A Bird In The House Vs. The Stone Angle
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The comment that has been purposed is that an author has really only a single
theme and that all works are elaboration’s on earlier themes produced by the writer. Now
this can be made apparent if the works of the late William Shakesphere, or more presently
John Griffin, Steven King, or locally Allison Monroe are looked at. All of which have
written numerous pieces on single themes. Margaret Laurence is yet another author that
conforms to this criteria. She has written a number of books based on the fictitious town
of Manakawa and the parallels between the works is very evident. In The Stone Angel and
“A Bird In The House”, both written by Laurence, the similarities are obvious with
Vanessa resembling a younger version of Haggar, along with similar comments and
situations occurring in both stories, and Grandmother...