Comparison of Three Short Stories from Michael Ondaatje's collection "From Ink Lake".

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An examination of short stories in From sign Lake

The Short Story Be Fruitful and Multiply, by Madeleine Ferron, may in itself seem to be merely the narrative of virtuoso young womans fervor for creating a family of m whatever children and grandchildren. receivable to it being extremely short and marginally descriptive one might have a difficult time circumspect little beyond its literal meaning. However due its view in Michael Ondaatjes collection From Ink Lake the stories which precede and follow it and their various(prenominal) meanings cannister be used as a trace to shed greater light on Ferrons work. wiz essential consider the meanings of these stories, Clark Blaises Dreaming of Rocket Richard, and Guy Vanderhaeghes The Watcher, in relation to Ferrons work as in this case Ondaatje, workings as an editor, has purposely selected stories comment on one other; possible creating meaning that would otherwise not be fantasy of in the context of use of a single story alone. One must also not discount the possibility that done the arrangement of his selections Ondaatje has the possibility of altering the intended meaning of any given story based on its new context within his collection. The selections as a group alter and conjure up each others meanings and interpretations.

        In light of the works of Blaise and Vanderhaeghe, Ferrons story becomes a survival story similar to the stories that precede and follow it in the collection. Though each story is different, all three can be interpreted in this way based on the leafy vegetable threads of their respective protagonists; similar family relations, disassociation from their denture environments, and the adversity which all three face and overcome in one way or another. Survival is a common and distinct theme in Canadian literature, as defined by Margaret Atwood, and though the protagonists in each...

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