The award-winning fictional novel Montana 1948 written by Larry Watson and the Australian drama film Jindabyne directed by Ray Lawrence similarly explore the ramifications of secret and lies. Lawrence and Watson in their respective text both...

It’s something every politically-inclined person has heard, a phrase always spoken dripping with condescension: You shouldn’t let your political opinions affect with whom you’re friends. Reasonably, this may have some truth. To go around assessing...

In the novel Montana 1948, the relationship between David and his father is complex and distant, and leads us to better understand the struggles that they both face, and their development throughout the novel. Their relationship also helps the...

The facade of Bentrock, Montana, is the idyllic, but dull, American frontier town. Ordinary people working long hours in the fields each day to provide for their families. To strive for, and eventually live the American Dream, is the essence of...

After WWII, many soldiers returned home to a new world. As more and more females joined the workforce, the American identity shifted from a primarily male dominated society to an integrated society between men and women. The burdens of everyday...