First Punic War

What’s difference between being alone and feeling lonely? Some say loneliness is the unhappiness that is often felt when they do not have friends or no one to turn to; some say loneliness is an emotion, but being alone can be a choice. Being to many places usually out of everyone’s travel plan, Pico Iyer finds that we often feel lonely when we are in a crowd, but not part of the it. In his work, “Lonely Places,” Pico Iyer depicts a unique outlook of several “lonely places” where are…

put this more into perspective, we only need to look as far as the texts that I have been analysing in school of late – William Shakespeare’s dramatic play, ‘King Henry IV, Part 1’ and the RSC’s play within a play production. In the play’s very first scene, the audience are introduced to King Henry speaking about how his son, the next in line, is “riot[ous] and dishonor[able]”. Particularly, in comparison to his glorified namesake, Harry Percy, he is no good. At this point…

exporting products that have been banned dangerous in the US, to other countries, mainly third world countries. The harms clearly outweigh the benefits, as these manufactures are knowingly dumping dangerous products available to third world countries. The first dumping that the case study Made in the…

Religion was an important aspect of everyday life during medieval times. The Crusades were wars designed to help religious figures control and expand the Catholic Church. The expansion of the Catholic Church would lead to power and also an increase in revenue for the church simply because they could control every aspect of the people’s lives, whether that was forcing the people to pay more taxes or causing them to revolt against one another. Religion and the Crusades directly correlated with one…

Introduction The history of Canada is one that not many like to talk about. Between taking land, killings, residential schools, and high foster care rates there is a lot of intergenerational trauma that needs healing still. For this essay I picked Scenario number two, a story about an eight-year-old boy named Jackson. Jackson lives in Victoria, a city on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From his story a Child and Youth Care practitioner can learn what inter-generational impact the children go…

Jamestown wanted the natives to become part of their nation. In addition, unlike the French, they ended up fighting with the tribes that were helping to support them. However, in many other ways the Jamestown colonists were similar to the French. First, they were looking to trade and work with the natives. As the text mentions, the colonists relied on corn from local tribes to survive. They needed the natives’ trade to live. The French were not as reliant on natives simply because that…

1. Canadian Heritage Minute: Nelly McClung a. What particularities from this article are portrayed in the Canadian Heritage Minutes? The Canadian Heritage Minutes video portrayed several part from this article. the first part showed, McClung arguing with premier for women 's right to vote. Second part showed, her stage a mock parliament attacking vote for men. The last part showed, women having right to vote and show McClung meet premier in polling station. b. What is…

The first city in Canada to officially end homelessness, Medicine Hat adopted the “Housing First” plan, where the homeless are given a place to live first before tackling the underlying causes of their homelessness. Utah used this model to reduce its homelessness by 91% in ten years. Turner, T. (2016, October 7). Maybe if the rest…

greatest works easily could have been lost forever in the beginning of the sixteenth century. It is only due to the First Folio, a collection of Shakespeare’s plays that has allowed for Shakespeare’s stories to live centuries after his death. Generations of people have been able to study his works and memorize his lines because of this one very important historical document. The First Folio easily could be argued the most influential book related to English literature. Gallaudet University has…

Throughout history there have been numerous wars started because of the need to help others from living under a supposed harsh regime and save them from being persecuted because of their race, religion or class. Many of these types of wars have been unsuccessful in achieving this goal and only one notable, historical crusade has done this and has succeeded, but at a price. There hasn’t been a movement more momentous than the First Crusade. The First Crusade was a pilgrimage turned military…