Analysis Of The Loons By Margaret Laurence

This is the ultimate loss of identity because indirectly by Mavis denying her children and breaking the bond between mother and child, she is in a sense denying herself and her natural inclination to care for her children. When Mavis and her husband are in bed together, we see Morrison compares her to a ?Raggedy Ann doll,?(26) illustrating the fact that Mavis? identity meant nothing to her husband. Ironically, it takes this initial shed of self for Mavis to be able to escape the bondage her husband has over her. An article by the Radicalesbians supports this fact by stating that the male culture?s definition of ?woman? binds a woman to sexual and family functions (Radicalesbians). Unfortunately, Mavis? husband didn?t allocate ?family functions? as including the needs of his children coming before his own needs. Another indication of a lack of identity in this is Mavis? mother?s ability to turn Mavis in when she runs away to her home. Her mother, a traditional woman, is unable to understand the idea of a woman running away from her family even if it is to save herself. Her informing Mavis? husband of Mavis? whereabouts is the result of her unwillingness to recognize the similarities between her own lack of identity and her daughter?s, another tendency of women stated in the article.

To expand on the intricacy of the speaker’s life, symbolism is applied to showcase the oppression her ancestors etched on her quilt were facing for their “burnt umber pride” and “ochre gentleness” (39-40). Once again, the theme of absence is introduced as there is a sense of separation among the Native American culture as their innocent souls are forced onto reservations and taken away from their families. This prolonged cruelty and unjust treatment can be advocated when the speaker explains how her Meema “must have dreamed about Mama when the dancing was over: a lanky girl trailing after her father through his Oklahoma

Vanessa also realizes that trying to gain more knowledge and understanding about the Native culture through Piquette won’t get her anywhere because Piquette is as clueless as her. She accepts that her understanding towards the tradition is not going anywhere further than what the white society views it. However, Vanessa acknowledges the effects the white society has done to the Tonnerres’ family and the Natives. Piquette had the mindset of an adult while growing up due to the struggles her family has undergone. “’The mother’s not there,’ my father replied. ‘She took off a few years back. Can’t say I blame her. Piquette cooks for them, and she says Lazarus would never do anything for himself as long as she’s there” (Laurence

The loons that lived on Diamond Lake were used by Laurence to represent Piquette, how her environment affected her life and her desire to live. The loons’ environment was invaded by people who didn’t care for them, in result they couldn’t adapt to this change. It is similar to Piquette being unable to adapt to her husband leaving, but contrasts to Vanessa being able to deal with her father’s death. When humans invaded and changed the loons’ environment, it made them unhappy with their home and surroundings. Vanessa describes the loons’ absence as, “Perhaps they had gone away to some far place of belonging. Perhaps they had been unable to find such a place, and had simply died out, having ceased to care any longer whether they lived or not” (p.256). You can see the resemblance between the loons and Piquette, each being affected negatively by their environment. The changes in the loons’

Mrs. Linde was not as privileged as Nora was--she had to accept responsibility and work hard for her money. Mrs. Linde's acceptance of responsibility draws attention to Nora's abandonment of her father. When her father was sick, she chose to spend all of her time caring for her husband and waiting for the arrival of her child, then to find any time to go and visit him. Nora did whatever she could to raise money to go on a trip to save Torvald's life and did not think once about visiting her dying father. During the friend's conversation, it was actually Mrs. Linde that brought up her father. When Nora was discussing how difficult it was to get away and go to Italy, because she had just had her child, she failed to mention that her father had passed away during that time and could have contributed to the difficult timing. Mrs. Linde is the one who had brought up the death of Nora's father in the conversation, in which Nora replied "yes...wasn't it dreadful, I couldn't go look after him. I was expecting little Ivar any day. And then I had my poor Torvald to care for--we really didn't think he'd live. Dear, kind Papa! I never saw him again", (Ibsen, 374). Mrs. Linde's priority was taking care of her mother; Nora's priority was raising money to take her husband on a trip to care for him while completely abandoning her father. Mrs. Linde's responsible actions exaggerate Nora's irresponsibility and neglect.

The speaker uses words such as “louring” (line 2), “deep deceit” (line 8), “grievous” (line 11) and “bale” (line 140. All of these words have sorrowful and despairing meanings to them which gives the whole poem an unhappy tone. The third and fourth lines discus that the speaker cannot even look at the beautiful face, which appears to grow more attractive daily, of the woman he loves. Moreover, the couplet tells the readers that the sorrow in the speaker’s eyes is there because of the pain he has felt due to his faulty relationship. The mouse that “lies aloof for fear of more mishap” (line 7) shows the misery felt by the speaker by using the words “aloof” and “mishap”. “Aloof” means to be stand-offish or reserved, which the speaker is because if he gets too close, he will be hurt again. “Mishap” means disaster or unfortune which altogether sounds miserable. Had the speaker used diction that was lighter or less depressed, the reader truly would not understand the misery the speaker has went through. The miserable diction depicts the deep wounds the speaker received from his love, shedding light to how much he really loved her and how bad she really hurt

