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- 4381: The History Of Canada
- ... foot on Canadian soil. He marked his presence with a flag claiming it his land. Over the years, Canada has developed into the home of the largest free-standing structure in the world. Canada,(a great tourist attraction)is also home of the largest water fall in the world. Our farmland unlike a lot of others has a variety of climate. The warmer summer climate ranges from +10 - +30 and the ... who's is? Canada is highly industrialised by manufacturing Automobiles, food, liquor and tobacco. We as a Unified country accept other cultures and religions. Canada has about every nationality possible and together they form a great home. Despite the many cultures, Canada's main languages are english and french. Canada is a democracy. This means the government is elected by all t ople. It is responsible for managing the country, forcing ... the Governor General is in charge. He ranks higher than the Prime Minister. In conclusion, I hope I have raised your awareness of Canada's varied history, geography, economy, climate, cultures and government. This is great country that we live in. I am truly proud to be a Canadian. 1 Extras Canada in it's history to date has had five flags. "The First, was a white flag with three ...
- 4382: The Client
- ... lawyers without his mother present, we observe Reggie’s truly amazing confrontation. "Its all right here on tape, fellas. You boys attempted to interrogate a child outside the presence of his mother." Reggie has a great deal of confidence in herself to be working in such a male dominated position, she always comes out way ahead of Roy Foltrigg the federal Prosecutor. John Grisham’s character of Barry the Blade Muldanno, The murderer of a United States Senator, adds a great tension to the story as he and his Mafia associates hold the driving force behind the main plot line. Barry Muldanno pursues Mark and his family with great vigour when he finds out that Mark may hold information as to where the body is hidden. For the continuation of the story the character of Barry Muldanno is responsible for providing the plot ...
- 4383: A Tale Of Two Cities - Syndney
- ... entire work. Some readers take the positive view that Carton's act is a triumph of individual love over the mob hatred of the Revolution. Carton and the seamstress he comforts meet their deaths with great dignity. In fulfilling his old promise to Lucie, Carton attains peace; those watching see "the peacefullest man's face ever beheld" at the guillotine. In a prophetic vision, the former "jackal" glimpses a better world ... choose the negative view, Carton's death seems an act of giving up. These readers point out that Stryver's jackal has little to lose. Never useful or happy, Carton has already succumbed to the depression eating away at him. In the midst of a promising youth, Carton had "followed his father to the grave"- that is, he's already dead in spirit. For such a man, physical death would seem ...
- 4384: "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay
- ... their cow, which proved to be a daily chore, she was coercing the cow back home when surprised by the presence of a stranger. He was ever so polite and friendly. He was hunting the Great White Heron and had hoped she or her family might put him up for the evening. In a nice sort of way he was pushy and insistent. Not used to interacting with many people, the ... all the painful disappointments into non-existence. Just as Sylvy possessed such admiration and respect for the heron resulting in her decision to protect and cherish it, so did May have an understanding of and great feeling for John Marcher. She went to great lengths to preserve, promote, and even stimulate their relationship, always there, always accommodating. I suggest that the young character Sylvy won out over May Bartram. The figure of speech "Wise beyond one's years" ...
- 4385: A Tale Of Two Cities - Two Cit
- ... extorted for long enough, would revolt was a central idea behind this novel. The unjust imprisonment of Dr. Manette tore him apart. He could never truly escape from his prison experience and in moments of great stress reverted to the insanity which Mr. Lorry and Lucie had found upon him at Defarge's. Darnay had been tried often and came close to conviction a number of times all due to the ... support for Darnay and Dr. Manette not only in the outcome, where they successfully escaped France, but also throughout the story. When the peasant child was run over by Marquis St. Evremonde, Dickens showed a great deal of contempt for Evremonde, when he merely offered a few coins as his remorse, and created a sense that this was a terrible act. I have learned a great deal about life during the early French Revolution and viewed the anarchy with much internal depth while reading this novel. Members of the upper aristocracy were, in general, more conceited that I had previously ...
