SOCC44H3 Lecture Notes - Protestant Work Ethic, Noble Savage, Gift Card
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19th century british novels were mainly based on romance, mostly aristocratic families, novels about good manners, good manners is what holds the society together. Canadian novels during the 19th are similar to the ones described above. How do they justify their status, and social hierarchy, women are a major part of these novels. However the novels in the us during this time were about men who were going off into the west, to conquers the west alone, there is this idea of noble savage. Women are very rare in these novels, they are assumed to stay home and do nothing. Why is the us novels so different from the british and canadian novels, this is because canada was the first to gain their independence, while the us is more the type to use guns. Canada is more a democratic society, and they come together and make decisions together, while the us everyone does whatever they want.
