Denise Chong and Helga Kurtz-Harder Mills have given their perspectives regarding the positions of immigrants and women refugees in Canadian society in their books “The Concubine’s Children” and “Breaking the Barriers: Refugee Women in Canada” respectively. Denise has explained the story of a Chinese man who came to Canada for a better life of his family and Helga has given a description of refugee women who came to Canada. “The Concubine’s children” tells the story of Chong’s grandmother who was sold to Chan Sam at the age of 17 as a concubine. Chong talks about Chinese immigrants in Canada and the struggle they faced as they were treated like slaves. “The Chinese worked very hard, eleven hours a day, six days a week.
Joy Kogawa’s Obasan was a journey though history as we saw how the Japanese immigrants suffered during World War 2. Naomi was the protagonist and the narrator of the novel, Kogawa chose the narrator to be the protagonist as well because it lets the reader know what the character was really feeling and experiencing. Naomi’s uncle died at the beginning of the novel and her family moves back to Japan. Naomi is sent to Alberta to work on a beet field in the internment camp. The characters in Obasan were being forced by their aunt Obasan to keep their culture while society was telling them to change and fit in.
She had a different out look on life; she was more likely to ask why something was done rather than how something was done aside from everyone else in the environment. It’s obvious she was a major contribution to Montag’s identity crisis after their first conversation. Before departing Clarisse says “Are you happy? ‘Am I what? He cried.’ But she was gone running into the moonlight.
“Idle No More” Movement and the Canadian Government The Native-led protest movement “Idle No More” serves many purposes, one of which is taking on the Canadian government and to call on people all over the country to join together and help protect the Indigenous land and water, and also revitalise Indigenous culture. Four women in Saskatchewan, who had strong beliefs about Bill C-45 and wanted to make a difference, started this movement in late October 2012. These women were concerned the bill would corrode all that was left of indigenous rights. Very quickly after the word began to spread, Idle No More held a national day of protest and action in places all over Canada. It was then that the movement began to make process, and caught the
Then, tragedy struck in the family. Her fourth son died because of drinking impure milk which was Adelaide's motivation and encouragement to not let this happen to any other women (ibib). So, she made many organizations that taught women and girls about Domestic Sciences (household work), nutrition and hygiene (Adelaide’s Story, n.d. pg.1). Her contributions to Canada, their impact on the society and how it has evolved today's world will be discussed in the following paragraphs. Throughout Adelaide Hoodless's life she has made many contributions to Canada.
Mukherjee pursues her ways of living are the same as Mira’s. In the essay Mukherjee indicates how she was neglected in Canada after living there for more than 20 years. Mukerjee states “I felt then the same sense of betrayal that Mira feels now, I will never forget the pain of that sudden turning, and the casual racist outburst the Green Paper elicited” (310). It seems that one has to go through a certain state in order to understand a person’s different point of view. Mira’s negligence was clear to Mukherjee after she had been driven away from Canada.
-Janet is young, outspoken and involved in a peace movement -all Evelyn owns are some LSD, the clothes on her back and her journals -she has to go back to Vancouver because they can’t help her because she is a Canadian July 17 -has been spending a lot of time with Janet and Allen who are replacing the foundations she is missing July 20 -Evelyn is going back to Vancouver -she hates people who say ‘we want to help” July 21 -Evelyn called Kim who told her that Ruth had flown out to the west coast to get her and bring her back to Boston July 25 -Ruth picked her up but she did not want to go back -ran away from Ruth and went to the police station to try to find somewhere to stay - she stayed in a detention centre where they questioned her and where she got to stay the night -Evelyn confesses to using a fake id to cross the border -she calls her dad who is very angry, but she tells him she doesn’t want to go home July 30 -Evelyn goes back to Vancouver -her family and Frank picked her up from the airport and brought her to the social services office -Evelyn must see a physiatrist and is going to stay at New
The use of symbolism at this scene captures the tearing end of their relationship. The related text, Sky High by Hannah Robert shows the change in perspective of the author as she goes form an imaginative and curious child, to an adult with less freedom and more responsibility. It explores the transition from a child to an adult through the author reminiscing about her childhood. As she reminisces we see the perspective of herself in her backyard. The clothes line plays a significant role in her life.
An Internal Change The most significant event that marks an immediate change in the attitude of Janie and causes change in those around her, is her rebuke of Jody. Throughout the majority of her second marriage she had been paraded about as a possession that was a part of Jody's image, but once she chastises Jody and in tandem destroys the almost divine image he had built for himself it marks a personal change. To fully understand the change the Janie experiences during this moment of rebellion there needs to be an understanding of the circumstances that were forced upon her during her marriage to Jody. The first line of chapter seven, the chapter where said event takes place, is, "The years took all the fight out of Janie's face." This
The social and political existence of Canada made a great impact on the writings of both Denise Chong and Joy Manette. It reflects from their stories about contributions, sacrifices, and discrimination in Canada. In their stories both tell us life history of their families. In Denise Chong’s story “The Concubines Children”, she told us about the life of a Chinese immigrant who brought her grandmother in Canada. They both have to face many difficulties to survive in Canada.