The Book in Search of April Raintree - 2267 Words

The book In Search of April Raintree, by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, is about the trials and tribulations of two sisters growing up in the foster system. The author writes about these two young sisters and writes about the struggles in their lives. She talks about the social system, stereotypes, drug, alcohol abuse, and the girls on-going battle to fit in with society to become ‘normal’. April Raintree is a twenty-four-year old Mà ©tis woman, and she tells a story about herself and her younger sister Cheryl’s lives. As small children, April and Cheryl are taken away from their alcoholic parents and are put into different foster families, where they have different experiences. Cheryl is encouraged to be proud of her Native ancestry by†¦show more content†¦April goes on to a community college to become a secretary, and then graduates. She finds employment at a law firm called Harbison and associates. April also searches for Mr. Wendell her old social worker, and to get information about her parents and get an address as to where they live. She ends up looking for them but hits a dead end when all she finds are old dirty run down houses and drunk people. At her place of employment she takes a liking to a man named Roger Maddison. He yells at her at one point, and it turns her off of him, and she ends up not liking him anymore. Later on she goes to meet Bob Radcliff who is white, and has money. Just what she always was dreaming of. Bob and April hit it off, and end up getting married. They move to Toronto to be with the rest of his family. Cheryl doesn’t approve of the way that she is living her life and thinks she is being a traitor to her heritage. During Christmas Cheryl visits April and Bob. This is when April tells Cheryl about searching for their parents, but didn’t have any luck. Cheryl asks about them and for the information so she can go look on her own. April is having relationship problems with Bob. One day she overhears Mrs. Radcliff talking about a family friend named Heather Langdon, who is an actress, and comes to find that her and Bob had an affair. She decides what is best for her, and she asks Bob for a divorce and moves out. April has not had much contact with CherylShow MoreRelatedIn Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton838 Words   |  4 PagesApril Raintree character analysis April Raintree is the main protagonist in the book, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier. Throughout her childhood she was embarrassed to be Metis, and because of her taking after her mother’s Irish pale skin, being able to blend into white society she would hide her native ancestry. Through her first foster parents, the Dions, were very kind to April, this continued to make April to feel accepted in society, and she would continue to hide her nativeRead MoreIn Search of April Raintree2043 Words   |  9 PagesIn Search Of April Raintree Summary http://jesshomepage0.tripod.com/ Chapter 1 Aprils family tree- April had a heritage of mixed nationalities.   Her father was a little bit of this and a little bit of that and a whole lot of Indian. Aprils mother was part Irish and part Objibway.   April inherited her mothers pale skin, while Cheryl inherited her fathers darker skin.   Tuberculosis- April lived in Norway House in northern Manitoba until her father contracted tuberculosis.   Her family wasRead MoreAboriginal Women; Past and Present3090 Words   |  13 PagesTo initiate my learning and teaching, I will be using a number of sources. First, to discuss the different stereotypes Aboriginal women have faced since Western civilization was introduced to Canada, I will look at Beatrice Mosioner’s In Search of April Raintree (1999) as well as Kim Anderson’s article The Construction of a Negative Identity (2000). I will also be looking at another article by Anderson (2000) when looking at how the matriarchal society of the Aboriginals was disrupted by WesternRead MoreIntegrated E-Marketing Plan: Developing an E-Marketing Plan for Competing in the Electronic Global Marketplace16077 Words   |  65 Pagesmost leverage. Using television or radio ads can be considered part of the push approach; it is when a company informs consumers of their pro duct. The pull part of it is when a consumer seeks out information about the product through the website or search engines. Channel length and width will give the business an idea of how many intermediaries they need to go through before the product reaches the consumer and how many other businesses offer the same products. Minimizing conflicts that arise can