Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. ... In 1975 he immigrated to Canada, working in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. ... After a few years in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. ... But why does Mistry depend on India as a metaphor when he has lived in Canada for nearly tw...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. ... In 1975 he immigrated to Canada, working in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. ... After a few years in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. ... But why does Mistry depend on India as a metaphor when he has lived in Canada for nearly tw...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Being from Canada and coming down to the South, I honestly didn't know what to expect. ... Throughout O'Connor's work she explains and shows you as the reader what it was like to live in the post World War II South. ... As a reader of this story I cant help but jump in and put myself in the post World War II South and ask myself who I would vote for. ... There were a lot of movements going on post World War II like the Civil Rights Act from 1946-1953. ... The share of defense jobs held by blacks had increased from 3 to 8 percent" (Civil Rights Post World War II). ...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. ... He immigrated to Canada via England in 1962, Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School