Joyful Strains In Paola Tatoro's Pointing North
INTRO
Joyful Strains is an anthology that portrays the journey of migrants from their homeland to their new country and their ways of coping to change. These migrants adapt to changes in different ways, while some constantly struggle and look for coping mechanisms, others accept the changes and remain grateful as they’ve faced worse situations in their homelands.
2nd BODY
In these stories some characters face extreme racism, and feel a sense of discomfort. However by downplaying it and looking for the positive aspects of the new changes they remain content and satisfied. In the story “Pointing North” the writer Paola Tatoro is called and recognised as the “Greasy wog” due to her Italian background. Which at first makes her feel extremely
Joyful Strains is an anthology that portrays the journey of migrants from their homeland to their new country and their ways of coping to change. These migrants adapt to changes in different ways, while some constantly struggle and look for coping mechanisms, others accept the changes and remain grateful as they’ve faced worse situations in their homelands.
2nd BODY
In these stories some characters face extreme racism, and feel a sense of discomfort. However by downplaying it and looking for the positive aspects of the new changes they remain content and satisfied. In the story “Pointing North” the writer Paola Tatoro is called and recognised as the “Greasy wog” due to her Italian background. Which at first makes her feel extremely