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I as a person would have started enjoying the little things in life more. The novel in question beautiful depicts the ignorance of society towards the destruction of war and how they pushed many young men to hell in name of patriotic duty.
I would have started enjoying things like time with family and friends, having a good meal twice a day and of course sanitized rooms and toilets in my place. I would have been less materialistic.
They believed that smuggling was not at all a crime because the laws were very unjust. The Navigation Acts were laws that were meant to enrich England, and only benefit them.
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The Acadians ate fruits, meat of ox, pigs, chicken, vegetables that were consumed boiled and fishes that were clean and laid on rooftop to dry.
They make a drink called fir water which they boil in a kettle with branches. After removing the branches, they add molasses and pour into a barrel with added yeast. After a few days it is ready for drinking.