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    in the family collapsed. Ibsen’s father went in depression, and his mother searched for spirituality guidance. At the age of fifteen he was forced to leave school. He moved to a small town called Grimstad. He stated working as a pharmacist and began writing plays. In 1850, Ibsen decided to go to Christiania (now Oslo) to attend college. His first few attempts failed because he couldn’t pass the entry…

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    smaller centers in Canada. Jews in Canada frequently live in cities or suburbs. Although not as residentially segregated as the Vietnamese, often neighborhoods could be considered “Jewish neighborhoods” because of the amount of Jewish synagogues, schools and Jewish population living there. In Louis Wirth’s article The Ghetto he argued that the movement of Jewish populations to areas of second and third settlement is an attempt to improve their social status, get rid of their foreignness and…

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    Shakespeare Influences

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    always be important because they depict a wide variety/range of human emotion accurately, tells what are often relatable and universal stories, and he formed the basis our modern day English language. For us to understand Shakespeare’s work we must first know more about his background. Not much is known about Shakespeare’s early life, such as his birth. But According to the Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare’s birthday was likely April 23, 1564 because he was baptized on April 26, 1564. His…

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    characters. The Outsiders is written in a first person view of a boy named Ponyboy, while Call of the Wild is written in third person limited of a dog named Buck. What makes them similar is their theme, the power of friendship. The Outsiders and Call of the Wild are far different from each other with little comparison between them. There are some comparisons on how each author’s used point of…

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    First Nation People

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    INTRODUCTION The First Nation people underwent lots of changes during the pre-contact to the fur-trading period and then again in the settlement period. The Prairies region in the western Canada consists of the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The First Nation people who lived there consist of Kwakwaka’wakw, Tsimshian, Haida, Cree, Athapascans, Blackfoot, Metis etc. During the pre-contact period the lifestyles of the First Nations peoples underwent many changes such as adjusting…

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    Q1. Do you agree with the first two sentences? • Is liberty desirable in itself? Are we really all just Libertarians at heart? The first statement is more correct than the second. The essence of liberty is that Individuals are the ultimate minority in society and should be protected, people have rights to themselves and to the benefits of their labour. According to Thesurus.com antonyms of liberty include denial, prohibition, refusal, imprisonment and incarceration. There is a word for when…

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    From the very first section of the novel, Harold Johnson shows himself to be a frank individual who doesn’t hesitate to share his opinion. Essentially, this quality attracted me most to this book as many individuals write about topics like these, but none I’ve come across have dared to speak and point their finger against our society, the government and the atrocious tactics implemented by them to maintain this capitalistic society. Throughout the semester, when we discussed Jim Pankiw and other…

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    The Holy Wars The Crusades, every high school graduate in America has heard in class those two words said at least once. It is a pivotal point in the history of the Catholic Church. Without these Holy Wars thousands would not have died, over 156 years there was a lot accomplished but yet nothing accomplished, but yet “God wills it!”, that was the cry of the crusaders. The First Crusade was started by the Pope and a message he spoke to the Council of Claremont. The Crusaders were promised…

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    Statistics from the 2004 General Social Survey on Victimization show that 40% of Aboriginal[1] Canadians have been victims of criminal activities and/or hate crime. This number is almost twice the number of non-Aboriginal Canadians who were victims of crime. Indigenous women make up a high percentage of this number. As the class and power struggle between Indigenous[1] and non-indigenous Canadians intensifies, Indigenous women are burdened with both gender and race based abhorrence. There have…

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    one of the main reasons why Canada’s reputation with Aboriginal rights is still developing towards a better reputation than before. Although the Indian Act removed the discriminatory restrictions against Aboriginal people, the restrictions against first nation’s women stayed intact, such as through the double mother clause. The double mother clause is when an Aboriginal…

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