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Stone Angel Essay

Margaret Laurence and Ernest Thompson have the same portrayal of the elderly as is shown in the two characters, Norman Thayer of On Golden Pond and Hagar Shipley of the Stone Angel.
Hagar and Norman both are unwilling to show weakness either through emotional contact with others or physical needs. Both characters also venture through a journey of redemption and in the end are saved.

Hagar Shipley and Norman Thayer posses similar character traits. The primary example is their inability to show emotion, Hagar would not tell Bram she loved him. (81) It was not so very long after we wed, when first I felt my blood and vitals rise to meet his. He never knew. I never let him know. I never spoke aloud, and I made certain that the trembling was all inner." "I prided myself upon keeping my pride intact, like some maidenhead." Ethel asks Norman if they would take Billy Ray for the summer, he was unsure about it but agreed, Ethel says " you are the most wonderful man......

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