NECESSARY LIES: EVA STACHNIAK
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This 5 page paper analyzes the work Necessary LIes by Eva Stachniak in light of the psychology of affairs and infidelity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MBlies.rtf

Pain and Suffering in “Obasan” by Joy Kogawa
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A 5 page paper which examines how humans often inflict pain and suffering on others as seen in Joy Kogawa’s novel “Obasan.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAobasan.rtf

Point of View: Atwood and Ford
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A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the point of view in Margaret Atwood’s Death by Landscape and Richard Ford’s Great Falls. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAatd.rtf

Political Pressure in MacLennan’s “Barometer Rising”
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A five page paper looking at this seminal Canadian work by Hugh MacLennan, set against the backdrop of the Halifax explosion of 1917. The paper discusses MacLennan’s feeling that if all factions of Canadian society could be brought to place their primary allegiance in Canada rather than their own small special interest groups, this superhuman effort would serve as a model for healing the rifts that had caused two European world wars. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBbarom.wps

Portrayal of Native Americans in Brian Moore's "Black Robe"
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A 6 page paper which examines what characteristics the author emphasizes in a consideration of the overall tone of their portrayal. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Race in Michael Ondaatje’s “Coming Through Slaughter”
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A 5 page paper which examines the issue of race in Michael Ondaatje’s novel “Coming Through Slaughter.” Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
Filename: RAondtj.rtf

Relationships Between Men and Women in Literature
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This 7 page paper looks at the novel The Invisible Man at the Window, and other French literature to see how men and women are portrayed. Gender issues are discussed in addition to the love relationships that exist between them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA347Fr.rtf

Remembering and forgetting in Tales from Firozsha Baag
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This 8 page paper considers the development of remembering and forgetting in the book 'Tales from Firozsha Baag', also printed as 'Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag', and considers how these themes are presented with specific reference to the narrator character Kersi. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEswimmys.rtf

Robert Kroetsch And Canadian Prairie Literature
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Robert Kroetsch is a Canadian novelist and poet of the twentieth century. He is a postmodernist writer of the prairie who embues his writing with irony as well as the realism of life lived close to nature. This 5 page paper asserts that Robert Kroetsch combines the garrison mentality with a postmodern outlook in his poem, Seed Catalogue. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Robertson Davies' Fifth Business
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This 5 page paper explores the characters in the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies. No additional sources are listed.
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Robertson Davies/Fifth Business
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A 3 page essay that examines Robertson Davies' novel Fifth Business (1970). The writer argues that, in this novel, the principal theme of a man's search for himself is set against the backdrop of the theme of spirituality versus materialism. An examination of these two themes shows that they are intrinsically intertwined in this complex and deeply psychological narrative, which explores the complexity of personality, as it shows how the protagonist Dunstan Ramsay, learns to relate to the world. Ramsay chooses spirituality, and, in so doing, finds the keys to knowing his true self. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khdavfif.rtf

Satire and Mordecai Richler; Cocksure;
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This 5 page paper looks at Richler's satire in the controversial novel Cocksure, and the way the satire operates on two levels. The paper uses quotes form critics and the book to illustrates the points raised. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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