The topic of guilt in Margaret Laurence's "Stone Angel" and Davies Robertson's "Fifth Business"

Every piece of literature that has been written uses words, which have concrete meaning in everyday life. As a result of that it cannot ever be completely abstract. Theme is what sustains its link with living, by giving it a topic or idea that extends it beyond the aesthetic, and unites it with the preoccupation of humanity. A work can have one theme or many, and Margaret Laurence's and Davies Robertson's essential humanism makes it …

…not have to take care of Mrs. Dempster to make it up, he never realized that it was just an accident. Finally, I guess that they felt guilty for being not able expressing their feeling towards their families or friends, because through all the time they had rejected the love that their parents wanted to give them in their particular way. It was also the cause for not having any luck in relationships with others.