him with a part of his life something that means so much to him it is the house he had a family in and has owned for years. Billy is trusting that old bills plan will work and he wont have to be taken away. Handing over the keys to a new life

4. Joe dirt Joe dirt is about a nobody janitor who people reject because he looks stupid and has a funny name. one day radio hosts invite him on their show and Joe tells his story. starting with when he got separated from his parents at the grand canyon when he was 8. He tells the story on how he kept traveling searching for his parents meeting people one in particular a lady called brandy. They meet when Joe saves her dog after that they become friends and she is the first person to ever trust him. Joe cant figure out why brandy likes him One day brandy's dog is killed and Joe decides to leave in search of his parents . At the end of the story Joe finds out that brandy found his parents and doesn't want him to know. When the story is over the station calls brandy and asks why she kept this secret from Joe. Brandy says that she found out that Joes parents died the day they lost him. After this Joe is a star because of his story but because of this he finds out that his parents aren't dead he meets them. they tell him that they just left him and Joe gets really angry and wants to kill himself. brandy comes and tells him that she lied to him to protect him only somebody who loves him and trusts him would do that. now Joe has accomplished what he has always wanted he has a home and people who trust him.

5. brandy is the first person to ever trust Joe she does not reject him Joe cant understand why brandy likes him and trust him. Near the end of the story she tells Joe that she found out that Joes parents died the same day they lost him. When Joes story becomes famous Joes parents who are not dead contact him and Joe finds them but he finds out the truth that they just abandoned him at the grand canyon. This hurts Joe he threatens to kill himself but brandy comes and stops him and says that she lied to protect him. Brandy says that his parents did not leave him he left them and if he didn’t he wouldn't be the person he is . Brandy also says he had a home all along with her. when he finally comes home his friends he made on his journey are their .with his new family they dive off into the sun set Joe has finally found his place to belong with people who love and trust him. Joe and brand trust each other