Three Day Road By Joseph Boyden

Joins the War

His experiences in the war

Remains strong

These two needs drive him to insanity

Three Day Road By Joseph Boyden

Main topic

Major Characters

Three Major Characters

"Whiskeyjack"

His outcome

Elijah's closest friend

The villain

To fit in

Leads him to two "hungers"

Hunger for Morphine

Hunger to Kill

Niska

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

Symbols

Some Recurring Symbols Include

Three Day Road

The journey to death. It is a three-day process, and is mimicked by Niska’s canoe journey

Windigos

Humans that eat other humans

Symbolic of Elijah's dehumanization

Animals

Moose

Archetype

The respect given to them even though they are animals contradicts the respect given to soldiers in war

Themes

Other Themes

Tradition

Identity

The Main themes in the story is

Dehumanization

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

Summary

Day Three

Xavier is also wounded

Morphine

Xavier dives into Elijah's end

He had to kill Elijah

Elijah has gone Mad

Spiral out of control

Takes morphine

Kills more aggresivly

Jokes with Xavier about eating humans

Windigo*

Killed innocent people

Day One

Memories of her childhood

Before the war and his first few days in the war

Changes that he sees in Elijah

"Speaking in an English Accent"

Learns the ways of war

Day Two

Xavier Continues to listen to Niska's stories

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"

Follows 2 different journeys

Xavier and Elijah's journey in the war

Xavier and Niska's Three Day Journey