Most of Fargo is set in the wintry badlands of North Dakota and Minnesota with a bleak, white palette.
Similarly, The Break by K. Vermette takes place in frosty Winnipeg during the dead of winter—and the key
act of violence takes place in the titular strip of land, "a lake of wind and white" (5). Discuss whiteness in
these works, both in terms of content and theme. How does whiteness of the settings affect the tone or feeling of the works, and what do these works say about race or "whiteness" from a sociological perspective?