“A Lament for Confederation” a speech by Chief Dan George

In this speech, in my opinion I think the speech has a reason to complain. Things that are
happening are not worth Canada to show for its development a hundredth year after its independence.
So, when Dan George cries his head out that he has nothing to celebrate about Canada during this
year he is simply expressing what he is knows and his feeling at that time. The first thing we must
mention is the author's words choices : “How long have I known you, Oh Canada? A hundred years?
Yes, a hundred years”. This is to emphasize to the listener's perception of how long he has known
Canada , as well as how long he has lived there and witnessed how huge Canada and his country
have changed for him.. In addition, the speech is used rhetorical devices such as, simile: “I have
known you in the freedom of the winds. And my spirit, like the winds, once roamed your good lands”
or repetition : “Let me wrestle with my surroundings. Let me again, as in the days of old, dominate
my environment. Let me humbly accept this new culture and through it rise up and go on.” ... Finally
it is very clearly in this speech that Dan George has tried to make use of nature to prove his point.
According to him, natural resources are very important and should not face exploitation. This is why
he stresses on the land, the trees and rivers.

Harris Pays Tribute to Woman Who Came Before Her

Kamala Harris , a California senator has made history as the first woman, the first Black
woman, the first woman of South Asian descent, and the first daughter of immigrants ever
elected to national office in America. Her words, the words she comes out in her speech have
partly told us how strong and independent woman she is. She expressed gratitude and respect to
the entire American people for what they did to their country. In addition, I could see the
excitement in her voice as she mentioned Joe Biden when he was chosen as the next president,
showing trust, certainty, gratitude. of her for Joe Biden and her love that nothing can express for
her family. Moreover, Harris paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women and the
discrimination against people of color . Harris was sure that she would break barriers for women,
especially women of color, in politics and in daily life. And will not be the last, Harris said. “To
the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message:
dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourselves in a way that others may not,
simply because they’ve never seen it before. But know that we will applaud you every step of the
way.” Gave the children of the future a really strong cheer, go after what they want, do what really make
them happy because it's their life, not anyone else's.
 “I Lost My Talk” by Rita Joe
Rita Joe was an Aboriginal poet born in 1931 on an Island in Nova Scotia and attended an Indian
residential school called Shubenacadie. In one of her free verse poems, ‘I Lost my Talk’, Rita
expresses her loss of ethnicity, identity and native language in the residential school she was
attending. First, we must pay attention to the rhetorical devices in the poem such as: Simile : “I speak
like you" and metaphor : “The scrambled ballad, about my word". Rita Joe compares how she speaks
to how white people talk and she is trying to show how a ballad, which can either be an old folk song
or poetry, represents who she has become is scrambled because of what the residential school has
done to her and how much of that has affected her. The tone in Rita Joe’s “I Lost My Talk” shifts
throughout the poem. In the first 2 stanzas, the tone is angry and accusatory. Because, in part ,her talk
was violently taken away from her. However, in the final stanza the tone is one of forgiveness. The
diction used once again supports this change. The speaker offers to “gently” “teach” her oppressors.
Losing her language would cause a loss of identity for the young girl. It made her more removed
from her native culture and heritage. It also removed a fundamental part of Joe. That's why, at the
end of the poem, she asks to recover her language, to learn more about herself, and then to teach her
heritage to others. Her sense of identity and her culture were snatched away, but her offer to gently
teach others suggests that she has forgiven them and is willing to treat them with kindness.