The Best Laid Plan By Terry Fallis - 1351 Words

Achieving success in your life with many obstacles to overcome, is a way which one can only describe as a sense of gratification and enlightenment. The Best Laid Plan is a satirical novel based around Canadian politics that shows us the unravelling events that occur between the main characters Angus McLintock and Daniel Addison. Having many different problems being apparent, they overcome it in the end and achieve success which is the theme that’s most prevalent. One word to describe this is â€Å"determination† as Daniel Addison, and Angus McLintock seem to always try and despite of all that, success happens to fall upon them in the end. In The Best Laid Plans, by Terry Fallis, Daniel Addison’s and Angus McLintock’s discoveries of their own inner resources allow them to overcome difficult challenges. The novel focuses more on determination and perseverance as the main theme which leads them to succeed in the end. This in turn gives them each a distinct ch aracteristic, which can be described as a constant strive to be the best of themselves. To begin, Daniel Addison, the narrator of the novel is a speech writer for the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal opposition. It starts off with Daniel leaving Ottawa to settle in Cumberland-Prescott where he will attend a riding for a future election being held. However, It’s unclear as to why he left Ottawa, but he explains it very briefly in Parliamentary language. He broke up with his girlfriend which was the reason why he left Ottawa. In the