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    In his essay the author‚ Amir Attaran a Californian-born Canadian expresses his belief of how the Pearsonistic Canadian government being his incentive to move to Canada had changed drastically as well as his view of the so-called “picture perfect” appearance of Canada. Amir displays this by first showing the prime ministers contradiction of his statement on how Canada deals with kidnappings from terrorists. He then proceeds to describe how there is degeneracy in the way the Governor-in-council gives

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    Pardoner S Tale

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    Name: _______________________ Mods:_______ from The Pardoner’s Tale Reading Check 1.  How does the Pardoner describe his own character and morals in the Prologue to his tale? 2.  According to “The Pardoner’s Tale‚” why are the three young rioters looking for Death? 3.  Where does the old man tell the rioters to look for Death? How do they treat him? 4.  Describe the rioters’ plan for the gold and how it proves fatal to all three of them. Thinking

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    The Reeve´s tale

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    The Reeve’s Tale Simkin is a miller who lives in Trumpington near Cambridge and who steals wheat and meal brought to him for grinding. Simkin is also a bully and expert with knives. His wife is the portly daughter of the town clergyman (and therefore illegitimate‚ as Catholic priests do not marry). They have a twenty-year-old daughter Malyne and a six-month-old son. When Simkin overcharged for his latest work grinding corn for Soler Hall‚ a Cambridge University college also known as King’s Hall

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    The Californian’s Tale is about a lone wanderer who stumbles into a strange little town somewhere in California. He realizes that this town is almost deserted with very few residents in the area. He stumbles into a house‚ in which a man welcomes him in as a guest and invites him to stay for a few days. The house is described as very beautiful and decorated‚ which the owner’s wife had decorated. The owner of the house is very fond and speaks highly of his wife‚ he tells the visitor that she is on

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    Reeve's Tale Summary

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    The Reeve’s Tale Characters: Symkyn – also known as the Miller; he is a jealous and corrupt man who has a penchant for stealing; very protective of his wife Symkyn’s wife – was nobly born‚ father was the Parson of the town‚ educated in nunnery Molly – the Miller’s twenty year old daughter Alan and John – two young‚ gullible students from Cambridge University‚ they devise a plan to expose that the Miller is a thief Setting: The story takes place primarily in a mill in Trumpington‚ a town

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    A Midwife's Tale Summary

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    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich book A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard‚ Based on Her Diary‚ 1785-1812 is a book that shows reader a different side of history that most have never seen before. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote the book based on the diary Martha Ballard kept from 1785 through 1812. Although there are several documents that exist today showing the history of families and how they lived in the late 1700’s‚ few documents show their private lives and even fewer from the point from the midwives

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    In this tale a merchant says how a wife is a blessing‚ and praises wives‚ although in reality he feels the total opposite of what he says. Of just being married to month‚ sorrow and despair that’s unto what he kneels‚ he regrets getting married‚ and hates his wife that’s all he feels. Although when he speaks good words of wives he says‚ as in the tale he quotes: “Woman is man’s helper‚ his respite‚ his paradise on earth and his

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    Physician's Tale Summary

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    In the Physician’s Tale‚ a knight named Virginius had a daughter that had overpowering beauty. Her name was Virginia. Appius‚ a judge‚ decides he wants to have Virginia for himself and makes a plan to capture her with Claudius. Appius abuses his power as a judge and brings Virginius to court where Claudius accuses him of stealing Virginia from his home years before and is only pretending that she is his daughter. Virginius visits his daughter‚ telling her to choose death rather than stay with Appius

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    Offred lived a normal‚ American life when all of the sudden‚ her family was taken from her so she could go have somebody else’s baby. The Handmaid’s Tale is about a woman’s tale of her life‚ her story‚ and her struggles in a new society and how she got there. This story by Margaret Atwood tells the life of Offred‚ a handmaid for a wealthy couple and her daily struggles trying to adapt to her new world. Offred tells how she makes deals with her Commander and his Wife with hope of getting out and how

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    You  have a minimum of 6 sources at this time. The research element is going to end soon; figure  out what you have and what you still need..     1. Do Californians deserve the drought?   1.1. what is a drought? w hat constitutes it?  To what extent can we blame the drought on climate change?  Is the climate change caused by Californians?  Or are we receiving the blunt end of global practices (for example: china emissions being  carried across pacific by trade winds producing smog in LA etc

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