Analysis of literature: prose (2 assignment)
`The Island'
15. Is it of any significance that `The Island' is the only undated story in the book? Can we
still guess its time of action? Maybe it is undated to not show when her child was born.
Yes, we can guess, since Lulu is the girl which Nector likes at the time she meets Marie, in
this chapter we can see that Nector marries Marie, so it should be almost immediately after
previous chapter.
16. Introduce Lulu Nanapush. What are the most striking traits of her character? How does the
absence of her mother influence the girl?
She never grew from the curve of her mother's arms. She wants to anchor herself against
her. Lulu wants to fill her tracks, but luck runs out the holes. Her wishes are worn soles.
She stumbles of these shoes of desire. Stubborn, Lulu definitely knows what she wants
and seems like a pretty deliberate person. She runs away from the government school, she