HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 65: Canadian Identity, Entrepreneurship, National Epic
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The book purpose was to revitalize the national debate about the perception of french- The novel is organized according the years and within each chapter there is a main focus around a character in the. The novel is organized in short chapters through the characters" viewpoint The author writes in detail the character"s past. The book was published in 1945 talk about the complexities of certain themes like, conscription, nationalism, fascism . Yardley is a loveable character, this is a political atmosphere of oppression is dangerous indeed. Maclennan uses description of landscape and how it has shaped canadian consciousness. Heavily on the natural environment to establish the "reality" of their books, If two solitudes seems to be a novel unable to make up its mind, it may have created a third solitudes for the readers. There is more freedom then to have an in between position and express a fair reflection of english canadian and political perception.
