(FILM: Casablanca) The film shows many different competing and conflicting motivations in the characters. Consider the characters and their motivations. Are all the characters able to achieve their goals? Why or why not? Do the representations of competing motivations, repressing what one wants, and the consequences of actions accurately illustrate the historical context of World War II? Why or why not?

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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