Possible Under The Circumstances, By Thomas King

The ton of Thomas King’s poem and the ideas he expresses using figures of speech are excellent examples of the kind of ironies that Hutcheon says make us distinctly Canadian. When comparing these two written papers, an essay called “As Canadian as Possible Under the Circumstances” by Hutcheon, and King’s poem “ I’m not the Indian You had in Mind”, it becomes obvious that they share perspectives in common, the way they see what it means to be Canadian, regardless of your culture or race. The first paper, an essay, is talking about the kinds of irony used by Canadians and Linda Hutcheon explains how different Canadian writers use irony to write some of their books, how today’s artists are using irony to produce some of their songs …show more content…
Someone like him feels the weight on his shoulders of past generations watching him to see that he respects the earth and everything in it and on it. He believes he must live his life keeping in mind the current generations today who are watching their indian role models, like King who is a poet and also protecting that is precious and seven generations into the future, “ Still, sometimes, sometimes late at night when all the world is warm and dead I wonder how things might have been had you followed, had we led so consider as you live your days that we live our under the gaze of generations watching us of generations still in tact of generations still to be seven forward seven back.” By saying this, it is surprising to think that Thomas King might be suggesting that he is both “As Indian as possible and as Canadian as possible under the circumstance in the country doing what all Canadians do, both good and unfortunate.” “I’m that other Indian, that one who live just down the street, the one you’re disinclined to meet.” He is paying attention to both his life as a Canadian in Canadian society and his responsibility to his First Nations culture and