In Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient, the lives of several characters, particularly Hana (a Canadian nurse), Count Laszlo de Almasy (the English patient), Kip (a Sikh bomb dismanteler), and Caravaggio (a thief by profession) are shaped by their involvement in World War II (Italy 1944), and act as a catalyst for the relationships that develop between them. ... The novel actually contains two love stories - the sacred and the profane: one in the desperation of Italy at the end of World War II as Hana's devotion to the English patient reflects on a pure and worthy kind of love. .....

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The World Wars In 1914 Australia was at war and many lives were lost. ... By 1916 the interstate competitions were abandoned and it wasn't until 1920 with the end of World War I that Australian sport returned to normal. ... War World II had an effect on sport and life in general everywhere, thirty thousand Australian lives were lost. ... The Prime Minister Robert Menze stated that there was "no reason for sport to stop" The effect of different Cultures The period after the Second World War was a time of growth and expansion. ... With many of the immigrants coming from England Gre...

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• Grade Level: High School