Brian's Search For The Meaning Of Life In W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen The Wind
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Brian's Search for the Meaning of Life in W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen the
Through the brilliantly written book Who Has Seen the Wind,
Mitchell is able to very effectively describe the tale of one boy and his
growth on the Saskatchewan prairie. Brian's childhood revolves around
aspects of everyday ....
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.... Brian understands
that birth is the beginning of life. Four years later, a similar
conversation comes up when Brian asks his father how rabbits are born.
With this new found knowledge, Brian also sees another newborn. But this
time it was a two-headed calf, who dies at birth. Because of this, Brian
comes to the realization that "God isn't very considerate"(166), for
sometimes he lets things like the two headed cow come into this world, only
to suffer and then die.
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