Mordecai Richler’s Satire -- “Cocksure” and “Solomon Gursky Was Here”
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This 6 page report discusses two of Richler’s most satirical works. Mortimer Lucas Griffin of Cocksure finds himself in the position of having to worry about the fact that he is not Jewish. To his eternal embarrassment he is Anglo-Saxon, Anglican, apolitical, and Canadian. The characters of Solomon Gursky was Here are all caught up in the world of the Gurskys a family which has been involved in every significant historical event in Canadian history. Richler has been described as “Canada's Philip Roth” – writing about politics and ethnic differences with irreverence. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Morgenthau on Canadian Foreign Policy
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A 12 page research paper that investigates how the political theories of Hans J. Morgenthau, which were outlined in his book Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, could be applied in understanding Canadian foreign policy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Mukherjee and Tan: Assimilation
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This 3 page paper argues that in their two essays, Bharati Mukherjee and Amy Tan explore relationships among women, but the label “freak” cannot be applied to any of them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVmuktan.rtf

Munro’s Meneseteung
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A 3 page paper which examines why the character in Alice Munro’s short story Meneseteung goes insane at the end of the story. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmmens.rtf

Narrative in “As For Me and My House” by Sinclair Ross
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A 4 page paper which examines the importance and affect of the narration in Sinclair Ross’ “As For Me and My House.” No additional sources cited.
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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

Ondaatje and Lee, Immigrant Experience
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A 3 page essay that discusses how Canadian authors Michael Ondaatje and Sky Lee in their novels In the Skin of a Lion and Disappearing Moon Café offer narratives that portray immigrant experience in Canadian history. Ondaatje tells the story of Macedonian and Greek workmen who built the bridges, buildings and other structures that transformed the transformed nineteenth century landscapes into twentieth century cities. Lee relates the saga of a Chinese immigrant family over the course of several generations, focusing on the women of the cultural and economic factors that influenced their lives in both China and Canada and how these women were active participants in the Wong family saga. As this suggests, the novels are quite different, but similarly are insightful in the way that they offer insight into Canadian immigrant and cultural history. No additional sources cited.
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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.
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