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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 wri ....

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.... he is no longer able to contribute to the whole and society suffers. I actually found this piece kind of ironic, John Donne speaks of togetherness yet probably about the same time Europeans 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 waveâ ....