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Our Lady Of The Snows

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The author 'Morley Callaghan' has written many stories and award winning novels through out his long career. Some pertain to true stories in which he has encountered through out his life. Others are straight fiction but involve a truth that deal with real-life situations and themes.(Canadian Encyclopedia: edi,1) In the novel "", a real-life situation has taken effect where a young woman is driven to prostitute
herself in order to survive. Despite the intimate nature of this novel it carries a truth that relates to three prominent everyday themes of power, money and compassion.

The drive to be the ultimate force in town creates hard-core criminals that involve themselves in ...

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in town either owes him, is being protected by him or felt his punishment. Due to his eminent figure, Mr. Dubuque feels that he not only controlled the bar but owns the town.(pg.9)

Money leads to power and in the race to become the 'ultimate force', it is acquired by any means possible. At 'the Bradley' a pimp named Frankie Spagnola tries to cheat his 'girls' out of their share through bribery and fear hoping to collect the big pay check.(pg.11) Those men who already have an abundance of money accumulate even more through paid protection.(pg.10) Others such as Mr. Dubuque also run their own business, doing favors for others such as loaning money at high interest and helping people

pay back debts through paid services.(pg.21)

Despite the harsh and at times crude reality of this novel, compassion plays a large role in developing the story. A glamorous prostitute named Ilona Tomory has a sympathetic way with her customers which baffles the onlookers while enraging ...

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Added: 2/22/2004 01:19:53 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 543
Pages: 2

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