ryann was the protagonist in call of the wild.
ryann was the protagonist in call of the wild.
who is the protagonist in call of the wild?
ryann
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bullet::::3. mothering: two types of mothering relationships are evident in loving che: the mother-daughter relationship and cuba as motherland. although teresa does not have a typical mother-daughter relationship with her daughter, teresa's letters reveal the type of relationship she wishes she could have had. by communicating with her daughter for the first time in over twenty years, teresa is clearly trying to connect with her daughter. likewise, the protagonist's renewed search to verify teresa's letters and possibly locate her mother highlights her desire to connect with her mother. although the protagonist never officially announces teresa is her mother, she does let her feelings towards her slip near the end of the novel before quickly returning to call teresa by her name. near the end of the novel, the protagonist says, “i hoped to forget the strange packet of memories my mother bequeathed to me” (220). because the only ‘official’ thing the protagonist received from her mother (via her grandfather) was the note pinned to her sweater twenty years earlier, it is clear that the protagonist is referring to the package teresa sent. cuba as motherland is another mothering relationship that occurs within the novel. like many exiled cuban-americans, the protagonist's loss of homeland or motherland has been significant. while she does not locate her mother or ‘officially’ verify teresa's story, the many trips the protagonist makes to cuba helps her establish a connection with her country of birth. only seeing the country as a “sad state” in the past, the protagonist now sees it with new, “amazed” eyes (181). this reassessment of the country highlights the protagonist's willingness to accept her country of birth. when someone in cuba asks the protagonist if she is british, she immediately connects with her country by announcing she is “cuban” (185). connecting with her motherland, and in part, connecting with teresa, the protagonist no longer sees guevara as such a strange, distant man. instead, when she sees a photo of guevara in a manhattan store, the protagonist can understand why cubans, including teresa, would love such a man. reflecting her new view of guevara she states, “a beautiful stranger, who in a different dream, might have been the father of my heart” (226).
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