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The Yellow Sweater Plan
Introduction: After the second world war, most of the writers start to experiment new forms of literature. For example, English Canadian literature focuses on urban life, social and political issues and the loss of traditional values. Hugh Garner, famous Canadian author in the fifties and sixties, writes about darker sides of human life, like alcoholism and displaced people. In his short story The Yellow Sweater, in 1952, his protagonist, Marie Edwards, is a poor and isolated girl, a bit

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