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In the short story Borders the author, Thomas King, shows the theme of control through the experience of the son and mother at the border. During the story, the mother wouldn’t give the guards their citizenship, so the guards wouldn’t let them through. Whenever a guard asked her about her citizenship, she would only respond, “Blackfoot.” For example, in paragraph 66-67 “Canadian side or American side?’ asked the guard.’Blackfoot side,’ she said, “I’d be proud of being Blackfoot. But you have to be American or Canadian.’ “ In the no man’s land between the Canadian and American borders, the mother and son waited for 2 days because the mother wouldn’t give her citizenship In the short story Rules of the Game the author, Amy Tan shows the theme
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