The Significance of...
Ailments and Geography
Margret Laurence
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What is the significance behind the chapter title "The Loons"?
The title connects back to Piquette's life and is a metaphor to describe the lack of attention and belonging she feels towards the outside world (she doesn't go to school, she is isolated by both her family and her condition).
100
Ewen died of...
What is pneumonia.
100
Neepawa, Manitoba
Where was Margret Laurence Born?
200
What is the significance behind the chapter title "A Bird in the House"?
The title is a metaphor for the untimely death of her father, it is a superstitious omen that death will come to a member of that household. This is stated by the maid Noreen in that chapter.
200
In "The Loons" what disease was Ewen treating Piquette for?
What is Tuberculosis.
200
The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire Dwellers, The Diviners and the Tomorrow Tamer.
What are other books written by Margaret Laurence?
300
Explain the significance of the last sentence of "The Loons"
Piquette can relate to the loons better than anyone else because both the loons and her have a sense of no belonging or hope.
300
This lake is featured in "The Loons"
What is Diamond Lake
300
Isabel Huggan wrote...
Who wrote the afterward in A Bird in the House?
400
What is the significance of "Peace Beyond the River"?
The is a quote from a hymn. It is regarding Vanessa's Grandmother Connor. The significance is that she is disregarding the heaven portrayed by the Noreen and that she is coming into her own as a writer. She is beginning to understand words and to her this phrase ultimately means nothing, only that after death comes silence.
400
The fictional town of Manawaka is based on what actual town?
What is Neepawa
400
After moving back to Canada from England, Margaret Laurence settled here.
What is Lakefield, Ontario?
500
What is the significance of Vanessa finding the letter from the French girl?
It shows her maturation process and by not starting anything with her mother it shows how she's grown.
500
These people end up dying in a house fire
Who are Piquette and her children?
500
Margaret Laurence went here for college in...
Winnipeg's United College, 1947
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