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    Jonathan Swift Satire

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    economical deprivation many Irish are going through by introducing the idea of trading into his writing. The trading he utilizes does not indicate regular market trading in which no humans are put into oppression but trading in which Great Britain used to gain its own interest without considering conditions of other parties. Swift amplifies the selfish characteristics of British landlords and nobles by not only overpraising their goodness and drawing parallel between poor Irish and objects…

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    of people and reliance on statistical values in order to demonize the English, who enrich themselves at Ireland’s expense. William Petty’s demoralizing and detached word choice set the stage for Swift’s satire. By focusing on Petty’s dehumanizing language,…

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    salary for the hard work she did as a servant in a foreign country. The story also portrays the language hardships immigrants endured. For example “I feel. I see. I hear. And I want to think it out. But I’m like dumb in me. I only know I’m different— different from everybody” shows Yezierska/s struggle to put words together ( ). She knows what she wants to say but she can not put it into words in this language that is so foreign to her. America and I is a good portrayal of the struggles…

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    The Irish Potato Famine

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    massive famine, which many called the Irish Potato Famine or the Great Irish Famine. This incident was considered one of the darkest and hardest period of the Irish history. Unfortunately, this event caused between 500,000 to 1 million deaths and ruined the land and crops of many farmers. The famine reached its peak in 1847 and during that year, about 300,000 people left Ireland and went to install themselves in other countries which included Canada. When the Irish people came to Canada, they…

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    about the magnitude of Irish suffering, acting as an eyewitness of the horror lived by peasants, children and women, in the south west of Ireland, namely in Skibbereen, the hamlet he personally visited and described in his letter. The text could be classified as a literary-journalistic one; journalistic according to the descriptive nature of the facts related on the letter and the public whom it is addressed;…

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    This was the first time Alphonsus and his family have left the country and were scared to see what awaited them upper north in Canada. The famine migration (1847‒52) marks the last large movement of the Irish to Canada. The famine immigrants favoured the towns and cities; and by 1871, the Irish were the largest ethnic group in every large town and city of Canada, with the exceptions of Montréal and Québec City. Upon arriving in British North America through the Canadian ports because of the…

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    source of food? Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” doesn't fall shy from this brazen idea. “A Modest Proposal” is a satirical piece in which Swift vents his irritation of Irish and English Politics and the treatment the Irish citizens received from England. Swift’s irritation doesn’t stop at England’s ruling, he criticizes the Irish settling for exploitation, discrimination and their inability to muster out of the situation. Swift chew’s over these ideas in such a satirical manner, it leaves…

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    Dance History

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    Have you ever truly thought about dance? How has it affected the world or how it has evolved into a worldwide language? Well if your answer was no then you might want to think again because our world is beginning to bring back their history and is turning into a world of dance. Dances history is extremely important to today’s world because it affects the way you think of the arts and your way of life. Dance has been a tradition since the beginning, however, people are now also starting to…

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    really loved. That is the extent of all I know about my heritage and family history on that side. I will now try to explain the way of the Irish people and the traditions they uphold, as well as some history. “The culture of Ireland includes customs and traditions, language, music, art, literature, folklore, cuisine and sports associated with Ireland and the Irish people” (NA, www.irishlifetours.com) Ireland is a country in Europe that is off the coast…

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    mythology and folklore as a way to convey longing for the past. The poem focuses on a narrator, presumably Yeats himself, and his detachment and dispassion for contemporary life, resulting in his nostalgic longing for the past and to be part of the Irish ancient legends – to transcend the life of the ordinary man. The red rose is used by Yeats as a nationalist symbol to represent a mythological Ireland, which shows Yeats’ sense of nationalism that only grew over the years. The poem starts with:…

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