Quebecois, French speaker- Francophone
English speaker -Anglophone
Chinese speaker - Sinophone, Mandarin?
Arabic speaker- Arabophone
two official languages - origin of Canada as a country, "two solitudes", separation
1. What is the setting of the story?
Canada!!!
Montreal Canadiens - French spelling
The Habs, Habitants, inhabitant
Toronto Maple Leafs
Montreal, Quebec - French
Toronto, Ontario - English
Historically, there has been lots of conflict between English and French Canada.
Some Quebecois want to separate from Canada.
Blog Quebecois - political party in Quebec
Referendum in Quebec - vote to separate- very close vote
2. What is the main conflict in the story?
person vs person, society/culture, nature, technology, supernatural, himself
person vs society/culture- English society (Ontario) vs French society (Quebec)
person vs person - mother vs son
2. What is the meaning of the statement “[Our] real life was on the skating rink”?
Quebec - Catholic church very important, very religious
"Tabernacle!"
3. Who are the Montreal Canadiens?
4. Who was Maurice Richard?
hockey hero, great Habs player.
5. What is the Eaton’s catalogue? Why is it
important?
small town, order by mail from catalogue
wait a long time
6. What is the boy’s reaction to receiving a
Toronto Maple Leafs sweater? Why?
from a different region of Canada
not his team, not the local team, not the French/Quebecois team
it's the English team
wrong jersey
feels disappointed
supporting the enemy
traitor
7. Why is the boy treated badly by his friends and the vicar?
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