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Three Day Road By Joseph Boyden
par Moaaz Moustafa Il y a 5 années
606
"Whiskeyjack"
His outcome
Elijah's closest friend
The villain
To fit in
Leads him to two "hungers"
Hunger for Morphine
Hunger to Kill
Xavier's Aunt
The Mentor
Has been there for Xavier and Elijah ever since their childhood
Attempts to heal Xavier as he struggles post war
Teaches them how to survive
Rescues them from residential schools
One of the narrators
Typical "Bush Indian"
Main Character
A Narrator
In Residential Schools
The journey to death. It is a three-day process, and is mimicked by Niska’s canoe journey
Humans that eat other humans
Symbolic of Elijah's dehumanization
Moose
Archetype
The respect given to them even though they are animals contradicts the respect given to soldiers in war
Both the Cree Indians and the White people
White people
Dehumanization is a good thing
Xavier and Elijah are already considered less thans because of their race
Elevates their status
Being more "animal" than you are human results in success
Who quiver at the sight of death are considered weaker
Xavier
Less noticed
His morals
Manages to return to his aunt
Who can reduce themselves to animals and can kill with ease are considered strong
Elijah
Need to fit in and be acknowledged
His dehumanization
Gains respect but at the cost of his humanity and later his sanity
Cree Indians
Constantly pushed out of their homes and treated as less thans
Morphine
He had to kill Elijah
Spiral out of control
Takes morphine
Kills more aggresivly
Jokes with Xavier about eating humans
Windigo*
Killed innocent people
Changes that he sees in Elijah
"Speaking in an English Accent"
Learns the ways of war
Drifts in and out of his memories of the war
To detail changes that Elijah has gone through
Windigo (symbol)
"Scalping his victims"
"Aiming to have the most kills"
