Eden Robinson's Traplines and Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Watcher”: Tough Decisions with Profound Implications

Eden Robinson and Guy Vanderhaeghe respectively showed stories about boys changing choices in "Traplines" and "The Watcher". Charlie tells the superficial story of "watcher", and the reader has a deeper understanding of the dysfunctional family in which he lives. The reader understands some deepest stories to a certain extent, but since the narrator uses short and simple sentences, there is much room to explain what actually happened in the story.

The short story covered in this article is "Watcher" by Guy Vanderhaeghe. The story is focused on learning experiences of the narrator Charlie is an eleven-year-old boy trapped in his grandmother's farm. Through Charlie's natural ability of sex, sex, violence and power, Charlie changed him from observer to participant in his adult world. At the beginning of the story, Charlie lives in the house and is strictly observing the world around him. As Charlie is constantly sick, her mother often gives him much illness. This also means that Charlie is at home and has nothing to do with the mother's gossip. The skill of his observation made him glimpse the adult world of traditional suffering and scandals (283)

Eden Robinson and Guy Vanderhaeghe respectively showed stories about boys changing choices in "Traplines" and "The Watcher". Charlie tells the superficial story of "watcher", and the reader has a deeper understanding of the dysfunctional family in which he lives. The reader understands some deepest stories to a certain extent, but since the narrator uses short and simple sentences, there is much room to explain what actually happened in the story.