Top Secret
Wings Chips
Theme- There are a lot of themes in the story Wings Chips by Mavis Gallant. One of the most important themes of this story is how the father refuses to conform to societies norms. The father never had a real job like the other fathers in the town. If he painted for other people he would do it the way he feels is right “My father suggested that Madame Gravelle might be just as happy with a tinted photograph.” (Page 208 third Para). He lives his life by not worrying about others thought or how people talked about him and his own daughter. This was the main reason why his daughter did not like him “He was not like any father I had met or read about” (Page 206 last Para). He continues to be himself and does not change for anyone throughout the story. The father also lives on the opposite side of the river where the French Canadians live. This brings the story to its second theme that is French Canadians vs English Canadians. “What grievous social errors we had committed, by being too much identified with the French.” (Page 206 First Para). During this time period there was still hate and disliking between French Canadians and English Canadians due to the tension between Quebec and the Rest of Canada. The French Canadians looked down on the father since he never had a real job. The town kept talking about him which his daughter dint like, but the father dint change for anyone and remains who he is and continues doing what he is best in (i.e. painting). The English father in the church also uses a slur to identify the French while he talks to the daughter, he says, “Then why’s your dad always around the frogs.” (Pg 206 Para 4). This shows how there is still separateness in the minds of the two Canadian groups. Another theme of this story is the relationship between father and daughter, the father never interferes much in his daughters life, he usually minds his own business and lets her daughter live her life the way she wants to “If, at meals, I failed to
Theme- There are a lot of themes in the story Wings Chips by Mavis Gallant. One of the most important themes of this story is how the father refuses to conform to societies norms. The father never had a real job like the other fathers in the town. If he painted for other people he would do it the way he feels is right “My father suggested that Madame Gravelle might be just as happy with a tinted photograph.” (Page 208 third Para). He lives his life by not worrying about others thought or how people talked about him and his own daughter. This was the main reason why his daughter did not like him “He was not like any father I had met or read about” (Page 206 last Para). He continues to be himself and does not change for anyone throughout the story. The father also lives on the opposite side of the river where the French Canadians live. This brings the story to its second theme that is French Canadians vs English Canadians. “What grievous social errors we had committed, by being too much identified with the French.” (Page 206 First Para). During this time period there was still hate and disliking between French Canadians and English Canadians due to the tension between Quebec and the Rest of Canada. The French Canadians looked down on the father since he never had a real job. The town kept talking about him which his daughter dint like, but the father dint change for anyone and remains who he is and continues doing what he is best in (i.e. painting). The English father in the church also uses a slur to identify the French while he talks to the daughter, he says, “Then why’s your dad always around the frogs.” (Pg 206 Para 4). This shows how there is still separateness in the minds of the two Canadian groups. Another theme of this story is the relationship between father and daughter, the father never interferes much in his daughters life, he usually minds his own business and lets her daughter live her life the way she wants to “If, at meals, I failed to