The story Borders by Thomas King goes back and forth between the border scenes and the talk about South Lake City because King wants to show how the past and present on Laetitia, her mom, and her brother’s lives are directly connected. Creating this connection between the past and the present makes the reader engaged in the events being narrated by the little boy. King also uses a young boy narrative with a relaxing tone which is typical of a child. The author builds up certain expectations in the reader since the young boy is the one narrating the story. The boy is not sure why his mother is being reluctant to just tell the guards their citizenship, but somehow, he is not surprised since he knows his mother’s ways of standing on what she believes.
