The main theme of the short story “My Brother at The Canadian Border” is about determining the main character's racial identity using a thick and dusty book. A great deal of time and energy has been put in order to determine the race of the characters. It shows how important race is to the story. For instance in this quote, “Disappearing behind a plastic partition, she returned with a dusty book, thick as War and Peace. This will tell us your race . . . putting on her horn-rimmed glasses." (Wolpé) It tells us that firstly, the book is old and wasn't used for quite some time. Secondly, this…