分析The_loons分析The_loons.ppt

The loons Background knowledge Changes of Piquette’s character Piquette’ s Fate The Relation between The loons Piquette’s Fate Causes of Piquette’s Fate Conclusion Marginalized by the white-dominating society. Unable to exist independently in a respectable, decent and dignified way. Impossible to fit into the main currents of culture and difficult to be assimilated comfortably. When 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 and seemed to be every bit as ordinary as possible. 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 her Piquette’ 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. The Relation between The loons Piquette’s 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, Piquette and her people failed to find their position in modern society. Causes of Piquette’s Fate Piquette Tonnerre accumulates the society disadvantage of poverty, illness, ethnic discrimination and being female. As for Piquette’s character and destiny, external factors play a leading role. Three stages of the changes of Piquette’s character At first, she is frosty and silence. Then she is lovely and rebellious (反叛的), finally she is depressed and pessimistic. These hardships drive them into a dark hole alcoholism and poverty. People are consistentl