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Rommel Barbieto
Ms. Chiera
ENG3U1-15
19 July 2018

Unit 5: Identity: A Digital Anthology (Culminating Task) Activity 1: Course Culminating

Task

Hill, Bisco. ​I Am Kwakkoli​. Merlyn's Pen.

The narrator explains his story of receiving his Indian name. One of the
elders or a medicine person must perform and it must be done through a
ceremony according to tradition. The name “Kwakkoli” was chosen for the
narrator; the name of his grandfather. The narrator wants his grandfather’s name
because he thinks he was fully connected to him. The narrator explains what
connection his grandfather’s name means to him. The theme of identity in this
story is taking one's name to carry on and to connect their feelings and emotions
to them.We see that the narrator is very interested in taking his father’s Indian
name “Kwakkoli” or “Whippoorwill” in English as his own because the identity of
the narrator wants to be that of his grandfather. By taking his name, he thinks his
feelings and emotions to be connected with his grandfather and his family.

Shakespeare, William. ​Oxford School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet​. Oxford

University Press, 2008.
William Shakespeare’s story Romeo and Juliet is about two people who
fell in love and thought that they were destined to be together. However, their
families, the Montagues and the Capulets despise each other and cause terrible
outcomes for them. This makes the two lovers struggle to be together and their
fate made them to commit suicide in agony. This story reveals much of identity.
Both the Montagues and the Capulets showed resentment to each other which
caused some trouble for the two lovers, so both of them were willing to give up
their identity for the sake of their love. Juliet was willing to give up her identity as
a Capulet while Romeo was willing to give up his identity as a Montague.
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Rommel Barbieto
Ms. Chiera
ENG3U1-15
19 July 2018

Shakespeare, William. ​Oxford School Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice​. Oxford

University Press, 1995.
Another of William Shakespeare’s stories, The Merchant of Venice, is
about a Venetian, Bassanio who needs the money in order to see his destined
woman, Portia. He goes to his friend Antonio and asks for the money and
Antonio accepts. However, all the money Antonio had is being paid for the ships.
He asks Shylock, a Jewish merchant for a loan. They make a deal to give the
loan to Bassanio but they made a contract that if the loan cannot be paid on time,
a pound of Antonio’s flesh will be taken from Shylock. Antonio then breaks the
deal and Shylock is about to take the his pound of flesh. But two woman, Portia
and Nerissa, who disguised themselves as men saved Antonio. The theme of
identity reveals the extent that one might go in order to achieve something. The
identity of Portia and Nerissa were hidden in order to save a life. Women were
not allowed to take part in court so dressing themselves as men to hide their
female identity was the only way for them to save the life of Antonio. The
completed their goal which was saving Antonio by only crossdressing
themselves.

Orwell, George, et al. ​Animal Farm.​ Signet Classic/Penguin, 1996.

In the story, “Animal Farm,” farm animals were being abused and face
cruelty by their owner, Mr. Jones. To free themselves from the agonizing pain,
they made a plan to get rid of Mr. Jones. As the animals have the farm to
themselves, two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball were appointed as leaders.
However, things starts to drastically change as Snowball was driven off from the
farm and Napoleon lusts over power which pulls the farm animals back to
square one. These animals are parallel to the characters in the preface of the
novel: Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. In his novel, “Animal Farm,” George
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Rommel Barbieto
Ms. Chiera
ENG3U1-15
19 July 2018
Orwell shows how the identities of Snowball and Napoleon are allusions to Leon
Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. The identity of Snowball is parallel to Trotsky because
they both helped their people for their benefit. The identity of Napoleon is parallel
to Stalin because both of them took advantage of their own people and used
used for one sole purpose: ultimate power.We are able to understand how these
identities are similar and are allusions. Snowball and Trotsky cared for the people
and helped them. Napoleon and Stalin cared for themselves and took advantage
on their own people. We can see how the identities of Snowball and Trotsky are
similar and how we can see similarity of the identities of Napoleon and Stalin.

“A History of Residential Schools in Canada | CBC News.” ​CBCnews,​ CBC/Radio

Canada, 21 Mar. 2016,
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-residential-schools-in-canada-1.702280
The government of Canada was held accountable of taking aboriginal
people for care and education in the 19th century. Their purpose was to teach
them English and the customs of Canada and Christianity. They ran residential
schools for aboriginal children and it was mandatory to attend. Almost 150,000
children from the Inuit, Metis and First Nation were compelled to attend schools
established by the government. These children lost their identity because of the
things that the government had done to them. They lost their aboriginal, faith and
cultural identity and were replaced with things the government has so that the
children could have a “Canadian identity.” The government changed their identity
with theirs by teaching them what they have.