![]() ![]() Jack finds self-reconciliation by accepting his connection to others through contact with these other cultures and languages. ![]() The narrator uses a mixture of languages throughout the novel to emphasize these different cultures and eras, and to call attention to the importance of language to human existence and society. Throughout the trip, Jack encounters figures from the many different cultural backgrounds and periods that were important in the creation of today’s multicultural and plurilingual North America. Lawrence and the Mississippi, and finally west along the pioneers’ Oregon Trail to San Francisco. Jacques Poulin’s novel Volkswagen Blues traces the author Jack Waterman’s journey of self-discovery from Jacques Cartier’s landing point in Gaspé, south down the voyageurs’ route via the St. ![]() The following manuscript was originally prepared for FREN*3200 Quebec Novel, and later translated from the original French under the supervision of Professor Stéphanie Nutting, French Studies, School of Languages and Literatures, College of Arts. Volkswagen Blues: Rebirth through communication ![]()
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