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How is Maria Campbell's Joseph justice an act of social criticism


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History is a social criticism because it reveals how the Métis people are marginalized, when they just want to live their lives in a sustainable and honest way.

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"Joseph justice" tells the story of Joseph, a man who does not want to harm anyone, does not want to remove Canadians, or anyone else from Canada, nor does he want to start any kind of conflict. Joseph just wants to recover his gun and furs that were caught by the Canadian army. Joseph needs his gun and furs because they are necessary for the survival of him and his family. In other words, Joseph just wants to be happy with his family, away from any problems. He tries to recover gun and furs honestly, but is subjugated and imprisoned on account of his tribe and the stigmatization that the British had against Native Americans.

This work is a strong social criticism, primarily because it shows how the native peoples were slaughtered by the imperialists when they just wanted to survive honestly.

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