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    Arroyo 1 Alex Arroyo Professor Ledri-Aguilar English 120 30 August 2013 Inner Rings and the Motives that Come Along C.S Lewis delivered a speech named “The Inner Ring” at King’s College, a University in London. As Lewis continues on in his speech, one may be a little thrown off by what these inner rings are and what exactly they mean to people. Although Lewis mentions both good and harmful inner rings, one could argue that most people find themselves so caught up in these inner rings they

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    rumours about Socialism. MacDonald was determined to disprove these fears, particularly Churchill’s jibe that a Labour Party would “not be fit to govern”. Since the Prime Minister is an integral part of a government, it will also be important to look at the competency of

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    New Brunswick and Nova Scotia united to form a new country. This was a very important event in history that created very important people. It is very much debatable who the real father of confederation is, for example you could argue Sir John A Macdonald was more important in uniting the provinces. Debating, who is the real father of confederation is rather pointless because Sir George Étienne Cartier is the real father of confederation. George Etienne Cartier was born on September 6, 1814 in St

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    Residential schools were a place where thousands of Indigenous children would go to learn but instead get abused very badly. Residential schools existed about a hundred years ago. These tragic schools were established because European people wanted the Indigenous people of Canada to be assimilated into Euro-Canadian. The European people thought that their civilization was the greatest human achievement. A lot of residential schools opened within Canada’s provinces. Life at residential schools was

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    singing and dancing of course. Taylor's play, directed by Jim Millan, is a dual perspective story that alternates between two settings. The first set of the two is based in the 19th century, the era of Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A Macdonald. In this setting, a problematic and alcohol-fueled Sir John A., played exceptionally well by Martin Julien, is seen reiterating his life story and more importantly his utter distaste for “Indians.” The second setting is based in modern-day Canada

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    kindhearted people cannot grasp the fact that God loves them and that He sent His one and only son to save them. L 'Engle also tackled the major misconception that God does not know how to laugh. He created humor and is pretty humorous himself. George MacDonald said, "It is the Heart that is not yet sure of its God that is afraid to laugh in His presence" (131). I am learning that more and more every day. The common trait that my most joyful friends share is confidence in God 's love for them. A relationship

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    everywhere.” MacDonald’s opinion of functional curiosity is that it only encourages practice in reading rather than giving beneficial information. He considers today’s literature as flimsy and overwhelming. MacDonald assumes that all reading done in today’s society is “shallow thinking.” I agree with MacDonald that there is a great amount of mediocre literature floating around, but he does not take into account the technological advancements, the lifestyles of people today, and students.  With the new

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    CPR is a railway built under the premise of connecting Eastern Canada to British Columbia (or BC for short), when BC entered Confederation in 1871. A form of connection between the two areas was required from BC, and Eastern Canada, with John A. Macdonald as their Prime Minister at the time, suggested making a railway, whose completion must have been made within 10 years, starting in 1881. Chinese labourers were imported to Canada to make the railway, but I’ll

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    punishment for his actions against the Metis people, his actions hardly deserved the death penalty.” 2 The execution of Scott was a huge faux pas on the part of the Metis officials and it invited terrible reprisals from the government. John A. MacDonald certainly could not ignore the execution because half the people of his newly formed country were calling for the head of Riel. The rebellions from here on in would take an ugly turn and seem more about race and religion and less about negotiations

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    The Success of the First Two Labour Governments was Outweighed by the Failures in Britain The success of Labour's governments during its two terms in power, in the 1920's easily outweighed its failures and shortcomings, in Britain. This was a Labour government that introduced the idea of free mass secondary education, built over half a million houses, and through Labour established Britain as a major player in European and World politics. The Labour government were in

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