I’m Dreaming of Rocket Richard | I’m Dreaming of Rocket Richard

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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

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...

I’m Dreaming of Rocket Richard | I’m Dreaming of Rocket Richard

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