Homesick | Techniques/Literary Precedents
The bleakness of this family's life is reflected in the bleak countryside Vanderhaeghe describes. Movement in the characters' lives is the result of external control or natural consequences — a death, an influence exerted by another. This fits the description of Canadians having a tradition of being managed by others.
The juxtaposition of past and present, and the shifting points of view distance readers from the characters; this is an effective and appropriate device because the characters themselves are not comfortable with intimacy.
Despite this overriding bleakness,...
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