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The Loons Margaret Laurence * Back ground information The changes of Piquette The causes of Piquette’s miserable life Margaret Laurence The loons Backgrounds in the text Margaret Laurence Writer , poet Born in Neepawa, Manitoba in Canada in 1926. Married an engineer and moving to Africa The governor General’s Award Master pieces: This Side of Jordan(1960) The Stone Angel (1964) A Jest of God (1966) The First Dwellers (1969) The Diviners(1974) Died on January 5, 1987 and her ashes were interred at the Riverside Cemetery in Neepawa, Manitoba The loon, the size of a large duck or small goose, resembles these birds in shape when swimming. Like ducks and geese but unlike coots (which are Rallidae) and grebes ,the loons toes are connected by webbing. Loons are excellent swimmers, using their feet to propel themselves above and under water while their wings provide assistance. They are now facing the extinction. Backgrounds in the text Before Canada became a nation in 1867, the area of North America that now composes Canada was a large expanse of widely scattered communities of British and French origins. It was an area with diverse landscapes that physically divided them from the north of the United States. In 1870,Manitoba became a province of Canada. The touching story tells of the plight of Piquette Tonnerre, a girl from a native Indian Family. Her people were marginalized by the white-dominating society. They were unable to exist independently in a respectable, decent and dignified way. They found it impossible to fit into the main currents of culture and difficult to be assimilated comfortably. It focuses on the theme of conflicts and assimilation between different races and cultures in terms of cultural politics, and shows the equal and free idea of “multiculturalism” which has been highlighted by the author in her works. It demonst