Friday 14 November 2014

Watch your Profanity ; The Rez Sisters

Tomson Highways play The Rez Sisters is a reading necessity in all High schools curriculum across North American. The book Highlights the native life style on reserves and what type of problems they deal with like the poor living conditions and the lack of education and jobs. The book offers a very interesting topic about the First Nations and makes the book even more enticing with the use of course language which students are not used to hearing in class. It almost gives students the privilege to swear without getting into trouble by the teacher. The use of the profanity really makes the story line more realistic and it also grabs everyone's attention when it is being used. The book brings up a lot of interesting controversy which makes you more interested in the story. Overall I think that The Rez Sisters is a book that all schools should be reading because of both the education side and the humoures side.

4 comments:

  1. I agree! On top of the profanity being a humorous element, I think it also lightens up some of the more mature themes in the book. As well as gives the characters a way to express themselves in an emphasized way.

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  2. I also think that the coarse language helps lighten some of the darker subjects in the book, It also makes the characters seem more like real people as opposed to just characters, as well as grabbing people's attention. Good article

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  3. So do you think the profanity has a deeper purpose? Good job pointing out the importance of learning about life on a reservation for First Nations.

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  4. I think the profanity has a deeper purpose. Yes, it can be offensive and low brow, but for some reason, profanity can be quite funny. This "comic relief" is needed when discussing such hard topics.

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