Truth And Bright Water Analysis
Happiness is a feeling that everybody likes and wishes to have indefinitely. It is an emotion that can be shared, created, given away, and stolen. Certain individuals can pursue their lives while sacrificing happiness for wealth or physical gains while on the other hand, some may go through life with little to nothing and be perfectly happy. Finding a balance or taking a position on which would be the most beneficial is key in creating self worth and respect. In the novel Truth and Bright Water, Thomas King influences this idea through the character development and actions in the way they coped and displaying ambition. Relationships between characters led some to pursue happiness while it also negatively affected others. Appearances and character
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Relationships between not only people, but people and the land as well. “Famous Indian Artist (p. 43) Monroe Swimmer, had dedicated himself to benefitting others and to pursue his own dreams and ambitions to fulfil what he had thought was morally right. Significant to First Nations culture, the land is more than just an object. It is the emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects, even when “all you can see is grass in all directions” (p.130). Finding out that “What [he] was really good with was restoration” (p. 127), Monroe, who had started out in the story as a mysterious character, pursued his career in restoring the prairies. With a goal of making the church look “as if it had never existed” (p. 251), he was able to mask the unpleasant “,thick spike [that had] been driven into the prairies.” (p.1). Carrying his new “trade and his art [of] living” (p.141), Monroe was able to pursue his happiness without the disruption to others. Formerly seeking dreams that had been forced, Monroe finds himself back to where he had started where “the only people who come back is insane or dying” (p. 43). The insanity of what Thomas King wished to portray Monroe as had mislead the audience in what they had believed the kind of character Monroe would turn out to be. Like “the fog that clings to the sleeping bag like sweat”(p. 190), the covering perceptions introduced by Thomas King created a “bright water” effect on the
Relationships between not only people, but people and the land as well. “Famous Indian Artist (p. 43) Monroe Swimmer, had dedicated himself to benefitting others and to pursue his own dreams and ambitions to fulfil what he had thought was morally right. Significant to First Nations culture, the land is more than just an object. It is the emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects, even when “all you can see is grass in all directions” (p.130). Finding out that “What [he] was really good with was restoration” (p. 127), Monroe, who had started out in the story as a mysterious character, pursued his career in restoring the prairies. With a goal of making the church look “as if it had never existed” (p. 251), he was able to mask the unpleasant “,thick spike [that had] been driven into the prairies.” (p.1). Carrying his new “trade and his art [of] living” (p.141), Monroe was able to pursue his happiness without the disruption to others. Formerly seeking dreams that had been forced, Monroe finds himself back to where he had started where “the only people who come back is insane or dying” (p. 43). The insanity of what Thomas King wished to portray Monroe as had mislead the audience in what they had believed the kind of character Monroe would turn out to be. Like “the fog that clings to the sleeping bag like sweat”(p. 190), the covering perceptions introduced by Thomas King created a “bright water” effect on the