ENGL 2810Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Buz Sawyer, Rip Sawyer, Glebe Collegiate Institute
23 Feb 2016
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Taught english for years at glebe collegiate in ottawa, where he still lives and writes. His books are mostly set in the ottawa valley and imbued with a strong sense of place. Real soft drink and real company, no longer available. The first book where we meet the main character. We don"t find out what happened until almost the end of the book, but we have the growing sense that it is horrific, whatever it is. We suspect that it is the reason why martin is alone. This novel draws obliquely on the fairy tale tradition, and more overtly on the. Doyle"s version of the boy"s book" draws on many other conventions as well, including melodrama of the type used in radio plays and comic books. Even before the deaths of his parents, martin is emotionally abandoned. His father is violent and angry, and his mother, although loving, seems to have given up on life.
