The Diviners Margaret Laurence

Religion has long since swayed people’s decisions and determined their fates. In The Diviners by Margaret Laurence, religion and spirituality play a large role in the characters’ lives. The outcome of every situation is dictated in some way by...

The Diviners by Margaret Laurence begins on a farm. This farm is the place of Morag's birth and her early childhood years. In the first "snapshot," (p.7) her parents are standing in front of a "farm gate" (p.7). Her mother is pregnant with the...