Essay Archive - Mavis Gallant's Bernadette
Mavis Gallant's Bernadette
Fear, it has a way of controlling everything that it comes in contact with.
As young children we are introduced to this intimidating desire with intrigue
and suspicion. As we age, the thoughts of fears become more like realities,
ideas of loneliness and death enter the picture as comprehensible thoughts and
views of the future. These issues make up the foundation of the Mavis Gallant
story "Bernadette". In this story we are presented with the image of a young
French Canadian girl, who finds herself pregnant and without a husband. ....
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