Far Away From Home

When it is finally time for Francie to go to school, she gets so thrilled and immediately starts making high expectations for her first year. She anticipates to learn to read and write on the first day, receive her own school supplies, and to become the teacher’s pet. She becomes disillusioned when she enters school, though. It obviously takes weeks to learn to read and write. She only gets one pencil that she must return at the end of the day, and has to share desks with the other lower-class children. She also realizes that only certain people attain the rank of teacher’s pet – the rich schoolgirls. Francie is disappointed upon coming to school, and continues her understanding of prejudice.

In Canadian history, nationalism and sovereignty tend to be common themes prevalent since Confederation. A well-known example of this in Quebec was during the Quiet Revolution which strengthened the need for change through Premier Lesage’s reforms and in turn, developed a strong sense of nationalism in Quebec. In contrast to beliefs that the rapid modernization of the Quiet Revolution had a positive impact on Quebec, it rather had a negative impact on Quebec and its citizens and identity. The three consequences which arose in Quebec as a result of the revolution are the encouragement of separatism, the elimination of traditional values and roles and the establishment of powerful bureaucratic control. Quebec’s attempt to be more like the

Maurice “Rocket” Richard, a legendary hockey player of the mid-twentieth century for the Montreal Canadiens, is recognized for his profound dedication and impact for the game of hockey. His influence, nevertheless, extends beyond hockey, especially for French Canadians in Quebec. As French-English relations in the province and in the National Hockey League were strained during the 1950s and 1960s, French Canadians looked to Richard as a culturally significant figure. While Maurice Richard himself would say that he was simply a hockey player, his effect on French Canadians impacted politics and culture in Quebec. This essay will argue that Maurice Richard’s identity as a French Canadian was in constant struggle within the English

1. Magnus Andreas Brattesto was born April 14 1890 in Norway. Magus was the first-born son in his family of dozen children. He works on a fishing boat when he left school at ten. Magnus took a ship to America by the fist Norwegian immigrant ship called Restauration and nicknamed the Norwegian Mayflower. He like many immigrants turned to service in the army was in order to become a full citizen, when servicing somewhere no longer discriminated because they shredded blood for their country.

It should come as no surprise that Quebec’s history is distinct and as a result, has transformed the province into a distinct region within Canada. Canada’s fête without Quebec, an article in The Globe and Mail written by Antonia Maioni, illustrates the division between Quebec and the rest of Canada – especially on Canada Day. Maioni discusses the importance of July 1st for Quebeckers as the fête de déménagement, when rental leases often change hands in the province, and not the celebration of Canada. She notes that for francophone Quebeckers, Canada Day is nothing short of the ordinary since their lives do not revolve around being patriotic flag wavers (Maioni). This deep-seated resentment remains over Confederation and what is seen as a less then perfect deal stuck in order to unite what Canadians know today to be Canada. With 2014 being historically significant in marking the 150th anniversary of both the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences, the gathering in Quebec has been largely omitted. Maioni argues that it is the Quebec conference that should merit some reflection since that is where the constitutional framework was established. Unlike in Charlottetown, which become a commemorative cottage industry as a result of central Canadians intervening on what was once supposed to be a Maritime union (Maioni). This paper will discuss how Quebec’s relationship to Canada is framed in the media and how it affects regional experience as a result.

It was a peaceful and normal first hour. Well, at least for the people in it. Everyone was yelling, and the teacher had just given up on trying to stop them, and now was just browsing for a retirement home in Key West. I looked up at Jordan, who was my best and only friend. Her spiked blond hair was never put down, even in the toughest rain. Her tan legs sat on top of her desk, and her pine green eyes scanned the school newspaper.

After his explanation Mr. Youngblood said “That makes so much more sense, I was wondering what was going on. You don’t usually disrupt the class like that. If you come to me tomorrow after school I will see what I can come up with, for a solution.”

The oral presentations on Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles Sœurs allowed me to broaden my comprehension and knowledge of the social and cultural conditions in Montreal in the 1960s. The presentations related to the religious crisis and the Quiet Revolution developed my understanding of the play and caused me to make links between what was happening in the real world at the time in comparison to what occurred in the play.

Montreal into two distinct poles: the rich municipalities on the hillsides of Mount Royal and the

Canada is a growing and successful first-world nation, but Canada is by no means a nation without faults. There are divides that exist in Canada; historically, culturally, and politically. These divides exist as a part of a nation that is in continual development and growth – a nation of diversity and democracy. It is the diversity between English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians that will be focused upon in the following pages of this paper. Anglophone and Francophone Canadians are at odds. Historically, the tensions between these Canadians pre-dates the founding of this country. Culturally; language, beliefs, traditions and values differ between these people tremendously. Politically, there are differing views of the unified

“Okay, great!” exclaimed Teresa. Immediately after Teresa hung up, Victor jumped up and he grabbed his books, and started to study again. He was determined that he was going to Learn this French and not mess up. After a long day of school, he walked over to Teresa’s house. Once he got to her house he rang the round door bell, her mother opened the door.

Three new boys come to the school, one name Jean sleeps next to him in the dormitory. Whether it was Julien’s proximity to the new student in the dormitory, or his school boy curiosity about his new schoolmate, he begins to befriend Jean. It is later discovered that the

On the first day of school the halls were super crowded. That caused Sage and Joy to swiftly pass each other and bump into one another. As this happened, it seemed like everything had stopped. It was so quiet you could hear a penny drop. The air became foggy and nobody knew what was happening.

The fifth graders split up silently when I approached, since they were terrified of my older brother. That basically made them afraid of me too. Isn't that funny? A bunch of nine and ten year olds afraid of someone half their age. Well anyways, Fran was crying himself a river. His face was red and there was a crack in his glasses, which were on the ground in front of him as he rubbed his eyes with balled, chubby, five year old fists.

    The new day comes , he went to the new school and he was very frighten,soon he came to the classroom , he steal a glance at the inside of the classroom from the window on the door because he wanted to know what his new classmate look like and he didn't know that there was a miserable story waiting him .