- 4386: Madame Bovary: Destiny
- ... that an affair only brings happiness for a time and then it only brings misery. Her affair with Leon is the cause of many of her later problems, such as her debt, her sickness, her depression and her eventual death. Death. This brings us to the final fork in the road of Emma's life. She chooses to take the Arsenic as she feels overwhelmed and sees this as the best ... in his eyes she saw a love such as she had never seen before.” (p.274) Considering the aforementioned reasons, one can only conclude that Emma controlled her destiny, as we all do to a great extent. There is no guiding hand that told Emma to go ahead and marry Charles, have his baby, cheat on him with Leon and then kill herself. She did all this for selfish reasons, to ...
- 4387: The Canadian Personality
- ... us apart from the others, most countries talk about their achievements, not their defeats. The USA brags about their strong and mighty army, we whine about our tiny armed forces. The Swiss talk of their great piles of money, while we tell of our failing economy. There could be the odd time where we think of our good contributions to this planet. Then we realize that our importance is going down in world affairs and start to sulk once again. Another trait that sets Canada apart from the other nations of the world is our great ethnic diversity. No other country in the world has inhabitants from so many different backgrounds, still practicing their cultural traits. Canada seems to encourage being different, while other nations, such as America, try to form ... diversity. But also geographic diversity. Our country has most of the different climate regions that exist. We have polar tundra in the far north. A very large mountain range in the west. There is the Great Plains in the middle. The temperate rainforest, also in the west. Also, immense forests throughout the southern part of this nation. I have heard from many people that we are a country full of ...
- 4388: A Tale Of Two Cities Essay
- ... extorted for long enough, would revolt was a central idea behind this novel. The unjust imprisonment of Dr. Manette tore him apart. He could never truly escape from his prison experience and in moments of great stress reverted to the insanity which Mr. Lorry and Lucie had found upon him at Defarge's. Darnay had been tried often and came close to conviction a number of times all due to the ... support for Darnay and Dr. Manette not only in the outcome, where they successfully escaped France, but also throughout the story. When the peasant child was run over by Marquis St. Evremonde, Dickens showed a great deal of contempt for Evremonde, when he merely offered a few coins as his remorse, and created a sense that this was a terrible act. I have learned a great deal about life during the early French Revolution and viewed the anarchy with much internal depth while reading this novel. Members of the upper aristocracy were, in general, more conceited that I had previously ...
- 4389: Antigone: Creon A Tragic Hero
- Antigone: Creon A Tragic Hero In Sophocles’ play Antigone, the Greek playwright presents one of drama’s leading tragic heroes. Indeed, King Creon, a man of great power and esteem, like many men today, also is filled with hubris. This excessive pride causes the downfall of a man who might otherwise have discovered for himself and who may have shown others that grace and mercy, too, may be signs of a great ruler’s power. Unfortunately, Creon’s hubris reduces him to a virtually powerless and hopeless man. Creon, the tragic hero is a man of very high rank and is respected by his people. He is ... in the real tragedy of human life. Children who have all of their privileges taken away for a mistake sometimes run away from home, never to be seen again. Likewise, Creon’s inflexibility results in great sadness when he hears of Haemon’s and Euripides’ deaths. His life in the end is hopeless: “Let death come quickly and be kind to me. I would not ever see the sun again” ( ...
- 4390: The American Hero
- ... tall buildings in a single bound or staring death in the face everyday and somehow finding a way to escape. All of these imaginative thoughts have been derived from the past literary works by the great writers of the early American literary period. These early writers entered society into a world of action and adventure, where one can see spectacular events unfolding through the eyes of a notorious man of courage ... many of his attributes. The characteristics of the American hero are similar in both Indiana Jones and Natty Bumppo. An American novelist, travel writer, and social critic, James Fenimore Cooper is regarded as the first great American writer (Groliers NP). Cooper began writing at age thirty to demonstrate to his wife that he could write a better novel than the one he was reading to her (Encarta NP). In proving this ... tribes are there along side their enemy, the white man. The white men who are there are members of the U.S. Army. Both the natives and the officers stand side by side and show great respect to Natty the remainder of his long and notorious life. Throughout the many adventures of Natty Bumppo, he always had many of the same characteristics. He always made the right decisions as he ...
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