Poetry Anlysis

Canada Is… By: Michael Mitchell

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for love

We have love for our neighbors,

Of whatever creed or colour

We have love for our cities

And our valleys and our plains

We have a voice that is calling telling all the world we’re willing

To welcome them to this great land

And that’s what Canada is…

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is la belle provence

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for faith

We have faith in our future

We’re ready for tomorrow

We have faith in our children

For our future’s in there hands

We have a voice that is calling

Telling us to keep on hoping

For time will make this vast land great

And that’s what Canada is…

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for peace

We have peace in our cities

We’re happy and contented

We have peace in our valleys

And our boundaries have no chains

We have a voice that is calling

Telling all free men we’re willing

To show them how to live in peace

And that’s what Canada is…

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for love

There are many different messages that can be taken from this song, not just that Canada is the Rocky Mountains, Prince Edward Island, the prairie cowboy or the Yukon miner, but that Canada is place where people are accepted no matter what their skin colour or the country they come from. In the song it says, “We have love for our neighbors,” and I think that is really speaks about Canada and our role in the world. We look out for those around us, like when the earthquake struck Haiti we were there helping right away and we help out and have a relationship with the United States. This song makes me really proud to be Canadian because it speaks about how beautiful and diverse Canada is and that differs from a lot of places where there is a lot of poverty and fighting instead of peace and love. Michael Mitchell is a fairly well known Canadian singer for children and think there is good reasons for this song to be sung to children because it should make them proud of where they come from and the great things that Canada does.

Current Events

        The characters in this cartoon are an American business man, fur traders and First Nations. The event that this cartoon is targeting is that U.S. business bought Hudson’s Bay Company which is one of the oldest companies is Canada that helped to establish the country. The cartoons main message is that the company that bought the HBC doesn’t care about its history or what the company means to Canada because they just want to make money off of it. Humor is developed by having it look like its set in the 1800’s because of the fur traders and First Nations offering their goods but there is a business man that just wants a set of cares and isn’t even affected by the offerings. I agree with the cartoonist’s point of view because when you think of the Hudson’s Bay Company you think of Canada and how it came to be and the American company that now owns it really doesn’t care what it means to Canada they just want the money.

       

       In this cartoon there are people at Canada’s border and a giant wooden Trojan horse. The cartoon is about the new softwood deal between Canada and the United States and how because some of the details were changed we don’t know what will come of the deal in the end. Humor is developed by the people standing in the watch tower saying, “It looks safe enough,” when they have no idea what is inside of the Trojan horse because they used to be used to hide soldiers. I agree with the cartoonist’s opinion because you never know what might come out of deal, it could go well and be a very good deal or it might not go as planned and end up being a big mistake.

Fiddler Ven- Part B

          There are a lot of characters in this play that I could identify with but the one that I think I could most identify with is Hodel. There were things in Tvye that I were like me, I like traditions but unlike Tvye I don't have many that my family or I follow and then there were things about Tzietal that I could see also see in myself, wanting to please my family but also caring for my own happiness. I could see myself most in Hodel because in life ultimately my decisions are for me and even though I made them for me I still want my family to be able to except me and love me. In the book Hodel and Perchik decide to get married without asking permission from the father, something completely unheard of at that time, when Hodel and Perchik approach Tevye and tell him of their plans to marry he is at first mad but then moves on and excepts their decision even if in the end it took Hodel away from her family to be with Perchik. Even if i make a crazy decision that my dad is enraged about I know that he won't dissown me and will come to accept my decision like Tevye. That is the main reason why Hodel is the person that I can idintify most with.

Why People Immigrate- Fiddler Writen Response

        When we're younger we don't think about the reasons why people immigrate, they just do. One day there's a new kid in the class telling stories about where they came from and you never ask them why they came to Canada instead we just listen in awe to their stories. As we get older we begin to understand there are many different reasons why people immigrate, sometimes people just want a new expierience and sometime it's for work or family and sometimes it's more. Fiddler on the Roof teaches us about the different reasons that people immigrate. In Fiddler the main reason that the family immigrated to America and Poland was because of the pogrom that was forced onto them. Teyve and his family was forced to leave Russia because the government didn't want them. Now people immigrate to escape their home counrtry or because of natural disasters. Being forced to leave your country still isn't a thought on your mind because living in Canada it's  something you could never imagine your government doing to you. After reading "Fiddler on the Roof" it's really opened my mind to the reasons why people immirgate to different countries.

Fiddler on the Roof Ven- Part A

My Resume

Chelsea Dawson

32 Talbot Close

Lacombe, Alberta T4L 2M6

(403) 782-5159

Chelsea.456@hotmail.com

Education
Lacombe Composite High School– Lacombe, Alberta
September 2010- June 2013

Work Experience
Sunnyside Christian Retreat Centre, June 2010- August 2010
l  Dish washer, washed dishes and helped serve food, ensure the dishes came out clean and to keeping the plates, cups and silver ware well stocked.

Achievements
l  Received honors for 10 subjects in grade 9, 2010
l  Received honors for 10 subjects in grade 8, 2009
l  Got 2nd place in the Legion Literacy Contest for Remembrance Day, 2007
l  Honors in grade 6, 2007

Activities
l  Rowing, 2010
l  Soccer 2004-2010
l  Volleyball, 2007-2008
l  Basketball, 2008

Skills
l  Can work both Apple and PC computers
l  Fairly good with computers
l  Going to be learning French in January
l  A little Sign Language
l  English

My Identity...

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