Question

In the short story, "Borders," by Thomas King: Explain how the following two quotes are related:

“You would expect Sweetgrass, which is a nice name and sounds like it is related to other places such as Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw and Kicking Horse Pass, would be on the Canadian side, and that Coutts, which sounds abrupt and rude would be on the American side. But this was not the case.”

“I know that we got Blackfeet on the American side and the Canadians got Blackfeet on their side. Just so we keep our records straight, what side do you come from?”

Answer 1

Both quotes address the concept of borders and the concept of belonging to a country and a culture.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can see that the two sections are addressing the concept of country, border and territory, because in both we can see that the speaker is separating the territories between the USA and Canada. The second excerpt goes so far as to address the question of belonging, of cultural recognition, when asking someone whose side this person is on.

These concepts are directly related to the story of "Borders" that presents a Native American woman who refuses to recognize herself as a Canadian or American citizen, since the tribe where her people lived and the lands that were theirs, was stolen and it ceased to exist to give rise to the Canadian and American territories, to which this woman does not identify.