The various works of Michael Ondaatje entail themes of identity. Ethnicity is often incorporated as an essential property to identity in the works. ... Certain structures give credit to the presence of national identity in the novels. ... Through recognition of structures as a powerful force in the realization of identity, Ondaatje places emphasis on ethnicity in context to the nature of identity. ... Through the use of the two world wars in recognizing identity, importance is based on nationality and its dominant presence in the notion of identity. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel Ceremony, Silko displayed how the identities of Native Americans who participated in World War II, fighting for the U.S., shifted from the time they were enlisted to their homecoming and how the assimilation and integration of Native Americans and whites had also influenced their changes in identity. ... This quick display in the shift and changes in identity shows how nationalism was a prevalent force globally in the Twentieth-century. ... " (Silko, 153) This passage indicates how the identity of the Native American soldiers did change after the war, whether they had like...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Even a tenuous link to some group, family or organisation, helps to create, within an individual, their own sense of identity and self-empowerment. ... By the time he has travelled and spent time in the US, he has had some years to understand that the happiness and safety of his family and village, all of which he loved, will never be his home or identity again. ... " These two souls are simply representatives of thousands of displaced people who exist at the end of any war; people who have lost all sense of cultural identity. ... There is no door open to them, and they have lost all sen...

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She had to stay behind in the Villa San Girolamo to try to regain her self identity and recover from her shell shock. ... Identity is inescapable. ... Almasy forges this identity through his character, his work, and his interactions with others. ... He found that the idea of Western society welcoming from Lord Suffolk and had no racial identity for some time. ... (Sage, 198) But again the characters find that national identity is prized above all else. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Canada began as a colony of Britain, and joined as a colony of Britain during the massive world war, and came out as a recognized military identity after the war. ... We will continue to glance at our proud country's global identity, and watch it advance into the years to come. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Japanese internment in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, caused a new sense of ethnic and national identity within the Japanese American community. In Jane Naomi Iwamura's article, "Japanese Americans and the Birth of a New Civil Religion,"" the author argues that: "what has emerged from the collective experience of war and internment is a faith that is tied to no particular religious tradition, but that takes racial-ethnicity identity as its starting point. ... In other words, the author states that the experience of internment and war for the Japanese peop...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

These pacts often revolve around economics, a shared cultural identity, or a strategic advantage. ... The literature review seek to emphasize the identity basis to these alliances and find patterns of actions to grasp the decisions made by the states who practice paternalistic alliances. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The article 15 of the UDHR states that everyone has the right to a nationality. link it to one of the articles that talks about the right to have a national identity. ... The article 15 of the UDHR states that everyone has the right to a nationality. link it to one of the articles that talks about the right to have a national identity. ... The article 15 of the UDHR states that everyone has the right to a nationality. link it to one of the articles that talks about the right to have a national identity. ...

• Word Count: 973
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the United States, dramatic cultural, industrial and interpersonal shifts began to shape a new national identity which would change the country forever. ... Positive results include the ability to forge a national identity and bring the nation together in support of a cause. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Being an alternate history novel, the reality of the whole story is a fake along with the fake identities of characters and fake objects that are made and they all weave into each other creating a key theme. ... Dick's entire novel involves the theme of authenticity and fake identity and it may have ironically just been an eye opener to encourage the reader to pay attention to those type of details. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Australian government feared the worst and took precautions such as; blackouts at night so enemies could not find us, issuing personal identity cards in case you were killed, prosecution and imprisonment of protestors and the restriction of week day sporting events. ...

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Sugar may be used in almost all, if not all, cultures, but the way it is used defines part of the food culture of different groups and gives them identity. ... Labor brought these groups involuntarily to these nations only for them to stay and establish their own cultures and identities. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mackenzie King shaped Canadian identity throughout his years as Prime Minister by implementing many social programs. ... King had a huge impact on Canadian identity, and will be remembered for making an alliance with the United States that is still strong to this day. ...

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The Anzac legend, which was the result of a devastating loss, rather than a great victory, has had, and continues to have a significant impact on Australia's identity. ... The Anzac legend has continued to form part of Australia's identity throughout the 88 years following the Gallipoli campaign. ...

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Finally, the last forsaken misconception, and the most damaging to my idea of the American identity, was that I had been raised to believe that Japan as a whole had been warned of an attack, that civilians had been given a warning, possibly even one to evacuate. ... My imagining Caucasians in place of Asians was completely subconscious and I believe inadvertently showed me that I was not as freely tolerant as I"d like to be, possibly caused by my Americanized identity. ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

History tells us that almost every strong nation in this world has at least, tried to stamp its dominance over a weaker country. This was first shown by the early world powers of Spain and Portugal, who conquered among themselves several territories for their utmost conquest and control. Another g...

• Word Count: 615
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Holocaust The title of my book is Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and it is a historical fiction. My book was about a jewish girl named Ellen that stays with her best friend's family the Johansens to avoid being caught by the nazis and relocated along with her family. I selected this book bec...

• Word Count: 498
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• Grade Level: High School

In The First Casualty, Kingsley is a top police detective. Kingsley was sentenced to and Shannon strolled along the Promenade. Shannon turned jail for objecting to go to war, during World War I. His reason for not going to war was because, " 'It offends [his] sense of logic. It offends [his] ...

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The German Holocaust The German holocaust was a bad part of German history but its and important part also. The holocaust was the biggest reason that World War II started. Many people died for no reason. The holocaust refers to the period of time between January 30, 1933 went Adolf Hitler b...

• Word Count: 543
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• Grade Level: High School

The Holocaust The title of my book is Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and it is a historical fiction. My book was about a jewish girl named Ellen that stays with her best friend's family the Johansens to avoid being caught by the nazis and relocated along with her family. I selected this book bec...

• Word Count: 498
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For example, many people, including Leo, waited to receive a birth certificate which would change their identity. Once the identity card was given, Leo was no longer Leo instead he became Max Henri Lefevre. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The first word spoken in the film is "Name", during the film we see this use of names and lists as a major theme of the film, that the Jews were striped of their identity , and reduced to a number on a list. ...

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Famous author Earl Nightingale once said; "Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations". This is apparent in the short story "The Destructors" by Graham Greene. Set in post World War II England, the short story centers on a gang of adolescents ...

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Nationalism, a political ideology of a strong national identity, was clearly responsible for the outbreak of World War One. The overreaching desire to be the greatest nation was intensified toward the end of the 19th Century. Tension began sprawling from country to country in relation to a shift in ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There were two major things that led to Gene and Finny finding their "separate peace." Obviously, their surroundings played a huge role. They were experiencing new things with the war coming into their lives. They didn't know how to deal with it. So they created a separate peace. The other thing was...

• Word Count: 687
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• Grade Level: High School