On October 3 2016, author Joseph Boyden was at Mount Allison as part of the President’s Speaker Series. The event took place in 3 acts, using each act as an opportunity to share a secret from his life and beginning each with a special musical interlude during which Boyden played on the jawharp and harmonica respectively. In act one, he shared that the act of creating and sitting down and writing scares him. In act two, he confessed to believing that hardly anyone would read his first novel, Three Day Road, and that in the process of creating he gave up many times. In the third and final act, he confessed to being a young rebel who always sets out to challenge other people’s expectations. Following his lecture, he held a question period during which many audience members asked for writing advice and probed further on some of the earlier themes. As emphasized throughout the lecture {insert word here}, or everybody counts and idea tied not only to our school, but also as a step towards reconciliation with First Nations peoples.…
Summary- This chapter is about how a writer needs to clearly indicate their thesis and convince the audience of their point. It also goes on about how a writer needs to keep the audience engaged. The main point of this chapter is to start your writing with the opposing view or what others are saying.…
Alberto Urrea is suggesting that neither of the governments are putting enough effort to change border policy, American more so than Mexican. Also, he is trying to explain how status quo might be viewed as beneficial for both sides to some extend. However, by changing the border policy, Urrea thinks that it would solve more than just border issues. It would improve economy of both countries, American in specific.…
Set in 1919, following the end of World War I, the novel takes place in the wilderness of Northern Ontario and on the battlefields of France and Belgium. Niska, an Oji-Cree medicine woman, is the remnant of her native relatives who refused to assimilate in the 19th century. She rejected European beliefs and culture and continues to thrive in the bush in a manner befitting her and her traditions. Niska’s voice is one of two narratives that complete the novel. After getting word that her closest thing to living family, Elijah, is coming back from the war she paddles the three-day journey to meet him in town. She finds, however, that it is not Elijah but her nephew Xavier who has returned from battle. In an attempt to heal her only relative, who has clearly been sucked dry of his soul and has hardened with slaughter and turned hollow from morphine, she begins to recount the stories of her past. She believes that perhaps this will revive Xavier and the Three Day Road will not be one to his demise. Similarly, Xavier attempts to stumble over his story for his aunt and unearths ghosts of his bullet-riddled past.…
I think this is important because it is the first time Xavier expresses his hatred and desire to be violent towards Elijah, to the reader. To me, it becomes evident that Xavier number one priority is no longer to try and protect Elijah. This is another incident that builds up Xavier’s hatred towards Elijah.…
Analyze: explain/analyze how this particular example and its supporting quote supports your thesis. This is the most important portion of the paragraph and should therefore be the most lengthy—at least 3 to five sentences!…
There is nothing quite like a drive through some of New England's most iconic spots to enjoy the charm of one of America's most beautiful regions.…
5. Tomson Highway considers himself to be an ambassador for our country. Explain how Atticus Finch is an ambassador of hope and good will to others. (6 marks)…
In The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, the Mexican illegal immigrants are automatically portrayed as villains once they cross the border. When it comes to immigration, the United States government focuses on border control due to the abundance of illegal immigrants who enter and reside in the United States.Many think that Mexicans who cross the border illegally choose their suffering and pain. However, as demonstrated in the true story, many tragic factors such as the Mexican Government, the United States Government, and the Coyotes and gangsters contribute to the illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States.…
By the year 1931, one in three New Yorkers were unemployed. According to Oren Harman in his book “ The Price of Altruism” words “…roughly 1.6 on some form of relief.” New York hit rock bottom when it peaks the most between 1932 and 1933. The Great Depression was an economic crash lasting from 1929 to 1939, it didn’t have much effect on the rashly rich, but it took its tolls on everyone else, especially New Yorkers who had the hell of it.…
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Gentleness, self-sacrifice, and generosity are the exclusive possession of no race or religion.” This quote genuinely describes how anyone has the capability of sacrificing for others, no matter if an individual looks different from someone else. Sacrifice does not discriminate. When friends or family sacrifice for each other it shows that the priorities for loved ones come before one's own selfish needs. It creates opportunities to help people when it is needed the most. In society, praise is commended when one sacrifices for another person's social, emotional, and physical well-being. In Khaled Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner, it is evident that self-sacrifice is required to create close friendships. This novel…
It’s a story that has brought much praise from the literary world since its publication in 2006, garnering numerous awards and even spawning a well-received book-to-movie adaptation (a rare sight these days to be sure). However, to look at the text objectively, behind the wall of fanfare, one can make deductions on how this world of The Road represents its grim future. And, much unlike many other post-apocalyptic adaptations, it retains key elements of the modern society we view today, no doubt contributing to its…
Waldo Ralph Emerson said "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." In Bashō's Narrow Road through the Backcountry, exactly this sentiment is realized in the literary capture of North Japan's natural beauties on his journey for poetic enlightenment and motivation. This work is the story of the journey that Bashō began near the end of his life in order to attain inspiration for writing poetry, specifically in haiku-type forms. Bashō's chosen path mirrored that of Saigyō, a well respected monk and poet, which ran through the locations of residence and inspiration of various other notable Japanese poets and writers. The travel tale has long been held in high public regard and is widely known as one of the most iconic pieces of Japanese literature. Bashō had a fascination with nature and a rare bond with his surroundings, but by pursuing the trail first blazed by Japanese poets of old, Saigyō in particular, Bashō hoped to perfect his art and find inspiration by connecting to the locations of those poet's inspiration from long before, and had a much greater impact than one could have predicted.…
Write a short explanation (a transition) that could guide the reader from your attention-getter to your thesis.…
Now days when you turn eighteen in the United States. you can vote in the election but that was not always true for woman. Before 1920 woman were not allowed to vote only men could. It all began in 1848, at the first woman’s rights convention in New York, and didn’t end until 1920 when the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was finally ratified and became a law on August 26, 1920. Many brave woman and organizations fought for the right to be considered equal to men. Organizations such as NWSA, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and AWSA, founded by Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell. These people, as well as many others, took a stand so that woman could have the rights that they do today, the right to vote. Woman’s suffrage was one of the most influential things in history because it allowed men and woman to be treated as equals, and without it, America would not be where it is today.…