“The question, then, is not whether boy should meet girl in Winnipeg or in New York; instead it is, What happens in Canadian literature when boy meets girl? And what sort of boy, and what sort of girl? If you've got this far, you may predict that when boy meets girl she gets cancer and he gets hit by a meteorite. . . .” HumourousCanlitUniversal ThemesCanadian Tradition Book:Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature Source: Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature