ENGL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: A Complicated Kindness, Existentialism
15 Nov 2016
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When he leaves town, it also saves nomi from having to face her father disavowing her if he stays true to his beliefs. Right decision, wrong time her father could have left town with. Dadd(cid:455)"s gi(cid:396)l father is found to be transgender after his death, he cannot live his truth openly because of the societal constraints. Garden party parents have ideals based on class constraints, child feels as if she cannot break away from them. Borders blackfoot woman, feels as if the western constraints of nationality limit her ability to identify as blackfoot as opposed to american or canadian. Ma(cid:396)(cid:455)"s estate (cid:396)a(cid:272)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)ai(cid:374)ed the p(cid:396)otago(cid:374)ist"s a(cid:374)(cid:272)esto(cid:396)s as sla(cid:448)es, (cid:271)ut the effects of this resound even generations later. Dead ma(cid:374)"s path post-colonial thinking clashes with indigenous culture, creates resistance on both sides. Overall a sad book, but has a lot of wit that permeates throughout: nomi uses wit to help cope with the darkness in her life.
