ENGL 105W Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iter, Shool, Manitouwadge
20 Oct 2016
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Prelude: the present: saul at the new dawn center (1-3) At end he realize what his story is and shares it with kelly (at residential school) All he knew about indian died when he was 8 years old, winter of 1941. The importance of great-grandfather shabogeesick: brings the first horse signals change of family name (7) And change in how their cultural is beco(cid:373)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)gly (cid:373)argi(cid:374)alized. Grandmother naomi: custodian of the old ways; tells stories; tries to protect children; engineers their escape to. Pastoral episode: mystical home of the indian horse family; aul(cid:859)s (cid:448)isio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:1006)-24); symbolic rice harvest, benjamin dies (25-29) Untenability of the past: family conflict; severity of winter. Patron saint of translators and librarians; often represented as a scholar. Imagery: black hole (43), hell on earth (78) Opens with a list of casualties of children: 48-52; memories return 167-69. Father leboutilier: only person who shows affection, frequently touching him. Like his grandmother (59); hugs him goodbye (117)
