Analysis of Borders by Thomas King Essay

The political dispute of identity versus citizenship is one that is persistently debated. In “Borders” by Thomas King, the narrator’s mother is traveling to Salt Lake City and must go through the borders between America and Canada. The protagonist experiences the conflict of man versus society as she feels the need to defend her identity from the guards. Thomas King makes the implicit political claim that identity and citizenship are not one in the same. The story is written from the point of view of the narrator, a twelve-year-old boy. The author uses humor to hide behind the thoughts of the narrator to ensure that his message is delivered effectively without offending anyone. Humor in this short story is synonymous with a light-hearted mood.…

One of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, in proposed Virginia Constitution, said “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” Every man who considers America as the ‘land of the free,’ should never restrict exercising his right to bear arms to protect themselves; and centuries have followed this tradition. All the great leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King showed courage to express their ideas using their ‘Right to free speech.’ Critics tried to threaten Dr. King using their…

her troops to ready for battle, as well as, to establish herself as a worthy sovereign for whom her people should be willing to fight, dispelling any thoughts about a weak woman who should be less than a King. Queen Elizabeth I of England was one of the most powerful women of the world´s history. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII, founder of the Anglican Church, taking England…

While most documents in history report Washington as a “Federalist”, in reality he had no political party, though his policies would tend to lean towards the Federalist faction. So from 1789 to 1797, it is best to think of the political factions as being either Administration- those who favored Alexander Hamilton’s policies- or Opposition- those who favored Thomas Jefferson. By 1797, the two major political parties were the Federalists and the Republicans. Federalists were those who had…

Missionaries started to set up missions with different peoples throughout the country. However, tensions between the Basotho people and the Afrikaner, people of mixed European descent who spoke Dutch, after they settled in the Free State province to the west of Lesotho. In order to prepare for any potential conflict, King Moshoeshoe I reached out to missionaries and asked that they live among the Basotho people. By doing this, Moshoeshoe I hoped that he and his people would have easier access to…

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foundation when we were just kids. Now, accounting is possibly the most boring subject in the world. It also could be the most confusing. But if you want to be rich, long term, it could be the most important subject. The question is, how do you take a boring and confusing subject and teach it to kids? The answer is, make it simple. Teach it first in pictures. My rich dad poured a strong financial foundation for Mike and me. Since we were just kids, he created a simple way to teach us. For years…