Farley Mowat/Lost in the Barrens
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A 5 page book review that summarizes and analyzes the action in this "coming of age" novel about two boys who survive the Canadian wilderness due to their own resourcefulness. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmowat.rtf
Paper Title: Farley Mowat/Lost in the Barrens

Guy Vanderhaeghe's Short Story, "Dancing Bear"
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A 5 page paper which examines the theme of Canadian author Guy Vanderhaeghe's short story, "Dancing Bear." No additional sources are used.
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Paper Title: Guy Vanderhaeghe's Short Story, "Dancing Bear"

Hodgins' After The Season
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This 5 page essay provides a tutorial on the relationship between the use of setting, character and theme, relating it to a discussion of Jack Hodgins' After The Season.
Filename: KThodgin.wps
Paper Title: Hodgins' After The Season

How the Storm Helps Readers Understand Ann’s Character in “The Painted Door”
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This 3 page paper discusses the metaphor of the storm in Sinclair Ross’s short story, “The Painted Door.” Bibliography lists 1 source
Filename: HVpntdor.rtf
Paper Title: How the Storm Helps Readers Understand Ann’s Character in “The Painted Door”

Howard O'Hagan/Tay John
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A 5 page essay that analyzes Canadian writer Howard O'Hagan's novel Tay John, which is a deeply psychological novel that brilliantly blends elements of Native American legend with narrative that encompasses virtually all of the myriad factors that make up the cultural background of the Canadian West. This examination of the rich symbolism that O'Hagan incorporates into this novel focuses specifically on the function and significance of Tay John's shadow, which serves to both bind him to the human race, while also setting him apart. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khtayj.rtf
Paper Title: Howard O'Hagan/Tay John

Imagination in Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'
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An eight page paper looking at this well-loved children's classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery in terms of its emphasis on the power of the imagination. The paper asserts that young children actually feel things more deeply than adults believe them to, and their imaginations can help them come to terms with a confusing and difficult world. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Paper Title: Imagination in Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'

Initiation in King’s “The Border” and Laurence’s “The Loons”
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A 6 page paper which compares the theme of initiation in Thomas King’s “The Borders” and Margaret Laurence’s “The Loons.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlalo.rtf
Paper Title: Initiation in King’s “The Border” and Laurence’s “The Loons”

Interpreting Sagard’s Journey to the Countries of the Huron
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This 7 page paper takes the work of Father Gabriel Sagard, who travelled to Canada from France in 1624, entitled The Long Journey to The Countries of the Huron, and examines it to show the student how to ‘read between the lines’ to gain an insight to the lives of the natives and real situation rather than only the position from the perspective of Sagard. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEhuron1.rtf
Paper Title: Interpreting Sagard’s Journey to the Countries of the Huron

Intranation -- Patricia Grace’s “Potiki” and Eden Robinson’s “Monkey Beach”
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This 10 page report discusses novels written by Patricia Grace (“Potiki”) and Eden Robinson (“Monkey Beach”). In “Potiki,” the reader is able to see one community's response to attacks on their ancestral values and symbols. In the process, the relationship between people and the land they live on is shown to have greater ties than can be imagined by the “typical” urbanite. Likewise, “Monkey Beach” demonstrates that there are people whose greater loyalties are more directly related to the mystical connections that exist for some people in what are most often dismissed as the ordinary occurrences of daily life. Both novels explore the idea of the existence of intranations in the modern world and the ideologies of the residents of those intranations. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Paper Title: Intranation -- Patricia Grace’s “Potiki” and Eden Robinson’s “Monkey Beach”

Jane Urquhart/The Stone Carvers
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A 9 page essay that examines the role of art in Urquhart's best-selling Canadian novel The Stone Carvers. The writer argues that art is what motivates personal experience and expression for the principal characters. Art is their refuge and, then finally, art provides a means to heal the awful trauma of war and loss. While this theme (or theory) of art is prevalent, Urquhart also uses the medium of her novel to present art as intrinsic to what it means to be human, a medium by which the human soul endeavors to achieve the transcendental.
Filename: khurstca.rtf
Paper Title: Jane Urquhart/The Stone Carvers