ENG 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Janet Lunn, The Root Cellar, Root Cellar

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 2110
• Professor: Aida Hudson

Document Summary

Note 7 the root cellar february 5th. Rose runs into the root cellar ater aunt nan"s fall, about halfway through the novel, and tells herself that she does not belong there. Reveals some things that aren"t pleasant about rose. We see many of the states: new york, jersey, washington, and virginia through the eyes of. This is about rose"s last ime shit to the past. And it"s a journey for her sense of belonging, and her search for idenity. But belonging not only afects rose, but will and susan. It takes an internaional character (canadian and american) It combines quesions to adolescent and naional idenity. Janet lunn is exploring personal idenity and naional idenity. The three characters: rose, will morrissay, and susan, are all canadians and loyalists. Rose, will and susan travel to the north of the states (the union states) Versus the southern states( the confederates) who wanted to set up their own country.