The Loons
The Loons
Source:
Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition; January 2004, p1-2
Article Author:
Cass, Jocelyn Creigh
Document Type:
Work Analysis
Biographical Information:
Laurence, Margaret
Given Name: Jean Margaret Wemyss
Gender: Female
National Identity: Canada
Language: English
Publication Information:
Salem Press
Locale:
Ontario; Canada; North America
Abstract:
A summary and analysis of The Loons.
Literary Genres/Subgenres:
Short fiction; Sketch
Subject Terms:
Ethnic groups
Immigration or emigration
Native Americans or American Indians
Racism
Suffering
ISBN:
9781587651403
Accession Number:
103331MSS17719240001137
Database:
Literary Reference Center
Publisher Logo:
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The Loons
Contents
1. Quick Reference
2. Principal Characters:
3. The Story
4. Themes and Meanings
5. Style and Technique
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Margaret Laurence
Given Name: Jean Margaret Wemyss
Born: July 18, 1926; Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada
Died: January 5, 1987; Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Quick Reference
First published: 1963
Type of plot: Sketch
Time of work: The 1930’s
Locale: Manawaka, a small prairie town in Canada
Principal Characters:
Vanessa MacLeod, a doctor’s daughter and the narrator
Piquette Tonnerre, a Meti girl, two years older than Vanessa
Dr. MacLeod, Vanessa’s father
Mrs. MacLeod, Vanessa’s mother
The Story
Jules Tonnerre, half French, half Indian, settled in Manawaka after the Meti Indian uprising of 1885. Three generations of his family now live in a collection of shacks, surrounded by junk, in the river valley outside Manawaka. The town is Scots-Irish and Ukrainian, and the Tonnerres are not part of it in any sense. They work irregularly, they are sometimes involved in drunken brawls, and their domestic lives are as chaotic as their housing.
Because Piquette Tonnerre, Jules’s granddaughter, has a tubercular leg, Dr. MacLeod wants to take her with his own family to their summer cabin at Diamond
Source:
Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition; January 2004, p1-2
Article Author:
Cass, Jocelyn Creigh
Document Type:
Work Analysis
Biographical Information:
Laurence, Margaret
Given Name: Jean Margaret Wemyss
Gender: Female
National Identity: Canada
Language: English
Publication Information:
Salem Press
Locale:
Ontario; Canada; North America
Abstract:
A summary and analysis of The Loons.
Literary Genres/Subgenres:
Short fiction; Sketch
Subject Terms:
Ethnic groups
Immigration or emigration
Native Americans or American Indians
Racism
Suffering
ISBN:
9781587651403
Accession Number:
103331MSS17719240001137
Database:
Literary Reference Center
Publisher Logo:
HTML Full Text
The Loons
Contents
1. Quick Reference
2. Principal Characters:
3. The Story
4. Themes and Meanings
5. Style and Technique
ListenSelect:
Margaret Laurence
Given Name: Jean Margaret Wemyss
Born: July 18, 1926; Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada
Died: January 5, 1987; Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Quick Reference
First published: 1963
Type of plot: Sketch
Time of work: The 1930’s
Locale: Manawaka, a small prairie town in Canada
Principal Characters:
Vanessa MacLeod, a doctor’s daughter and the narrator
Piquette Tonnerre, a Meti girl, two years older than Vanessa
Dr. MacLeod, Vanessa’s father
Mrs. MacLeod, Vanessa’s mother
The Story
Jules Tonnerre, half French, half Indian, settled in Manawaka after the Meti Indian uprising of 1885. Three generations of his family now live in a collection of shacks, surrounded by junk, in the river valley outside Manawaka. The town is Scots-Irish and Ukrainian, and the Tonnerres are not part of it in any sense. They work irregularly, they are sometimes involved in drunken brawls, and their domestic lives are as chaotic as their housing.
Because Piquette Tonnerre, Jules’s granddaughter, has a tubercular leg, Dr. MacLeod wants to take her with his own family to their summer cabin at Diamond