Growing up on the prairie As we travel through our lives we come to road blocks and other turmoil's. In W.O. Mitchell's novel Who has seen the wind, we learn about some of the struggles Brian (the main character) encounters as he grows up in Saskatchewan during the Depression. The focus of the story is Brian's interpretation of the realities of birth, death and religion. When Brian is four years old he comes into …
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…matter what challenges you may come into contact with, and that there are people along the way to help you through them, no matter who the person or spirit is. "That was it the look upon Brian's face- the same expression that had puzzled him on the young Ben's-maturity in spite of the formless of the childish features wisdom without years "Intimation of Immortality"; he thought "Perhaps" said Digby to Brian, "you've grown up" (pg 316)