Mercy Among the Children

“‘The more I learn, the less it is I know,’ he admitted sadly” (275). Discuss philosophical and theological approaches to knowledge in Mercy Among the Children. 

Write about how the novel interacts with the canon of Canadian literature. 

In the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ. Write about the relationship of the literal and the metaphorical or allegorical in the novel.