Indian Horse continued.......

Pages 31- 46 

Plot - 

• mother and grand-mother argue over how to bury Benjamin 
• Saul's parents leave and grand-mother is firm to stay in the wilds
• Saul and grand-mother load canoe,  Grand-mother dies saving Saul in the cold
• Saul is taken to St. Jerome's Residential school 
• Saul witnesses the abuse done to children in the name of "god" 

• Setting

Wilderness of Northern Ontario and Manitoba 

St. Jerome's residential school

Characters 

Saul-  protagonist of the novel, the narrator and told as an autobiography.  A boy in a family of three children.  Story opens with Saul's experience in an alcohol treatment centre.  

Saul's mother & Saul's father- leave Saul in the wilderness with his grand-mother 

Saul's grandmother-  died protecting Saul

Questions for you to answer: 3 marks each 

1. What does the argument over Ben's burial symbolize?  Why do the mother and grand-mother symbolize?  

2. Describe St. Jerome's Residential school in two- three sentences. Find a quote from the book that is rich with imagery and describes the atmosphere of the school.  

3. Why do you think the nuns and priests cut children's hair and change their names?  

4. Explain this quote-  "At St. Jerome's we work to remove the Indian from our children so that the blessings of the Lord may be evidenced upon them. "(pg.46) .  What is Sister Ignacia trying to prove? 

Notable language. Name the device and explain the importance.  2 marks each 

"Your grief has blinded you" pg. 32

Keewatin.  That's the name of the north wind. pg. 36 

The land around us was like a great being. p.37