ENG140Y1 Lecture 19: 19 Soucouyant 1
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Mixed immigrant family in canada: adele and roger, respectively black and south asian caribbean-born canadians, narrator and older brother, who aspires to become a poet and leaves family, port junction setting in the scarborough beaches, meera, etc. Past present and dis-remembering; forgetting painful stories/history etc: reminiscent of all the books we have read so far. Soucouyant a story of migration; two-ness of belonging to multiple nations. Novel takes place several years after the passing of multiculturalism act: government recognizes the importance of cultural diversity in canada. Act defending immigrant cultures from assimilation; equality of cultures. Acknowledges that canada, unlike the us, is fundamentally multicultural: this acknowledgement perhaps fails to recognize some complexities, individuals and the american dream. If individuals have the drive work hard, they will succeed. These factors create the conditions for migration: adele"s migration to canada happens via the west indian domestic scheme .
