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    throughout his life had a profound effect on Canadian Identity. He took action and revealed the Soviet spy ring to the Canadian government‚ which forced Canada to become involved in military decisions‚ and allowed Gouzenko the opportunity to gain political asylum in Canada. His actions changed Canada’s place in the global Cold War conversation. Dubious actions occurring at Gouzenko’s workplace triggered his suspicion to take a stand and trust his valuable instincts.

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    The movie was based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Mary Jane Ward‚ telling the story of Virginia Cunningham played by Olivia de Havilland‚ who was a major Hollywood star at the time. We see her at the start of the movie in an insane asylum‚ bewildered by her surroundings‚ and utterly confused about why she is there. Much of the plot solves the mystery of how she came to be mentally ill‚ through many flashbacks. In the 1940s‚ it was surprising to the public that de Havilland would

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    built‚ and the Old Feather Store was demolished. There were limited asylums scattered around Boston in the early 1800s. Asylums in the 1800s were merely nothing but stables for the mentally ill. Before the farm building were constructed into asylums and hospitals‚ the mentally ill were thrown in stables with nothing but straw and treated like farm animals. As time progressed‚ farm buildings were turned into hospitals and asylums‚ and patient treatment became a little less foul. Austin Farm housed

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    way a person acts‚ thinks‚ and sees the world” (“Schizophrenia” 1). In Andrew Horowitz’s‚ “The Hitchhiker” a 15-year old boy‚ Jacob‚ leaves an asylum for the first time after nine years in order to spend his birthday with his parents. On the way back‚ Jacob pushed a hitchhiker out of his car because he believed the hitchhiker escaped from a nearby asylum and was going to murder him along with his family. In reality‚ the hitchhiker was a gardener who managed to trek to the next town after his

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    Soaked‚ little‚ and naked is how the viewer finds Susanna in the middle of Girl‚ Interrupted. Or rather‚ soaked‚ little‚ naked‚ and hysterical. A state James Mangold utilizes to further illustrate his message. The film serves as a vehicle for Mangold to discuss madness and the society it exists within. Valerie‚ the asylum’s registered nurse‚ throws Susanna‚ the film’s suicidal protagonist‚ into a tub filled with water in order to snap Susanna out of her depressed state. Susanna lashes out at Valerie

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    Restorative Justice Restorative Justice is the concept that is described as focusing on the needs of the victims‚ offenders‚ and community to obtain restitution and restore workable relations. We were able to see restorative justice in action through the film “As We Forgive”. Prior to the watching the film‚ I had an understand of what this term meant. The offender has to take the responsibility of asking for forgiveness from those he has hurt. The victim then must being willing to allow the offender

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    Besides Josephine‚ Nellie met many other women in the asylum. A few reports stuck out dramatically due to the severity nurses used to punish undeserving patients. One patient reported thinking she had seen her husband. The patient got out of the line the nurses had placed her in‚ in order to go to him. The patient later reports to Nellie how the nurses had responded: For crying the nurses beat me with a broom-handle and jumped on me‚ injuring me internally‚ so that I shall never get over it. Then

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    undermining of women at the time. Buddy is also shown in a negative way throughout the book. Buddy remarks thoughtlessly at the end of the book‚ after all that Esther has been through‚ how no one will ‘want her’ when they find out she spent time in an asylum and had suicidal tendencies. Plath presents Buddy as cruel and arrogant‚ dismissing Esther’s illness ‘psychosomatic’‚ Plath writes that he is ‘very proud of his perfect health’ (ironic as he later develops TB). This portrayal of Buddy by Plath could

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    the artist’s soul. The artist of the painting is none other than Vincent Willem Van Gogh‚ who is a famous Dutch post-Impressionist painter. He drew the painting in an asylum at Saint-Remy‚ France‚ in 1889. He cut off his own ear‚ and then he was sent to the asylum‚ which was the reason that he created the Starry Night in an asylum. This masterpiece has been collected and exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941. The background of this painting is still under debate. Some

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    the history of the NHS. The decline of mental health hospitals such as asylums has been the main reason in which more people are going into the community. Asylums were large institutions were patients were kept detained‚ usually a location away from their local community. Asylums provided patients with certain treatments which can be seen as traumatic these included; electro-convulsive therapy and hospitalisation. These asylums have gradually been closed down as care in the community has became more

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