A Comparative Study on Halfbreed and in Search of April Raintree

Abstract

Comparing two novels of two different writers who share many common grounds would be a huge gain for a literary study. In that case, Maria Campbell and Beatrice Mosionier are two Canadian writers who share more commonality in terms of many such as nationality, culture, ethnicity and notably the problems too, like racial, social, gender issues etc. Both these Canadian writers are Metis who have struggled hard to earn an identity for them. Their pursuit to embrace the strong identity has become the prime objective in their life. They both belong to more or less the same period and the struggle for them also remains the same because of the long prevailing multicultural issues in Canada. The Euro Canadians have constructed Metis as a shameful identity through their narratives. As a reaction to such construct, these writers show a radical spirit in changing
the shame vested upon their people and have chosen writing as a weapon. So, an attempt to make a comparative study is very much feasible on these matters. Hence, the paper is about to explore those common elements in their novels Halfbreed and In Search of April raintree respectively, and also it investigates on the writers’ different approaches in handling their struggles and challenges, their different feministic perspectives and their transformation. Moreover, multiple of themes have been found in much common between these works and so the paper tries to make a detailed exploration of that.