When Bernard visited a “Savage Reservation” in Mexico he met an unlikely person of interest, Linda. Linda was a British women who had been injured and taken care of by the “Savages”, she had a child named John, who was the son of the director of the hatchery in London. In Linda’s current state she was ugly and broken, but she dreamed for the day of returning to London, to be away from the “Savages”. Her son John also, wished to venture to this “Brave New World” because he was an outcast in the village he grew up in since his mother was an outsider. And so, the beginning of Bernard’s transformation began.

Mark Strand’s poem, “Poor North” depicts the life of a married couple facing countless struggles during a harsh winter. It tells of a man working in an unsuccessful store while his wife sits at home, wishing for her old life back. The way the wife copes with her sadness is both intriguing and perplexing. She misses her old life, even though it is described to have not been special; however, the wife may be a person who never feels satisfied or fulfilled by the external world due to internal conflict. Despite the wife’s obvious misery, she stays by her husband’s side and they stroll in the cold together, bracing the wind. As a means of escape from life, she peers into her past in order to find hope in the present.

To begin with, Loomis uses visual imagery in lines 41-45. The poem states, " He opens the tailgate/ drags the quivering deer out by a leg/ you'd injured your head? You wanted to fix/ what you'd broken - restore the beautiful body," depicting that the poetic speaker feels regret (Loomis, 41-45). This instance of imagery contributes to the central idea because the tone of regret and sorrow, reflects on the poetic speaker's perception. In

    The poem is structured as a sonnet which commonly expresses a theme of love throughout the lines. Also it is paired with the “ABAB” rhyme scheme to give an emotional view to the readers about the conflict he has. Also the sonnet and the rhyme scheme is a common usage of poem making and many people know what it is, so the poet uses this structure to let readers understand more easily and clearly. He also uses the “ABAB” scheme to separate parts that are important within themselves. In the first four lines, it talks about the poet himself and how much he tries to avoid the one she loves by “ hold my louring head so low”(Line 2). In the next four lines, it talks about the mouse and how its problems relates with the poet’s emotional pain. After that, the next four lines talks about the fly and how it relates with the author with his physical pain. Using these methods help the poet communicate with the readers easily.

In ‘Lucy’ the character Lucy, an immigrant girl, leaves her home in the West Indies to come to America in order to reinvent herself and to discover her own identity. Her struggles for personal freedom and independence would require her complete disconnection from her family especially her mother. To do so, Lucy not only had to let go of her former identity, but she also has to void herself of the self-destruction and loneliness. Lucy’s liberation from the past is the key element to her finding her new self. That too will require her to mentally recolonized her past and present in a way she feels comfortable. The novel places Lucy at a cross road of culture and identities Antiguan and American. Upon arrival to America to work as an au pair for an

In analyzing the symbolism in “Play-by-Play,” Murray suggests more than expected. “Watching the young men move above the rose garden” (line 20), brings about the conventional meaning of love through the symbol of the rose. However, if one looks at the line as a whole, it could be interpreted as men being above or

Relating to the quote, it shows how he can not move on because of his behavior from lack of confidence. Another example of lack of confidence, “I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.” The man is comparing himself to a crab due to feeling invisible to the world. The man explains how he prefers to be an animal than a human being because no one shows him love as a human being. Disorder of depression caused his feelings to be full of sadness of not having anyone. The man’s feelings are causing him to suffer due to unknown world of emptiness he imagines.

As the drawing nears its end, a new desperation seems to enter the scene (Jackson, 251). The women of the community begin crying out “Who is it? Who has it? Is it the Dunbars? Is it

At the beginning, it is seen that a 19-year-old girl, who works as a waitress at the Five and Ten restaurant named Florentine is the main focus, but the novel revolves around Florentine’s mother, Rose-Anna. Rose-Anna represents many themes throughout the story such as, personal loss, struggle and solitude, which presents her as a round character. Firstly, Rose-Anna experiences loss when she loses three of her eleven children at a young age, she lost her son Daniel who died from Leukemia, her son Eugène and her husband Azarius to the war and Florentine to marriage. Her loss is only a part of her struggles, Rose-Anna and her family struggle through life because they live in poverty. Rose-Anna represents struggle because she must take care of eleven children as well as another one coming on the way. While, Florentine and Eugène are forced to work for a living to earn money for rent and food, instead of going to school. This demonstrates Rose-Anna as a round character because she always blamed Azarius for their poverty, but by the end, she realized that “she always held [Azarius] responsible for their poverty, but now it seemed to her he had done his part” (Roy 372). The last theme that