The Diviners, by Margaret Laurence. How does Morag's past influence Pique's life ?

        Pique is the inheritor of French-Indian and Scottish-Canadian roots. She is raised her mother in Canada and England. However, her growth is affected by Morag's life style and Morag's past life. There are three events in Morag's past that affects Pique's life.         Morag moves away from Christie when she goes to college and she rarely comes back to Manawake, 'Going to Winnipeg this fall. To college. And I'm never coming back.'         She does not …

…separate origins and cultures. She remains mysterious to Morag and she is closer in her heritage to Jules. Like both parents, she has no feeling of belonging to any particular group of people. She is divided by her parents because of her mixed blood. Pique's dilemma shows that her problem is not simple, nor is it a solution: 'what really happened', she does not belong because she has not yet found her own individual place.