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This paper compare the literary styles of the narrator and control, the importance of language,and how language is linked with the theme Thomas King's "One Good Story, That One" and Alistair MacLeod's "No Great Mischief". The author points out that, in many ways, the two works are opposites. The paper relates that, in one story, the narrator has total control; whereas, in the other story the narrator has very little control.

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"Thomas King is a Native American writer. His short story "One Good Story, That One" shows just how important oral tradition is for Native people. Oral tradition was the only type of history those people had. The oral tradition is based on myths. The narrator is very important to the story. Alistair MacLeod in his novel "No Great Mischief" is Scottish, and he is very much concerned with his family history. That history is also made up of great myths, and oral tradition plays an important role all through the novel."

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