All things uncomely and broken, all things worn-out and old, The cry of a child by the roadway, the creak of a lumbering cart, The heavy steps of the ploughman, splashing the wintry mould, Are wronging your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart. All things uncomely and broken, all things worn-out and old, The cry of a child by the roadway, the creak of a lumbering cart, "The Loons", written by Margaret Laurence in 1970 supports the view that the short story deals with the "prime elements of defeat and alienation" (334). Piquette Tonnerre is a French half-breed and that is the reason that her family is alienated from society. They do not belong "among the Cree" and they do not belong among the Scot-Irish or the Ukrainians either (197). Piquette is not accepted by Grandmother MacLeod or by Vanessa's mother, which is just an example of how the rest of society treats half-breeds.
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