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The Marrow Thieves
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The Marrow Thieves
Cherie Dimaline
Cousins, Erica
Stefanovic, Milica
The Significance of
Francis
- Frenchie
- Metis boy, thought to be orphan
Significance
- Joins Miig's family
Fictional Voice for the Non-Fictional World
- Relatable character for the target audience
- Dimaline wanted to showcase the events Indigenous People went through
Uniting All of the Characters
- Changed the course of the group: literally and figuratively
- found his biological father, Minerva and Isaac
- The family would have been travelling without aim if not for Frenchie
Frenchie and Adulthood
Adulthood
- Starts to transition from a teen into a man when he becomes a part of the family
- becomes a protector of this new family and grows with them
- experiences loss (of innocence) and revenge, becomes confident and makes life-changing decisions
"Riri was dead. I had killed a man. And there was no taking either of those things back." (pg 139)
After Minerva is captured:
Miig: "Welp she's gone and done for. North it is."
Frenchie: "Nah."
pg. 153
Frenchie & Hope
Hope
- Representative/leader of the new generation fighting back against the Recruiters
- Miig and the family's goal before was pure survival, never really about fighting back
- When Frenchie arrives at the resistance, he realizes his calling is to join Rose and fight back instead of staying with his Dad
Discussion Question
CLASS Q
From your own perspective, do you feel Frenchie is a good voice and character to represent the conversation we need to have, and the Indigenous people’s struggles and history?
Work Cited
Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves. Cormorant Books Inc., 2018.