Memories of Montreal and Richness

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Topic: Memories of Montreal and Richness
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Date: 5Th June, 2014.
The memories of most adults are usually shaped by their childhood experience. These experiences (positive or negative) depend on the setting and prevailing environmental conditions at the time. Due such experiences, they have varied experiences with the youth in terms of sights and scents which bring back flashbacks of their youthful days. The author of the text (Moses Milstein) paints a picture his childhood experiences has influence his or her thought process that are based on certain stereotypes and social prejudices and have developed a certain attitude regarding the modern society and environment.
The memories of the author provide us with an interestingly unique cultural picture of the city of Montreal in Canada during the 1950’s as a Jew child. He begins by providing a description of the current state of the city his residential area (Vancouver) as a city where, "the houses nestled among all cedars. Bursts of rhododendrons guard the yard and over their tops he can see the sun glinting on the placid waters of Howe Sound." However, while this scene seems to be somewhat beautiful, he seems to blame himself for bringing his son to live in such an environment.
The narrative the author provides is a comparison of his perceived uneventful walk by his son to school and his as he walks in the streets of Montreal. During this walk, the author passes a myriad of stores, different types of merchants and provides a description of the daily economic activities that characterized the city at the time which from his laments regarding the descripti...