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How about this leaf? (Holding up a different coloured leaf). Do not comment on the responses, just read “Why leaves change colour by Betsy Maestro”. When done engage in a group discussion centred around the question “Why do leaves change colour?” Method: • Cut leaves into small pieces and place in…

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee is a story of the prejudice, inequality and racism that occurred during the early 1930’s. This is exemplified through the charges brought by Bob Ewell against Tom Robinson and the animosity towards Atticus and his family for defending Tom. It is manifested through the anti-African-American feeling in Maycomb which led to Dolphus Raymond’s fabricated drinking problem, and also becomes evident through the hypocritical attitudes of Miss Gates. Through the eyes…

In society, intolerance is a norm that attacks various ethnicities, races, and religions. This normality and its effects prevail in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Intolerance towards gender forms unnecessary boundaries between Maycomb’s men and women. Additionally, intolerance towards social class creates separation amongst Maycomb’s residents. Furthermore, Racial intolerance creates unreasonable divisions among the residents of Maycomb. In short, the intolerance surrounding…

“The possibility of Evil” a short story written by Shirley Jackson contains many examples of symbolism. Miss Strangeworth chose the colours pink, green, and blue because each colour is truly symbolic and has its own story. Pink is a delicate colour that is often associated with love, babies, and princesses. It is a happy colour that has a soft touch to it. Miss Strangeworth's biggest concern was that the “little girl is going to grow up expecting luxury all her life” (251). Sending a pink…

decolonization. Patriarchy like colonialism, is a system of rigorous sexual and biological discrimination and segregation that values men over women and promotes their interests, and deprives women of their rights, privileges and freedom. Thus, African (black/coloured) women (and African women writers) were in this sense doubly marginalized as they were not only victims of colonialism but also of…

“The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the Natives to somehow disappear.” - Will Ferguson Throughout Canadian history we’ve discriminated against non-anglo-saxon groups of people on many occasions. Although we are now known as a country that accepts all cultures and races, we haven’t always been deserving of that status. During World War I, World War II, and post-war times we treated other ethnic groups unfairly…

The Whites were obviously the hegemon, followed by the Coloureds, the Asians and finally the Blacks. The South African Population Registration Act of 1950 required all individuals to carry an identity card complete with a photo and an allocation to one ‘race’. Officials took note of ancestry, social habits and…

After viewing, reading and listening to the following texts; The Help directed by Tate Taylor, The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, Imagine by John Lennon, and Same Love by Macklemore, I came to the conclusion that they are all connected through significant themes established throughout the texts. They all demonstrate aspects of Man 's inhumanity to man as the main idea. From historical issues to the modern day, they all interlink to express how people are cruel to each other, but have an…

alike Australia where the aboriginals had lived on the land for much longer than the white Australians. When the Europeans came to South Africa they created a segregation or Apartheid where there was a divide in the white and coloured. Whites were seen as superior to the coloured and were more important. This relates to the white Australia Policy in the 1960’s which comprises various historical policies that intentionally favoured immigration to Australia from certain European countries, and…

Whilst society’s ongoing change occurs, often it is the use of dystopian texts that explore our own future best. Dystopian fiction is a sub-genre under speculative fiction that undermines the fears of society in its given context. In modern dystopias, this is often through the use of a totalitarian government or in an environment of absolute control. However, in a teeming civilization, it may only take an individual to break this conformity. Thus, effective dystopias best express the faults in a…