ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Polo Shirt, Signify, Sovietization
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Antanas sileika, the man who read voltaire (386) Both stories are equally concerned with identity, and facets of immigrant experience, coming to new land, learning new language, establishing new connections. Immigration is not idealized, it has pains and loss (and these stories are conscious of those) Through these young narrators, we see visions of the future, but also see the past that belongs to the parents. Recipes , who is caught between malaysia and canada = powerful motif in these short stories. Memory is important the narrators don"t remember for themselves (necessarily) where their families came from, they are disconnected from those worlds, and the fears and trauma make up a part of these narratives. Talks about dave, the young narrator, and his experiences in coming to canada. Place is important in this story it"s not just lithuania versus canada, but also the projection of an idealized/mythologized us.
