Learning to Live in Coady's "Strange Heaven"
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A five page paper looking at Canadian author Lynn Coady's novel in terms of the learning experiences its protagonist undergoes, both in the mental hospital and afterwards. The paper suggests that up to now Bridget has tended to think of events as cyclical, and she needs to readjust her thinking to perceive them as linear. No additional sources.
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Margaret Atwood: Short Stories
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An 8 page paper which examines the short stories of Margaret Atwood as it relates to her work as a writer. The paper considers whether she is considered a short story writer, how she does as a short story writer, and what the reaction of the public is regarding her short stories. The paper focuses on her collection of short stories titled "Dancing Girls" in determining her fame and worth as a short story writer. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAmrgatw.rtf

Michael Ondaatje’s “The English Patient” and Why Almasy Paints Katherine’s Face in the Cave of Swimmers
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This 5 page report discusses Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje’s 1992 novel “The English Patient.” It is a passionate story of war, love and memory was both mysterious and disturbing. But the incident in which Almasy paints Katherine’s face in the cave of swimmers carries a number of deeper meanings than simple grief over her death. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Mordecai Richler’s Satire -- “Cocksure” and “Solomon Gursky Was Here”
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This 6 page report discusses two of Richler’s most satirical works. Mortimer Lucas Griffin of Cocksure finds himself in the position of having to worry about the fact that he is not Jewish. To his eternal embarrassment he is Anglo-Saxon, Anglican, apolitical, and Canadian. The characters of Solomon Gursky was Here are all caught up in the world of the Gurskys a family which has been involved in every significant historical event in Canadian history. Richler has been described as “Canada's Philip Roth” – writing about politics and ethnic differences with irreverence. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWmordci.wps

Morgenthau on Canadian Foreign Policy
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A 12 page research paper that investigates how the political theories of Hans J. Morgenthau, which were outlined in his book Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, could be applied in understanding Canadian foreign policy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 99morgen.wps

Political Pressure in MacLennan’s “Barometer Rising”
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A five page paper looking at this seminal Canadian work by Hugh MacLennan, set against the backdrop of the Halifax explosion of 1917. The paper discusses MacLennan’s feeling that if all factions of Canadian society could be brought to place their primary allegiance in Canada rather than their own small special interest groups, this superhuman effort would serve as a model for healing the rifts that had caused two European world wars. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBbarom.wps

Portrayal of Native Americans in Brian Moore's "Black Robe"
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A 6 page paper which examines what characteristics the author emphasizes in a consideration of the overall tone of their portrayal. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Robert Kroetsch And Canadian Prairie Literature
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Robert Kroetsch is a Canadian novelist and poet of the twentieth century. He is a postmodernist writer of the prairie who embues his writing with irony as well as the realism of life lived close to nature. This 5 page paper asserts that Robert Kroetsch combines the garrison mentality with a postmodern outlook in his poem, Seed Catalogue. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KTkrtsch.wps

Robertson Davies' Fifth Business
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This 5 page paper explores the characters in the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies. No additional sources are listed.
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Satire and Mordecai Richler; Cocksure;
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This 5 page paper looks at Richler's satire in the controversial novel Cocksure, and the way the satire operates on two levels. The paper uses quotes form critics and the book to illustrates the points raised. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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