Falling Victim to the Past

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…captive by the past and the children became subjected to both manipulation and abuse by the hands of those who were to protect them. Although the incidents which kept them captive, portrayed in the novel Wild Geese, by Martha Ostenso, are less powerful today, it has become evidently clear that greed, control, and secrecy can have destructive effects on an entire family. Work Cited Ostenso, Martha. Wild Geese. Ed. David Staines. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1961.