A Search for Identity in Margaret Laurence's A Jest of God

Margaret Laurence is a prolific and distinguished novelist hailing from Canada she focuses on the fixes of women and efforts to give an individuality to the Canadian women. The theme of resolution resides a essential place in the novels of Margaret Laurence who hails from Scots Irish circumstantial of firm standards and hard work and Puritanism. In her Manawaka novels, Laurence has given us unforgettable portraits of women wrestling with their private demons, striving through introspection to find meaningful patterns, in their lives. A jest of god is one of the Manawaka novels. The story of woman's life is not radically different from traditional patterns. Rachel suffer a lot because of problems of women and the identity in society. V. Sangeetha | B. Suganthi "A Search for Identity in Margaret Laurence's A Jest of God" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd11009.pd