The Diviners: How Does Morags Past Influence Piques Life :: essays research papers

The Diviners How does Morags Past Influence wounds Life spite is the inheritor of French-Indian and Scottish-Canadian roots. She israised her stimulate in Canada and England. However, her growth is affected byMorags life style and Morags past life. There are three events in Morags pastthat affects Piques life.     Morag moves away from Christie when she goes to college and she rarelycomes back to Manawake, " spillage to Winnipeg this fall. To college. And Im nevercoming back."     She does not seem care for her stepparents. In certain respects theparent-child relationship betwixt Morag and Pique resembles the one betweenChristie, the Scavenger,"Youve never had soul tell you mother was crazy betweenshe lived out her alone and wrote dirty books and had kooky peoplecoming out from the city to visit?" (P.446)     And both, in disparate ways, attempt to deny their parents. At one point,Pique, having run away from home, ends up in a mental hospital in Toronto after"a gloomy trip","Cant you see I despair you? Cant you see I want youto go away? You arent my mother. I havent got a mother." (P.111)     Furthermore, Morag does not get married with Jules. When her husband isBrooke Skelton, she has a sexual relationship with Jules and gets pregnant.Later, Pique is aware that Jules is her father. Pique has an idea about why sheis different from the others because a typical family should have a mother and afather, but she comes from a single parent family. When Pique first meets herfather she is at about five years old. Jules sings a song to Pique which shefinds fascinating and meaningful to her. Pique, at 18, is more mature than hermother at the same age. She loves her father very much and wants to live withhim, however, Morag does not approve that Pique should stay with Jules,"Why did you have me?""For your own satisfaction, yes. You never thou ght of him or of me."We are aware that Pique needs care and love from both of her parentsbecause Morag cannot run across Piques desire. She runs away in search of what shethinks she is missing all along, which she, herself is not sure what it is.Later on, she dates Dan McRaith, who is a husband of Bridie. They have aabnormal friendship between them. As we know Dan Scranton and Gord areboyfriends of Pique. It is coincidental with Morags boyfriend first name isalso Dan. These two individuals occurs in Morag and Piques life as their namesare the same.