Doria Hargreaves Analysis
Similarly, Hargreaves also shares his views on gender relating to immigrants within a socio- cultural context. He comments that, traditionally, it is the father who holds the status of authority (p94). Referring to the novel, Doria’s father fled back to his home country to be with a younger woman to have a son. Following the animosity that Doria feels towards her father and with the comments of Hargreaves, it can be suggested that Doria attempts to fill in the father figure role to keep her mother stable. Furthermore, her antipathy towards her father is evident in her characteristics of a negative outlook on life. To exemplify this point further, Doria exclaims « Le destin, c’est la misère parce que t’y peux rien. Ca veut dire que quoi que