Mavis Gallant's Bernadette
Beginning of paper
Fear, it has a way of controlling everything that it comes in contact with.
As young children we are introduced to this intimidating desire with intrigue
and suspicion. As we age, the thoughts of fears become more like realities,
ideas of loneliness and death enter the picture as comprehensible th ....
Middle of paper
.... dependence,
and without this one factor the connection between the two results in
fearfulness of being alone. Fear has a way of attacking our judgment and this
is what makes associations between people an apprehensive and hard act.
The story is set in Quebec during the 1940-1950, when what you were was
the definition of who you were. As the story opens we are presented with the
main character Bernadette, who is concluding that she is one hundred and
twenty-six days pregnant. At this time ....
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Word count: 1010
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
