Essay Archive - Windflower
Windflower
Gabrielle Roy, the author of Windflower, shows us through her main
character, Elsa Kumachuck, that isolation can have unfortunate effects on an
individual and the people around them. We, as readers, are in the beginning
given the impression that Elsa is a fit mother who is responsible and knows how
to raise her child properly. Later on though, we realize that it's the
influence of other people in her life and the experience of isolation later on
that lead her to make the decisions that she does.
Elsa Kumachuck was at one time just a carefree teenager, going to the
theater to....
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