Wayne’s reproductive Organs
Winter explains, “Thomasina bent over Jacinta and the baby in a midwife’s fashion…As she adjusted the blanket she quietly moved the one little testicle and saw that the baby also had labia and a vagina.” Wayne is hermaphroditic because he possesses both feminine and male genitals. Accordingly, he is a queer baby because he is neither a boy nor a girl.
“Croydon Habour”
Winter writes, “The village of Croyden Harbour, on the southeast Labrador coast, has that magnetic earth all Labrador shares. You sense a striation, a pulse, as the land drinks light and emits a vibration. Sometimes you can see it with your naked eye, stripes of light coming off the land. Not every traveller senses it but those who do keep looking for it in other places, and they find it nowhere but desert and mesa.” Croyden Harbour is an absolute ‘New World’ which captivates the inhabitants and the travellers. Its magnetism is so pervasive that it can be felt. Alluring vibrations in the harbour motivate travellers to come all the way from places such as New York so they can experience the magnetism first-hand. Croyden Harbour is a charming and lively place for tourists.
Mother
Winter observes, "But when you are the mother, you take it in stride. You take albino hair in stride, when you are the mother. When you are the mother, not someone watching that mother, you take odd-coloured eyes in stride. You take a missing hand in stride, and the same with Down syndrome, and spina bifida, and water on the brain." Mothers embrace the children even when they are born with terrifying disabilities. Mothers would not judge or deny their children because they are queer or disabled. Motherhood makes women to confront the realities of life such as bearing abnormal children. Outsiders would not understand why mothers love queer children tough because they do not have the maternal bond with the disabled children. Mothers do not permit evident disabilities to interfere with the love they have for their children.
Treadway’s Kindness
Winter elucidates, "Pure kindness he saved for his dogs. On one hunting trip he accidentally shot the eye of his old English setter... Treadway had ended the trip although it meant he would have to launch it again later, at considerable expenses in provisions and time, in order to have enough such in store for the winter. He had carried the dog a hundred miles on his sled and paid Hans Nilsson the Veterinarian a hundred dollars to get up in the middle of the night and tend to the wound.” Treadway exhibits extraordinary humanity when dealing with the dogs. He treats the wounded dog as if it were a human being. Although the dog is not aggressive in hunting, Treadway values its life. He incurs monumental cost when he resolves to seek a veterinarian for the dog instead of proceeding with his hunting. He treats and appreciates the dogs as his friends because they accompany and aid him when hunting. He does not take his dogs for granted even though they are animals which could be replaced unlike humans.
