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When were first told that we were to watch “Dirty Pretty Things” in class, I assumed that this was a movie rendition of the novel “What We All Long For”. I was definitely mistaken. At the same time, these two forms … Continue reading →

Reading What We All Long For really hit home for me as a daughter of immigrants, myself. Some of the feelings and things that happened to these characters within the novel, I can completely relate to. Others — not so … Continue reading →

Before reading Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, I guess I didn’t really understand just how big of a contribution Aboriginal Peoples had in World War I. I assumed that some had enlisted/ been drafted into the war, but I … Continue reading →

Despite hearing a lot about Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, I still didn’t really know what to expect when I began reading it. Overall, I was thoroughly impressed by the novel (especially with Joseph Boyden as this was his first … Continue reading →

I find myself, over and over, assuming the worst about colonization, about Canada, about the United States, and, in particular, about the fate of the aboriginal peoples of whom I am learning about. Almost every type of literature, film, or … Continue reading →

It seems to me that a world of fertility and “two-legged wombs” in The Handmaid’s Tale is not so obscure and unlikely as it may seem. Even as a piece of fiction, today’s legislation and current events on abortion and birthing … Continue reading →

After watching District 9, I decided to look into other politically charged films. I came across V for Vendetta, a film I had seen years ago and had never really quite understood. Reading reviews for it, I decided to give … Continue reading →

I’ve seen District 9 seven times now. And yet, I’m not bored – and probably won’t ever be. The movie is beautiful in the most gritty, savage of ways. The brutality of the movie still makes me pensive. I catch … Continue reading →

The idea of redress is not unique to Joy Kagawa’s Obasan. Of course, her redress is incredibly effective. She writes the story of the lives of a Japanese-Canadian family broken by the Canadian government during World War II. Kagawa herself believes … Continue reading →

This week in class, we read both Literature, Imagination, and Human Rights by Willie van Peer and Democratic Citizenship and the Narrative Imagination by Martha Nussbaum. Just through the titles of both articles, it is clear that they are related. … Continue reading →