The mother is characterized as humorously proud and stubborn. This is shown when the narrator says; “It didn’t take them long to lose their sense of humor, I can tell you that” (Citation). This indicates that the guards were viewing the mother’s responses to their question about whether she is American or Canadian as a joke in the beginning and then throughout the story, the guards slowly lost their sense of humor. Moreover, humor is not only used a literary technique but the fact that the mother is Blackfoot also significant. “Coyote went fishing, one day. That’s how it all started” (Citation). The mother was telling the narrator a story about the coyote figure, who is the trickster figure in the mythology of several Native people that deals with humor. This reference stresses the component of humor and jokes in this
The mother is characterized as humorously proud and stubborn. This is shown when the narrator says; “It didn’t take them long to lose their sense of humor, I can tell you that” (Citation). This indicates that the guards were viewing the mother’s responses to their question about whether she is American or Canadian as a joke in the beginning and then throughout the story, the guards slowly lost their sense of humor. Moreover, humor is not only used a literary technique but the fact that the mother is Blackfoot also significant. “Coyote went fishing, one day. That’s how it all started” (Citation). The mother was telling the narrator a story about the coyote figure, who is the trickster figure in the mythology of several Native people that deals with humor. This reference stresses the component of humor and jokes in this