Prospector's Trail Sparknotes

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In the short story, “Prospector’s Trail”, the author Cathy Jewison makes the characters seem like real people. This can be illustrated by some conflicts that are evident in the story; similarly in everyday life with everyday people. The characters also look authentic because the characters behave the same way the “average” human would and the reader is able to relate to them in some way.
Two dominant characters in the narrative, Norman and Jennifer, are a newlywed couple and the rigidity among them is discernible throughout the story, for example: "Jennifer shook her finger at him [Norman]...'Don't move for the rest of the night. Got it?'" This quote clearly displays acrimony between the two and it is quite normal for a husband and wife to argue since they are still getting to know …show more content…

She doesn't really care for camping; she'd rather be at home watching TV. She goes because my dad likes to once in a while. I, on the other hand, love to camp and adore being out in the nature.
How the author plays with your mind during the story is also commendable. The reader, along with the main character Norman think that they are going “prospecting”; getting gold, but what turns out is unbelievable. The irony behind Roy taking Norman to a dump to find valuable items really surprised me.
This segment of the story was emphasized by Jinal who suggested that how the hopeless Norman changes in the end when he finds out that prospecting at the dump is truly where he belongs.
Pulkit talked about symbolism in the story. He expanded that the symbolic significance can be seen on Norman’s own shirt and the other shirt which he found in the Yellowknife dump. The shirt found at the dump is a symbol because it symbolizes Norman finding a piece of himself in Yellowknife. I agree that the shirt found in the dump is a symbol because it delineates Norman finding a piece of himself in

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