A Man-made Line Humor is the nature of every human being, and presented in many ways including talking, comedy acts and irony in stories. Most writers involve humor in their stories because it captures the reader’s eye. Since humans pass through many hardships in their lives, they tend to make it humorous to take a load off them and to relieve them from some pain. Thomas king showed many humorous situations in the story “Borders”, and he said, “Comedy is used to present often tragic themes” (King 225). He wanted to face the subjects of land, citizenship and cultural rights, since these subjects have been recorded in history as sad subjects Thomas King did not want to turn the reader’s eye away. That is why he introduced it in the story “Borders”
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It also symbolizes the man-made border that the society had put between them and the minority groups such as Blackfoot. Even if this was just a line drawn by man, humankind still found a way to relate it to people’s social status. Therefore, this border became the gaping hole between the educated, rich Canadian/Americans, and the uneducated, poor Blackfoot. Even if this was not true, it was engraved in the minds of the previous generations, and it has been passed on from generation to …show more content…
The humor in this flashback is that when the mother and Laetitia were arguing she said, “’Dad’s American,’…’so I can go and come as I please’” (King 255). This shows that that the mother married an American man, which led us to think that she may have crossed the border. What’s more ironic is that she is so proud of being a Blackfoot but does not like to cross the border, nor to associate with anyone from across the border. Yet she married an American person and because her children have the ability to cross freely between borders and do not share the same beliefs as her. She argued with Laetitia about crossing the border saying that she wants to go “after some man like a balloon on a string“(King 225). However, despite her mother’s effort, she still crossed the border, found a job and became an independent woman. We were told by the narrator that “over time my mother had come to be proud of the fact that Laetitia had done all of this on her own” (King 225). This shows that the mother changes her opinion often, even though she is proud of being a Blackfoot and wanted her daughter to be proud of being a Blackfoot and stay beside
It also symbolizes the man-made border that the society had put between them and the minority groups such as Blackfoot. Even if this was just a line drawn by man, humankind still found a way to relate it to people’s social status. Therefore, this border became the gaping hole between the educated, rich Canadian/Americans, and the uneducated, poor Blackfoot. Even if this was not true, it was engraved in the minds of the previous generations, and it has been passed on from generation to …show more content…
The humor in this flashback is that when the mother and Laetitia were arguing she said, “’Dad’s American,’…’so I can go and come as I please’” (King 255). This shows that that the mother married an American man, which led us to think that she may have crossed the border. What’s more ironic is that she is so proud of being a Blackfoot but does not like to cross the border, nor to associate with anyone from across the border. Yet she married an American person and because her children have the ability to cross freely between borders and do not share the same beliefs as her. She argued with Laetitia about crossing the border saying that she wants to go “after some man like a balloon on a string“(King 225). However, despite her mother’s effort, she still crossed the border, found a job and became an independent woman. We were told by the narrator that “over time my mother had come to be proud of the fact that Laetitia had done all of this on her own” (King 225). This shows that the mother changes her opinion often, even though she is proud of being a Blackfoot and wanted her daughter to be proud of being a Blackfoot and stay beside