Monkey Beach : A Story Of Multiple Layers

There is death that strikes to Mick while on a fishing trip and is partially eaten by seals. Lisa’s grandmothers house also catches fire, and because of her old age, she does not escape but dies inside instead. She leaves about two hundred thousand dollars to her granddaughter, Lisamarie as an inheritance. The elements of ghosts and supernatural are highly amplified within this novel. However, Robinson makes Lisa’s connection with the spiritual world seem to be a gift rather than a curse. Lisa is haunted by a little man who could appear to her every time there was something bad about to happen. But Sasquatch also referred to as B’gwus is another creature that was said to be on the money beach, which made the island, have some ambiguity.

In “Monkey Beach” by Eden Robinson, the author uses a wide variety of supernatural and predictable symbols and images to display death throughout the course of the novel surrounding Lisa and her coming of age. Examples of symbols Robinson uses in the novel to relate back to death includes, water of some sort, animals (crows and ravens) and imaginary supernatural creatures. The importance of animals and supernatural creatures is shown throughout the story with Lisa and death.

Robinson uses nature and spirituality to connect the main protagonist, Lisa, to the old ways of the Haisla people. Throughout the first passage of Monkey Beach, Lisa describes many instances of animals and nature coming

The fundamental characteristic of magical realism is its duality, which enables the reader to experience both the character’s past and the present. In the novel, Monkey Beach, Eden Robinson uses this literary device to address the the trauma and mistreatment of the Haisla community in Canada by unveiling the intimate memories of the protagonist, Lisamarie, and the resulting consequences of this oppression. Monkey Beach illustrates how abuse in the past leads to another form of self-medication in the future - a neverending, vicious cycle for the members of the Haisla community. Many characters in Monkey Beach are scarred from childhood sexual abuse and family neglect, and resort to drug and alcohol abuse as a coping mechanism. These

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