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    Cultures each have their own set of beliefs and morals and quite often these beliefs and morals vary greatly between each culture. Commonly, a culture has its own rules for women. The Ibo culture of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is one that gives its women power. They get their power through their roles as mothers and their contributions to their religion. Great power is also given to the women through the parts they play in agriculture for the clan. The women in Ibo society are misunderstood

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    play is presented with the viewpoint of Australian nationhood in 1917. The play was set when World War 1 had just come to an end and Gallipoli was the only form of true Australian nationhood as our values and attitudes were still based off of the ‘motherland’ Britain. The British were migrating to Australia more frequently and as as they came from the superior country, they automatically became the Australian ‘elite’, becoming the superior race having dominance over the true owners of the land. The

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    World War II was arguably the most famous war of the 20th century. Spanning from 1939 to 1945, it was the bloodiest war in modern history involving more than 30 countries. The infamous “Fuhrer of the Third Reich”, Adolf Hitler was the lead antagonist of the axis power throughout the duration of WWII. World renowned for his aggressive political and military decisions, Hitler’s campaign was not only known as reckless but impeccable all at once. Hitler would go on a brilliant campaign conquering the

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    Okonkwo And Exile

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    “Although he had prospered in his motherland Okonkwo knew that he would have prospered even more in Umuofia” (Achebe 122). Within the span of seven years, Okonkwo brought the plans that he was willing to do in his village, “where men are bold and warlike” to his motherland. He knew while in exile, he wasn’t going to be isolated and be left with nothing to do. Hence why he brought his ideas to a place to

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    This poem bears testimony to the act that Iqbal cherished feelings of love and reverence for his motherland. The creed element predominated Iqbal's poetry. His sojourn in Europe and his deeper insight into the religion and philosophy of Islam convinced him of the universal spirit of Islam. His deep study of Muslim thought and culture gave his poetry a

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    The role of women in society has grown and changed tremendously with the development of the world. Within the American culture, women’s rights have expanded to the extent of being able to vote for who runs our country or even possibly being the person that does run our country. Although the American culture has somewhat promoted the growth of a woman’s role in society, does not mean women receive the same respect in other cultures around world. For example, in Africa women are viewed lower on the

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    Inquiry Question: How did the Ukrainian Immigrants affect Canadian Society. Outline: P1: Introduction Canada, known to its citizens as being diverse and having multicultural history.One historical events of Canada is the Ukrainian immigration. In the 1800, the waves of immigration from the Ukrainian area began as one Ukrainian family came to. Ukrainians are one of the predominant groups that arrived to Canada to start anew. This led them to change a lot of Canada’s society then in the late 1800s

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    years old resides in each Indian’s heart as the spirit of love for their motherland. Deeply disturbed by the fact that the British rule was trying to destroy the Indian culture and bring in their own by forcing Indians to sing their national anthem “God Save the Queen’, Bankimchandra Chatterjee came up with this marvelous poem on 7th November 1875 in one sitting. Since the poem captures Bankim’s raw emotions for his motherland, it is written in the Sanskrit and Bengali language which were his mother

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    control of their political and economic affairs. The colonies were dissatisfied with the rules of British Mercantilism, or the idea that the colonies were a mere source of raw materials and market for the British mainland. This animosity for the motherland had then been seeded by the lack of economic freedom and the harsh taxes that had been set on everyday luxuries and necessities;

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    voice had cried The Lieutenant. “You are not fucking peasants. You are men of the red Army. The Red Army!” he was screaming over the blood -ied cries of exhausted, hungry and scared band of 17 year olds fresh off a march From the furthest corners of motherland, enduring frost, storms and rain, Only to find themselves immediately be Thrown into the trenches with a rifle and sixty rounds. “You will be Telling stories of this day to your grandchildren” he had cried Over the thumping echoes of mortars fire

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