Bram Shipely A character who stood for the average middle class man of the time. Bram was rejected by the citizens of Manawak. For if Hagar could have her way, Bram would have been a different man. In the novel Margaret Laurance describes the character with a rough exterior with a soft heart. Laurance was successful in representing "the living individual" in this case. Bram was a hard worker when he wanted to be, but …showed first 75 words of 866 total…

…showed last 75 words of 866 total…happening in the novel. I also found that in the novel Margaret Laurence told many stories within other stories in relation to describe a character's personality. Margaret Laurence has a great style of writing where everything comes together through out the book. This is why this novel is considered one of the greatest Canadian Literature Novels written and most likely why even three decades after this book was written thousands of people read it yearly.