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language the spoke, Ladino, and old form of Spanish, was very convenient in a place where Spanish was spoken. (Levine 2010:40). Being able to communicate with the people in Cuba was a way to be accepted in their new communities. Jobs they acquired as peddlers, worked out for them, since they could communicate with their

Chapter 1: John Locke once said that “If government fails to fulfill the end for which it was established the preservation of the individual’s right to life, liberty, and property…” What Locke meant is in a society the people and the government have a social contract where the people give some of their rights in exchange for the protection of their lives and remaining liberties. The liberties that we are entitled to can be derived from the state of nature where all men are born free. The state

The Opioid Epidemic in Canada and the USA and its Effects on the Health of the Affected Communities Canada is in the mist of opioid overdose. On a per-capita bases Canada is second only to the US in opioid consumption and overdose. No fewer than 2480 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016 across Canada. Among the hardest hit provinces are British Colombia, Alberta, and Ontario. British Columbia reported close to 800 overdose fatalities between January and June of this year, a jump of nearly

No matter what one 's social status was, if one was born in China pre twentieth century, one would have at least rudimentary knowledge of Confucian gender values, whether through direct study or through traditions that were already soaked in Confucian ideology. In upper-class society, daughters are taught through study of classical Confucian texts and as a result most have a great understanding and following of those values; sons are likewise taught their role and are required to follow it if they

beauty surpasses her own. The seven dwarfs grow to love their unexpected visitor, the Snow White who cooks their meals and cleans their house. But one day while the dwarfs are at their diamond mine, the Queen arrives at the cottage and turns to an old peddler woman. She tries to persuade Snow White to bite the poisoned apple. The dwarfs, warned by the forest animals, rush home to chase the witch away, but they are too late to save Snow White because the Snow White already bite the poisoned apple. They

Once upon a time, there was a literary genre commonly know as fairy tales. They were mystical and wonderful and a child’s fantasy. These fairy tales were drastically misunderstood throughout many centuries, however. They endured a hard life of constant changing and editing to fit what the people of that time wanted. People of our own time are responsible for some of the radical changes endured by this undeserved genre. Now, these fairy tales had a young friend named Belle. Belle thought she knew

Author Kate Chopin is famous for some of the most influential feminist stories and novels in the Western canon. “The Story of an Hour” is one such text. In this story, Chopin tackles many of the concerns that are essential to feminism, including the willpower and expression of a woman’s distinctive identity separate from the identity of her husband and the right of a woman to identify and experience her own interests. While there is an aspect of this story that is provocative, namely, that Mrs. Mallard

It’s cold outside, just below freezing, and tonight I will slip into my warm bed, pull up the soft blankets and fall to sleep. Tomorrow morning there will be snow, yet in the morning I may walk down the stairs, make some coffee, and watch the world unfold on the early morning news, as I eat my breakfast and get ready for the day. I’ll watch marvel at my pre-teen son as he bumbles around the house half asleep…I think. It’s a wonder he doesn’t hurt himself. We’ll head off to school and work and

Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was penned sometime between 1594 and 1596 and it was said that Shakespeare used Arthur Brooke’s narrative poem ‘The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet’ as the source for one of his most recognisable plays. This in itself derives from even earlier Italian works. Many editions of the play have been worked throughout the centuries as many of the earlier editions were perceived as faulty as the scripts had been relayed by actors of the play, and a lot of the speeches

Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century, criminal organizations have begun to develop within various nations throughout the world. Some of these criminal organizations consist of various national and ethnic groups who centralized themselves as a single enterprise and various illegal activity which results in monetary gains, such as drug trafficking, racketeering, human trafficking, setting up illegal gambling establishments, and corrupting the local government with members of their own. For