As I read more into the story, the plot is more developed. The man from Europe is just the one renting Tiffany’s room. While he’s at the airport he broke two fingers of a thief that wants to steal his wallet (36-27). On the other hand, Tiffany is battling against the spiders in the basement, and finally gives up and goes to a party with Tony, ditching her other first nation friends. Some of the citizens in the reserve are already encountering this newcomer. Both of their reactions are terrified, like a prey being watched by a predator. When Pierre arrives at Tiffany’s house, Granny Ruth sees him and thinks he looks like an Indian. When Keith introduced him to Tiffany’s room, he rejected and suggested to sleep in the basement. At the bush party, Tiffany is not having much fun. Tony is spending much time away from her, and other people are talking about her behind her back. She tries to talk to Tony on the way back, but only gets a kiss in response.
There are many foreshadowing in the novel. One of them is: “Darker than most of the migrating passengers, as if he came from an ancient time where white people were unknown.”(36) It is foreshadowing his native ancestry and the abnormal time he came from. Imagery is used to describe the encounter of Pierre and the citizens. There is the sound of his voice, the view into his car window, and the creepy feeling they have when seeing him. There is a dramatic irony when Keith tells Pierre, “Hell, you can hang from the roof for all I care.”(57) Because Pierre is actually a man who will make him care. Pierre has a very special background history, and which he might actually hang from the roof. It is pathetic fallacy to describe the dark woods at night. It shows the aura around the man. It is dark, peaceful, and mysterious. It reflects the inside of the man.
The story is still very engaging. I like this kind of spooky style. The descriptions are very detailed. It feels like I’m in the story with them. The way they tell it makes me want to know more. Granny Ruth and Keith’s reaction when meeting Pierre is very funny. Things are too unexpected for them to know what to do. From the bush party part, I learned how first nations are being treated, and it is actually true. There are intolerances in this world and one of them is towards the aboriginals. They are being treated unfairly but no one is doing anything about it. It makes me think what I have done to people who are different, and what should be done. They are just ordinary people and what did they do wrong?
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