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April Raintree - Term Papers

April Raintree

The native people today in Canada are facing many problems. The natives aren’t treated well. In the novel April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton, One of the main forms of mistreatment towards the natives is prejudice and rasicm.
Beatrice Culleton, [who is a Métis and born in Manitoba, suffered of family separation, foster homes, and the suicides of two older sisters], has written “April Raintree” that is shown the poverty, alcoholism, prostitution, suicide, racism, prejudice, and bounty for self-identification. April and her younger sister Cheryl, when only six and four years old, were taken from their alcoholism parents by the Children's Aid Society after death of baby Anna . April knows ...

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is so stuffy, but Cheryl is so stubborn. April marries and moves to Toronto with her husband, Bob Radcliffe. But after some years April discovers that her husband is having an affair with another woman, so decided to get divorce.
She understands that Cheryl is in the hospital a phone call from Winnipeg. April discovers that Cheryl has quit university; she is alcoholic and has been living with a man (Mark) for the last two years. When April goes to pick up Cheryl’s stuffs from Mark's place, she is raped by some men. April and Cheryl decide to buy a house and a car (by money which she gets from Bob) and live in Winnipeg together. April meets Roger, they become good friends. Cheryl tells to April that she have found their father and discovers that their mother has committed suicide by jumping off the Louise Bridge. Cheryl leaves and never comes back. April and Roger search for Cheryl. They discover that Cheryl has killed herself. April goes through Cheryl's journals and discovers ...

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Added: 5/26/2011 04:50:51 PM
Submitted By: Ma2thias
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 561
Pages: 3

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