Unfolding Individuals

The Fire Dwellers, by Margaret Laurence and Afterimage, by Helen Humphries are both written by Canadian female authors. Both novels portray the parallel lives of two separate females, each woman approaching a different stage in their life. Both women undergo similar experiences in the social, sexual and characteristic aspects in life, creating a deeper understanding of their self-awareness. The main character in each novel is developed slowly until the individual and unique perspective of the …

…unique individual by living their lives as a reflection of their thoughts. The two women in the literary works have been able to gain the strength needed to find insight in them. In doing this, they have developed their self-awareness by experiencing their social, sexual and characteristic aspects in life. Though their journey in life they have found their significance. Undergoing this stage in life had brought them a sense of self and well being.