Bailey By Thomas King Summary

In this essay Bailey looks at a number of different ideas, such as, the ways in which Thomas King intermingles between the tradition of oral stories and the authority of written word, the importance of the ways in which King uses different texts and religious ideals to tell his story, and Bailey even touches on issues of gender, history, Native identity and other criticisms within the article. A bulk of the article, as suggested by the title, focuses on the ways in which King uses Written story telling methods, but simultaneously calls them into question by juxtaposing them with oral tradition. Bailey is successful in her attempt to contemplate this interplay between different literary methods, although, through her writing, I feel she misses