Compare And Contrast This Is England And God's Own Country

Michael’s first day and first class emphasise that he stands out and doesn’t belong. He looks uncomfortable. You do not see any other coloured people in the scenes.

During the second half of the 17th century, there were many similarities and differences between the monarchy in England and France. These similarities and differences were seen in the theory and practice of the monarchies. In England, there was a Constitutional monarchy, while in France, there was an Absolutist monarchy. In the second half of the 17th century, absolute monarchs such as Louis XIV ruled in France, and William and Mary shared their power with Parliament in England. These two monarchies had differences theories and government, but they shared a similarity through the practice of mercantilism.

In the 17th century England and Spain were both in a race to settle the New World. After Christopher Columbus had reached this New World Spain almost immediately sent people over to explore and colonize. After the Treaty of Tordesillas secured their land, Spain’s empire quickly expanded across The Americas. England had a bit of a late start when it came to colonization. Even though their first few attempts such as Jamestown, and Roanoke were not very successful England kept at it. Eventually, England and Spain became the two most powerful nations in the Americas. Even though both nations had the same goal, their political, religious, and economic development were very different.

Throughout the passage of human life, the desire to expand and live beyond the boundary of a civilization’s borders is an incredibly potent factor of the migration of human kind. The drive of experiencing the unknown has served as a catalyst for the human races movement and evolution since the dawn of mankind. However, with every extension or relocation of civilization comes the establishment of differing settlement structures and beliefs. A prime example of this varying factor is epitomized by the English colonies founded in the New World such as Virginia, part of the Chesapeake region, and Massachusetts, part of the New England region. While being similar in the sense of both being English colonies,

as different races to see how differently he is treated. It then is brought to his attention that as a

American do not like under full control by anybody. Proof that the Americans do not like being control by others is that they separated themselves from Britain. They were sick of live under Britain.

This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie is trying to symbolize what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on there ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people's lives, all different races, with different types of beliefs. Such ethnicities include Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Middle Eastern. This movie includes conflicts on both sides of the picture from cops and criminals as well

American colonies. I took a deep breath through my nose, while wlaking in the city and immediately gagged. Animals ran loose in the streets, the seweres were open, letting out a putrid stench. But in the midst of this, there were marketplaces, streets full of shops and sounds of church bells ringing all around. Contrasting to these bustling cities, were the many farms in the colonies. Families owning farms slept in a one room house. Necessities, such as clothes, food, and drinks were provided from

However, being ruled by England, the educational curriculum teaches that England is a place where people got “a sense of what’s meaningful [and] meaningless”, proving that England people are brainwashed to falsely think that a country like England is also a place of virtue. Kincaid’s frustration roots from seeing people be infatuated with England when in reality, England is invasive, disrespectful, and mendacious.

On a similar note, V for Vendetta illustrates a country ran by overuse of a fear injecting slogan. The film begins with Louis Pathro, the voice of London, criticizing America for supposedly needing assistance. He specifically states, “Here was a country that had everything, absolutely everything. And now, 20 years later, is what? The world's biggest leper colony. Why? Godlessness.” This is to invoke a fear of God in the people of Britain. He continues, “Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I'm a God-fearing Englishman and I'm goddamn proud of it!” The slogan “Strength through unity. Unity through faith” is written on posters all throughout Britain. They indicate that the land of Britain should be strong because of all of its “God-fearing”

Race is an obvious issue addressed in the Play as it is mentioned immediately in the title. the difference between the two characters is then established early when Johnny says, “it helps when you are the same race as God” (Taylor, 10). Soon after, it is discovered that the Indigenous ladies name is “Johnny Indian”. Her name speaks more to her character than her name; Indian refers to her cultural background and by combining it with Johnny an assumption can be made that she attended residential school and has been assimilated into European culture. This straightforward take for a main topic is reasonable for a Play because it is a clear introduction into a story about racial appropriation. Furthermore, Johnny’s character is completely a stereotype concocted in King’s own imagination as it is revealed that she is not a real person. These stereotypes

Throughout history, America has fought plenty of wars, internal and external. From war with other countries to wars fought with each other. These wars were fought for freedom, equality, hope and for a voice that should be heard, but those things cannot be obtained easily. Americans declared war against England to prove a point, to get the message across that they can survive on their own and that they can even surpass their mother country, which they did when they were victorious on both occasions. The relationship between the colonies and England was already tense by the time the wars started. The Americans were tired of being ignored and treated as unequal. They did not like how other countries still had so much control over the land that they occupy and how taxes were enforced on them by the same people. Their lives were basically all about making money for their mother country. Make money, send it back home, and listen to the rules that were placed upon you by someone that is not even physically there. The Americans declared two wars against England because they wanted to expand and take over the land that they have been living on for a while now and have free range to do business with whoever and wherever they wanted. They knew that they could win these wars because Britain wanted a short war because they were so expensive. These wars were a good idea because it got the point across to other countries to leave the land and helped America build a stronger reputation.

The British sought to extend their laws to the land now called Australia and its Aboriginal inhabitants. The Laws of England were imported to the colony of New South Wales to the extent that they were applicable to those times and conditions. Despite Aboriginal resistance, England declared itself the sovereign or ruler of Australia. The established legal doctrine that enabled it to do this is known as terra nullius. The Euro-pean legal view at the time was that the Crown had absolute title to all land. Under the doctrine, colonising power such as England could ap-ply their own law to land which they peacefully occupied, if the land was uninhabited or was occupied by a people without settled laws and customs. Australia was declared to be a land

However, in the middle of the movie, a new character joins the narration, an ex-convict man called Combo. Combo promoted to stand up for English’s roots and for him jobs are taken away from Englishman and given to immigrants who don’t deserve them. So he established a racist and aggressive skinhead gang that caused a lot of problems in the town. Shaun decides to join Combo’s gang because he wanted to make his father proud that was killed in the Flanklands war, and this can be deduced by Combo when he said: “ and you want your dad’s life to mean something. Don’t you…” Although, I don’t think that making his father proud was the only reason. In fact, in Shaun’s life there has been a lack of a father figure, which he suffered from, and so when he meets Combo, and he tells him that he is going to take care of him, Shaun decided to take him as a role model to follow. As a result Combo becomes the father figure in his life and decided to follow his nationalism idea. Combo taught Shaun to be violent and racist against non-English people because according to Combo they were inferior and bad for the community. Furthermore, Shaun with Combo’s gang participates to a meeting hosted by right-winged National Front, which actively promoted ethnic