Immigrants and Exile

It was interesting for me, not have immigrated to Canada, but moving back and forth from British Columbia to Saskatchewan, and back again, reading in terms of not only what I was able to relate to, but that which I certainly was not able to relate to. Despite only being from 2 provinces away, upon moving back to British Columbia after having passed K-Gr. 6 in Sask., I can certainly say I took on a bit of an 'outsider' role, someone 'new' to the province, the city, the classroom. In discussions pertaining to weather, for example, I somewhat scoffed at complaints at the "cold" winter in B.C., as it was much warmer than in Sask. at the time, and likely almost anywhere else in Canada. I could certainly relate to the "curmudgeonly disagreeable" kind of 'role', thinking back (I'm truly not usually a stuck-up curmudgeon, for context). This piece I find interesting, as I feel that "this" piece of Said's interpretation can be applied more broadly than just to those in exile, if my curmudgeonly personal experience is not uncommon among intra-Canadian travellers. That said, indeed I can not relate to many of the descriptors, e.g. "being part of a more general condition affecting the displaced national community", etc.