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- 6471: Pierre Elliot Trudeau's Federalism and the French Canadians
- ... differences with its Federal overseer. The Union Nationale, a religious nationalist movement rooted deep in the heart of Quebec culture, had forced the Federal government to reconcile and mediate with them in order to avoid civil disorder or unrest. The Premier of Quebec at the time, Maurice Duplessis, found it almost impossible to appease the needs of each diverse interest group and faction rising within the province and ultimately buckled underneath ...
- 6472: Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises
- ... Jake allows the woman that he to loves run his life and occupy his thoughts. Jake is a bitter person, and he is living in a time of unhappiness and depression that resulted from the war. The hate he feels for his former friend Chon Chon is not one of racism; before the incident with Brett they were close friends. This is just another case of a woman coming in between ...
- 6473: Mernissi
- ... the whole structure of the economy of capture. Men could no longer take women as booty and treat them just as a possession. Also women would also have the right to ride or march into war with the men and "cause a huge reduction in the wealth a man could gain by raids.." (Mernissi 132). The right of women to refuse sex or certain positions unsettled many men also. Rights were ...
- 6474: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Analysis
- ... well known or understood, but is a crucial and horrible part of our American heritage. The book is comprehensive, but only tells the beginning of what was done in the name of manifest destiny and war profiteering. Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a wonderfully written and insightful piece of American literature. The author asks us to confront our past, which may make us uncomfortable. But there ...
- 6475: Joy Luck Club: Nationality
- ... doesn't exactly take a scientist to see. From the beginning of the novel, you hear Suyuan Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some Chinese women during World War II, where "we feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. And each week, we could hope to be lucky. That hope was our only joy." (p. 12) Really ...
- 6476: Benedict Arnold
- ... wrong turn that tainted his whole career. The majority of the people in the U.S view him as a traitor of the American public and of their trust. If the British had won the war he would be looked down upon with even more contempt than he is today. However, if Benedict Arnold had died, in his prime, on the battlefield of Saratoga, he would be viewed much differently all ...
- 6477: "The Doll's House" Essay
- ... in the world of experience. While others remain to push Kezia's nonconformist qualities down, she pursues contact with the Kelvey girls. She states in her actions that she is strong enough to engage in war against conformity when she invites the Kelveys to see the doll's house despite her mother's unjustified demands. When the Kelveys have their visit, they hardly get to take in the full effect of ...
- 6478: Benito Juarez
- ... jobs to the common people. He reduced the debt, while improving the economy, and raising the standard of living among the rural poor people. He bettered his state by reducing corruption, and creating a fair civil service system. He rarely carried a weapon and broke down problem in a military garrison, without using weapons, only by negotiation with the people. In 1852 he retired, after angering the national leader, Santa Anna ...
- 6479: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Huck Decides to Reject Civilization
- ... paintings and writings made by Emmeline Grangerford, who died when she was fourteen, are of rather morbid subjects. She was a messed up child that came from a bizarre, disturbed family. They had a feudal war going with another family where constant deaths and suffering took place. Just before Huck leaves, his age equivalent and friend Buck, gets shot in cold blood. Just another exemplary performance of this so-called civilization ...
- 6480: Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms": Henry - A Man of Action, Self-Dicipline, and One Who Maintains Grace Under Pressure
- ... Henry - A Man of Action, Self-Dicipline, and One Who Maintains Grace Under Pressure It is the nature of the beast within that fuels our inclination towards conflict and destruction. During the surreal powers of war, life hangs in the balance setting the stage for an elite group of individuals who triumphantly rise above the rest amidst the chaos. As Ernest Hemingway illustrates in his book, Farewell to Arms, the character ...
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