Glassco's Canadian Identity: A Comparative Analysis

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Nevertheless, despite Callaghan’s and Glassco’s rivalry, both writer by asserting each other into their own memoirs portrayed that Canadian identity can be found even in the furthest corners of the world. In That Summer in Paris, Callaghan identifies Glassco and Graeme as “two ‘bright boys’ from Montreal” (Callaghan 68). It appears as if Callaghan goes to great lengths to bring to the reader’s attention Glassco’s nationality. Glassco, too, called attention to Callaghan’s Canadian identity by calling him “friendly and unpretentious” (Glassco 104). After reading That Summer in Paris and Memoirs of Montparnasse one can state that both memoirs mostly consist of encounters with famous writers. Thus, embedding each other into their own memoirs, Callaghan