The Loons by Margaret Laurence

Margaret Laurence 's short story "The Loons" "The Loons", Margaret Laurence wrote the story of Piquette Tonnerre. A semi-Indian girl who grew up in the harsh environment of a society hindering half-diversity. The story is spoken by another girl, Vanessa, who is in contact with the picket through his father. As the title suggests, the story also contains special types of birds, dive, and we can see a clear comparison between them and the Piguet.

"In my opinion, Piqué must be a wild female prophet to some extent the woods' daughter, may be handed over to me ..." (P.391, The Loons) In the story of Marg Lit Lawrence, Vanessa believes that she is truly indigenous because Piquette is from a local family and looks like a locals. From the perspective of a third party's story, we will get the opinion of Pickett, we will have multiple versions of the story, so we can make our own judgment. Here, we have only the sense of Vanessa; she believes that indigenous people are flexible, calm and peaceful, they communicate with animals and nature and belong to the land. She discovered that the problematic Piquette is not interested in all these things. We are limited to the character's thoughts and feelings

Margaret Lawrence 's "The Loons" is a story about Indian girls trying to find a sense of belonging that they are trying to overcome obstacles in life, but eventually she died at a very young age. She grew up in an unhappy environment, and she tried to leave, but she finally returned to her hometown, which led to her death. The theme of this story is that everyone is the product of their environment, the life of Vanessa and Pickett and the dragon of the lake are telling this. Vanessa MacLeod was brought up by supportive families and friends in a positive environment. She has a wealthy family and is interested in her happiness, behavior and changing clothes. Her parents take care of her and make it possible for her to do fun things ... Read more

Like Faulkner's story, "The Loons" is in the first person stories, but the story of Lawrence is also the protagonist of her story and she talks about "special" summer events at the age of 11 . This summer, Vanessa MacLeod made direct contact with Piquette Tonnerre surrounded by Vanessa. "She lives somewhere in my horizon, but I did not notice her" (188). When her father Mana Waka doctor invited picket to spend the summer with Diamond Lake 's McCloud family, Piquet has become the focus of Vanessa. After that summer, Vanessa 's feelings for Pigett changed from uncomfortable to curious, then became became.