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No Mans An Island

Reading through “No man’s an island” by John Donne and “My very good dear friends” by Chief Dan George it struck me how even though the two pieces had been written centuries apart each author tries to convey the same message. Each using a different writing style is capable to capture the audience's attention and spark their imagination. The message is clear, unity. The authors suggest that if all people came together they could achieve greater feats than ever imagined, each individual bringing his special gift to build up the whole.
John Donne stresses in “No man is an island” that ‘If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less’. It reflects the author's opinion that it ...

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were discovering other parts of the world and exploiting and killing the inhabitants of these lands.
Chief Dan George writes about an age where everything was innocent and beautiful. Where his people looked for guidance to spirits, we now rely on computers and experts, psychologists and politicians to lead us through our daily lives. They took care of nature the way it took care of them, giving back what they took. Then the Europeans ‘Like a crushing wave’ came and used and abused this splendor, all in the name of progress. They pushed away the people who lived and worked these lands, ignorantly believing they were uncivilized and unable to contribute anything worthwhile because they were different. They abused the people like they abused the land, taking everything but giving nothing back. The natives tried to befriend the white man and in the end were conquered and looked down upon. As time went on, the native nations of the new world were stripped of their land and ...

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Added: 11/28/2004 05:34:38 PM
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