“People in Salt Lake City are probably sending away for brochures of Calgary and Lethbridge and Pincher Creek right now”(King 191) the mother said while Laetitia was looking through the brochures she got from Salt Lake City. This quote shows that the mother is trying to show Laetitia that where they live is also full of wonderful attractions. Also, the mother is trying to make Laetitia realize that she only finds Salt Lake City exciting because she has never been there so it's all new to her. The mother thinks that Canada has everything America has plus more so the mother is trying to make Laetitia realize that America is no better than Canada. Another example that proves that the mother favorites Canada would be when her and her son were in Salt Lake City visiting Laetitia. “We got to go shopping in a couple of large malls, but they weren't as large as the one in Edmonton, and Mom said so”(King194) the son, who is also the narrator in the story, says which shows that the mother is snobby toward America and always has something she finds better in Canada to try and top whatever America has. Every time someone says something nice about America the Mother always has a rude way of contradicting it or stating that Canada is better. This definitely proves that the mother thinks of herself as Canadian rather than
“People in Salt Lake City are probably sending away for brochures of Calgary and Lethbridge and Pincher Creek right now”(King 191) the mother said while Laetitia was looking through the brochures she got from Salt Lake City. This quote shows that the mother is trying to show Laetitia that where they live is also full of wonderful attractions. Also, the mother is trying to make Laetitia realize that she only finds Salt Lake City exciting because she has never been there so it's all new to her. The mother thinks that Canada has everything America has plus more so the mother is trying to make Laetitia realize that America is no better than Canada. Another example that proves that the mother favorites Canada would be when her and her son were in Salt Lake City visiting Laetitia. “We got to go shopping in a couple of large malls, but they weren't as large as the one in Edmonton, and Mom said so”(King194) the son, who is also the narrator in the story, says which shows that the mother is snobby toward America and always has something she finds better in Canada to try and top whatever America has. Every time someone says something nice about America the Mother always has a rude way of contradicting it or stating that Canada is better. This definitely proves that the mother thinks of herself as Canadian rather than