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Life in New France has been very difficult for my family and I for I'm known to be an immigrant. Weeks have past and I'm already sick of working for the Seigneurs. The reason being is because my family and I have no money and no where to go, so we basically work for the Seigneurs such as farming crops and vegatables, and in return, recieve a place to stay. It's not paradise but from my prespective, this is the only way we can live in cisity right now. This morning I woke up at around 7:00am to maintain my lord's land. I started off with a quick glass of water and beans and I was on my way. I cropped much of the vegatables as my sister and my father looked after the planting of the veggies. As a wise man of my own, I believe that without any of the Habitants, everybody would suffer from starvation for our population fills up all of New France. In the future, I hope to become a sincere and rich man so I could support my family and friends as quickly as possible. The reason I'd like to become successful is so I could support New France in a more outgoing way other than telling other what needs to be done. Where I live is very flat and has an abundance of farm animals. My home is made of stone, and the farm that surrounds my house is very structure like from all the growing of fruits and veggies. Once I came back from my long shift at around 5:00pm, i decided to take a nap but eventually I realised that my nap took me to the next morning. On that day something wonderful happened for my family. We have recieved brand new woven clothes from our lord as a gift for all our hard work, and the note said, "Thank you all my fellow workers or should I say friends, I give you these today to represent friendship and integrity. Please wear with care and hope to see you all soon". After recieving all that excitment of gifts, my family and i decided to wear them to church for our afternoon practices. Once we got to the church, my sister and father prayed for a better and much more happy life as I prayed long and hard to see how my mother was doing in heaven. Two long hours later, we decided to come back home and have a nice small family meal. We ate bread,beans, and alot of vegatables. During our meal, I looked at the time and it seemed to be 9:00pm already and so I washed up and went straight on to sleep. Now I'll just have to wait what tomorrow awaits for me.
 * Day 31. 18:26** **(Diary entry 1. )**

Jean Pierre - Spencer H. Clara - Ana Rose

Looking back at what has been said and gone, I have realised that my life as a Habitant has become much easier to deal with. Working as hard as I possibly could to live and charish my life to it's full extent, my life has become more enjoyable for I have met two amazing friends. Spending time with Clara and Jean Pierre was a lovely experience because all three of us are categorized as the same people, Habitants. My life became easier to deal with because it was hard to work all day and not be noticed or appreciated for anything. Then Clara and Jean walked into my life and I could finally relate from one to another. Spending time with them made me think more about how I should be thankful for what I have other than dreaming of something that could possibly never occur in my life's distance. One afternoon, I was preparing beans and bread for supor as I came across a small tent located away from where most farms were. Peaking behind the doors of the tents, I met Jean sitting on the ground all alone looking up to the ceiling to see if god had plans for him. He was praying because he and Clara had really nothing to live for. They wern't that wealthy, they didn't get alot of food, and they worked way too hard to get way too little as everyother in New France recieved. That was when I realised, their struggles were harder than mine. Then few days later, we came across eachother because all three of us had same times of work. Therefore our friendship grew from there and we started to get along like childhood sisters. I don't know what the future hold for me, to tell you the truth nobody knows for sure what they want to be, but what I do know is that I will succeed at some point of my life because changes are constantly being made. And that is not only a promise to me, but thats a promise to everyone because this is now my time to express my opinion.
 * Day 42. 12:37 (Diary entry 2. )**


 * Bibliography**
 * Brian Johnstone Williams. __Past Views:Habitant Life.__ Edmonton, Canada:Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1981.
 * Douglas Baldwin. __New France and the Fur Trade.__ Alberta, Canada: Weigl Education Publishers Ltd, 2003.
 * ​​Coope McBeth. __Daily Life:New France.__ Saskatchewan, Canada: Cornell University Press, 2002.