1、The loons1歡迎下載 可修改Background knowledgeChanges of Piquettes characterPiquette s FateThe Relation between The loons & Piquettes FateCauses of Piquettes FateConclusion2歡迎下載 可修改 The touching story tells of the plight (困境) of Piquette Tonnerre, a Mtis girl who struggled very hard in her life to find

2、a place in the white dominate society. By describing this story, the author Margaret Laurence presented the situation of Indian people in Canada-Background Knowledge3歡迎下載 可修改 Marginalized by the white-dominating society. Unable to exist independently in a respectable, decent and dignified way. Impos

3、sible to fit into the main currents of culture and difficult to be assimilated comfortably. 4歡迎下載 可修改 Changes of Piquettes CharacterWhen Piquette was a little girl not very friendly to the writer cold, taciturn, hostile, emotionless her face : stolid and expressionless. She dressed in plain clothes

4、and seemed to be every bit as ordinary as possible. 5歡迎下載 可修改Several years later Her face : animated with extreme happiness Put on make-ups Had a slender body to wear beautiful clothes. Became talkative and outgoing. Dressed well and talked very loudly and joyfully with the boys around her6歡迎下載 可修改P

5、iquette Fate At school, Piquette felt out of place and ill at ease with the white children. When she had grown up she didnt have any chance to improve her life. In fact her situation became more and more messed up. In the end she was killed in a fire.7歡迎下載 可修改The Relation between The loons & Piq

6、uettes Fate Her death is like the disappearance of the loons on Diamond Lake. Just as the narrators father had predicted, the loons would go away when more cottages were built at the lake with more people moving in. The loons disappeared as nature was ruined by civilization. In a similar way, Piquet

7、te and her people failed to find their position in modern society.8歡迎下載 可修改Causes of Piquettes Fate Piquette Tonnerre accumulates the society disadvantage of poverty, illness, ethnic discrimination and being female. As for Piquettes character and destiny, external factors play a leading role. 9歡迎下載

8、可修改Three stages of the changes of Piquettes character At first, she is frosty and silence. Then she is lovely and rebellious (反叛的), finally she is depressed and pessimistic. 10歡迎下載 可修改9、 人的價值，在招收誘惑的一瞬間被決定。2022-1-102022-1-10Monday, January 10, 202210、低頭要有勇氣，抬頭要有低氣。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-101/10/2022

9、 11:31:24 PM11、人總是珍惜為得到。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-10Jan-2210-Jan-2212、人亂于心，不寬余請。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-10Monday, January 10, 202213、生氣是拿別人做錯的事來懲罰自己。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-102022-1-101/10/202214、抱最大的希望，作最大的努力。2022年1月10日星期一2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-1015、一個人炫耀什么，說明他內心缺少什么。2022年1月2022-1-102022-1-10202

10、2-1-101/10/202216、業余生活要有意義，不要越軌。2022-1-102022-1-10January 10, 202217、一個人即使已登上頂峰，也仍要自強不息。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-102022-1-10REASONSThe Tonnerres are ever supposed to get out of their shanty(簡陋的小木屋) town where they are always being put down by others. Piquettes mother is driven off by it, leaving Piq

11、uette to do all the cooking and cleaning for the family. 12歡迎下載 可修改9、 人的價值，在招收誘惑的一瞬間被決定。2022-1-102022-1-10Monday, January 10, 202210、低頭要有勇氣，抬頭要有低氣。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-101/10/2022 11:31:24 PM11、人總是珍惜為得到。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-10Jan-2210-Jan-2212、人亂于心，不寬余請。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-10Monday, Jan

12、uary 10, 202213、生氣是拿別人做錯的事來懲罰自己。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-102022-1-101/10/202214、抱最大的希望，作最大的努力。2022年1月10日星期一2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-1015、一個人炫耀什么，說明他內心缺少什么。2022年1月2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-101/10/202216、業余生活要有意義，不要越軌。2022-1-102022-1-10January 10, 202217、一個人即使已登上頂峰，也仍要自強不息。2022-1-102022-1-102022-1-1020

13、22-1-10 These hardships drive them into a dark hole alcoholism and poverty. People are consistently putting the family down, making false assumption about them, as well as calling them names. 14歡迎下載 可修改 Her harsh life teaches her to be harsh towards others. The effect of the ignorance and hatred suf

14、fered by the Tonnerres totally shape their lives.15歡迎下載 可修改 Vanessa tries to understand Piquette. Although Piquette senses this ,she refuses to open up to Vanessa by rejecting her friendly acts since Vanessa cant relate to Piquettes suffering even when some of her scars are visible due to her tuberc

15、ulosis of the bone.16歡迎下載 可修改 She has been hurt so many times before, and as a result, she feels she cant trust anyone, anymore. All of Vanessas attempts to win her trust will fail. Like the loons, which sing on only at night, so does Piquette hide her feelings and wishes from others.17歡迎下載 可修改 REAS

16、ONS Finally Piquette attempts to adapt to the dominating lifestyle. By marrying an Englishman with a “classy name”, she feels like her life beginning to fall into place. 18歡迎下載 可修改REASONSUnfortunately, her fate is one with that of the loons. Her vision is quickly shattered, but this time with two sm

17、all children. She soon falls back into her family pattern of drinking and bad behavior, and like the loons, shes snuffed out.19歡迎下載 可修改 Even Vanessas mother doesnt respect Piquette, by bringing up unpleasant details even after Piquettes death. “ She was up in court a couple of times -drunk and disor

18、derly, of course” By adding “of course” at the end, the readers know that its not an honest mistake that Vanessas mother mentioned all of those sordid (骯臟的,墮落的) details, and it also confirms her attitude toward Piquette. The author accomplishes her intent to allow the readers to understand how cruel

19、 the society of the time was towards Piquette and her kind.20歡迎下載 可修改 Only years later, after Piquettes death does Vanessa come to understand, although not totally: “Piquette might have been the only one, after all, who had heard the crying of the loons. But again, she doesnt seem to be too sure, an

20、d Laurence chooses to use “might”, in order to allow the readers to feel Vanessas dilemma, who unfortunately will never fully understand Piquettes loneliness and sorrow.21歡迎下載 可修改Conclusion Piquette reflects the stereotype of the doomed minority figure. She accumulates an extraordinary number of han

21、dicaps, all of which are seen to be indirectly related to her Mtis origins. Piquettes tragedy is that, like the loons, she belongs to a more authentic heritage which has been destroyed. 22歡迎下載 可修改 Yet, we also see a more tenacious(堅持的,頑強的,固執的)Piquette; in her silence, rejections, and refusals, she i

22、s a character who is fighting for her own survival in a world clearly divided along class lines and this tenacity is seen principally in her rejection of Vanessas self-satisfaction and sense of superiority. Piquette seeks to fit into the main currents of culture but is marginalized by the white-dete

23、rminate society. Its the external causes that determines Piquettes firm character and her tragic lot.23歡迎下載 可修改 Thank you! 08師范英語A班 張先捷 鐘沁 周菁 周蕾 周婷婷 朱丹丹 徐云24歡迎下載 可修改9、 人的價值，在招收誘惑的一瞬間被決定。22.1.1022.1.10Monday, January 10, 202210、低頭要有勇氣，抬頭要有低氣。*1/10/2022 11:31:25 PM11、人總是珍惜為得到。22.1.10*Jan-2210-Jan-2212、人亂于心，不寬余請。*Monday, January 10