Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey

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Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey
"Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey" a literature written by Robidoux is a document that falls under historical genre because it provides a narration about a real event of how sport was used promote discipline, emotional self-control and fair play through the game of hockey and cricket. It shows how both English and French settlers fought over the kind of games they should consider as a sign of unity amongst them. Although Robidoux had various reasons for writing this articles but one of the major aim of the document was to explore the beginning of hostility in hockey through determining its source. Moreover, the document provides detailed information various related factors of violence among the Canadian in relation to English and French settlers understanding of sport.
The tone of the document is satirical because the desire and the need of the colonies are different from the demands of the Canadian citizens. For instance, according to the French settlers, playing hockey brings them together and it is only through hockey that they become one. On the other words, English settlers...