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1、AnalysisoftheLoonsThistouchingstorytellsoftheplightofPiquetteTonnerre,agirlfromanativeFamily.ThestoryHerpeopleweremarginalizedbythewhite-dominatingsociety.Theyareunabletoexistindependentlyinarespectableanddignifiedway.Theyfounditimpossibletofitintothemaincurr
2、entofcultureanddifficulttobeassimilatedcomfortably.Atschool,Piquetefeltoutofplaceandillateasewiththewhitechildren.Whenshehadgrownup,shedidn’thaveanychancetoimproveherlife.Infact,hersituationwasmoreandmoremesseduptotheendshewaskilledinafire.Herdeathislikethedi
3、sappearanceoftheloonsonDiamondLake.Theloonswouldgoawaywhenmorecottageswerebuiltupatthelakewithmorepeoplemovingin.Theloonsdisappearedasthenaturewasruinedbycivilization.Inasimilarway,Piquetteandherpeoplefailedtofindtheirpositioninmodernsociety.IntroductionTheyw
4、ereFrenchhalfbreeds.Differentfromthewhitepeople,theyhadtheirownlanguage,andlivedatotallyunfairlife.1TheTonnerresIfmendidn’tworkonoddjobsorassectionhandsontheC.P.R.thewholefamilywillliveonrelief.Theirchildrenhavenotheirownchildhoods.Whentheywerestillyoung,they
5、wereforcedtoworkforthefamily.Nobeautifulcloth,nohighereducation.2PiquetteTonnerreShewasFrenchahalfbreed.AsaMetisgirl,shewasnotabletoownahappylifeandreceiveagoodeducationasherpeers.What’smore,shesufferedtuberculosis.Themiserablelifekeptheruncured,andalwaysbeab
6、sentfromschool.Thoseprejudicedpersonaroundhermadeheratotallyindifferent,coldandunsociablegirl.SettingThefirstsettingispresentedinpara(l-2)inwhichthelivingsurroundsandconditionsofPiquettearedescribedindetailinordertolaydownthefundamentalcauseswhythisgirlisdoom
7、edtoastrategiclifeinthelateryears.Misfortunehadbeenburiedinherlifesinceherchildhood.Thesecondsettinginpresentedinpara—17inwhichtheauthortiredherbesttodepictanidyllicworldorheaveninhereyes,maybealsointheeyesofPiquette,helpingtoemphasizetheloneliness,torture,st
8、ruggleandstrongdesiresforfreedomandhappinessinthedeepheartofPiquette.plotThesummerholidaytogetherThemeetinginthebarHeardaboutherdeathRevisitthelakeconflictTheconflictbetweenPiquette(themi
