I’m Dreaming of Rocket Richard (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Clark Blaise
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: Winter, 1952
- Setting: Montreal and Florida
- Principal Characters: Mance Deschênes, Jr., Mance Deschênes, Sr., Mrs. Mance Deschênes, Lise Schmitz, Howie Schmitz
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Children, Traveling or travelers, Alienation, Poverty or poor people, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Canada or Canadians, Success or failure, Apartment houses, Work or workers, Winter, Rejection
- Locales: Florida, Montreal, Canada
The Story
Mance Deschênes, Jr., is an industrious ten-year-old paper boy who lives on Montreal's Hutchinson Street with his alcoholic father and thrifty, caring, but tired mother. Mance works hard and does not think his life of poverty is a hardship. He enjoys going to hockey games and other simple pleasures in life. When his Aunt Lise Schmitz and Uncle Howie Schmitz, a successful dry cleaner with three stores, visit from New Hampshire, Mance begins to see his life in a different light. Howie and his wife always have a new car when they visit, and their children whine because...
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