The Call Of The Wild Mary Morrison Analysis

The conclusion of the story is quite pleasing, although somewhat simple. Most would anticipate an intense shock, yet Mary Lawson had an understated way of resolving the conflicts together. The core of the novel is the bond between Matt and Kate, which being the greatest and most heartbreaking loss. The catastrophe that had occurred in the beginning of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison dying had a massive influence on all the children and led to many financial difficulties one after and another. Once, the tragedy had occurred the children’s effort was to continue together as a family, which being the mainstay of the novel. However, the main battle was Kate trying to comprehend what went wrong between Matt and her.
She expressed her feelings as if, “somehow, I had betrayed him. That was how I felt.” (201) However, she soon comes to understand that Matt betrayed himself. He had made Marie pregnant preventing him from going to university being the wish that the Morrison’s family had always dreamt of. As a child, Kate had constantly looked up to Matt and seeing him betray something, which he knew, meant a lot, to be what had created a conflict between their relationship. Although this conflict comes to an end when she returns to Crow Lake with Daniel for Simon’s 18th birthday. Daniel comes to a conclusion, “ Your family’s had a real struggle, all those generations and everything, all striving toward this great goal. And Matt’s obviously brilliant…He had his chance and he blew it… But it’s just a shame. It’s not a tragedy…The tragedy is that you think it’s so important. So important you’re letting it destroy the relationship the two of you had…” (282) As Kate hears this; she becomes astounded by what he says and how unbelievably true it was. This signifies that whatever significance this conflict held for her, no longer affects her. It’s simply a tragedy in her eyes, and maybe when she turns around, she notices that the