Canada’s 150th celebration‚ but should Canada really be celebrating all the wrongs we’ve done in just 150 years? They range from detention camps to abusive “schools”. Our history isn’t as pretty as we thought it was. Canada should not be proud of the first 150 years‚ due to the wrongs of the citizens that came before them. This includes the expulsion of the Japanese-Canadians‚ the Chinese Head Tax and the mistreatment of the First Nations (1). A wrong that Canada has committed is the expulsion of
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classical hero quest pattern‚ Pi is forced into surviving at sea with only animals as companions. It is a long journey filled with danger solitude and uncertainty‚ but most of all an exploration of faith. Pi’s family runs a zoo in India but flee to Canada (with the
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that he was following multiple religions‚ each of them told him that he could only follow one. Pi continued to follow each of the religions and eventually studied zoology‚ shocker! Anyway in time soon Pi was on a boat with his parents journeying to Canada where the boat mystically crashed and began to sink. Pi escaped
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Carter Clift Honors English‚ 4B Argument/Research Paper May 29‚ 2014 Fear Motivators Does the unknowing fear of doing something push you to be the hero‚ or does it keep you chained down keeping you restrained from doing anything about it. In the novel Life of Pi‚ fear could technically be portrayed as either one. When Piscine Patel‚ better known as Pi‚ discovers his life becomes completely turned upside down after his family tries to find a better life and a new place to call home. He gradually
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The 1920s were happy and prosperous times for Canada. This time period was an era of innovation and discovery‚ economic growth‚ and independence. Many things were invented in the 1920s including the telephone‚ car‚ and radio‚ which shrank distances. The radio brought people together and broadcast stories and information across the country. Cars “helped people move out of the city and live farther away” (Inventions). This allowed people to live away from the city centre and caused the expansion of
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nicely and even refuse to capitulate. When there’s disagreements that occasionally get out of hand it tends to cause quite the conundrum. What do these cultures within countries such as Canada even share‚ if anything at all. And how were these cultures even originally established in the first place? In the beginning Canada did not exist. . . at least to Europeans it didn’t. When overland trade routes became congested the voyage around Africa was far too long and dangerous‚ the European nations looked
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“It’s a question of brain over brawn‚” (Martel 26) or rather in Martel’s story it is a question of purpose over sheer nonsense. Organization is the main stage in all decent or better books. The author can use organization to their advantage but it can also cause a disadvantage. In‚ The Life of Pi‚ by Yann Martel the main character‚ 16 year old Pi Patel is an abnormal teen with even more abnormal daily activities. Pi’s life is constantly changing in his though his practice in Christianity‚ Hinduism
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Gambling in Canada Online gambling in Canada is one of the most exciting gaming experiences for Canadians. As a fact‚ Canadians have seen a lot of controversy regarding the illegality of gambling and casino sites in all the states of Canada. In the past‚ the casino sites and online gambling has been considered as a part of criminality and illegal activities by the federal government. But after the recompilation and codification of federal laws regarding the casino business in Canada in 1969-70‚ it
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major spoilers that are necessary for analysis. The movie begins with a grown Indian man named Pi who uses his childhood stories to try to convince an atheist into believing in God. Pi describes the time he and his family needed to move from India to Canada via a Japanese freighter. The freighter was shipwrecked and teenage Pi‚ along with some zoo animals‚ were the only ones to get on a life boat and survive. On the boat‚ Pi witnessed a hyena kill a zebra and then an orangutan. But a tiger jumped out
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Assignment 1 Martel‚ Yann. Life of Pi. Boston: Harcourt‚ 2001. Print. I chose the swarm of flying fish as a significant symbol in the novel because it represented hope. Whenever the fish appeared he not only received food from the actual fish but was also able to use them towards catching bigger bait than he used to tame Richard Parker allowing him to him live and be able to hope for land and have the necessary ingredients to a survive. Assignment 2 (pg.14) “The Pondicherry Zoo was the source
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