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The Marrow Thieves
Author: Cherie Dimaline
Plot: Introduction
Plot
The Marrrow Thieves is held in the west city of Southern Metropolitan city once known as Toronto. Two blood-related brothers, Mitch and Frenchie have been skipping school so the recruiters don't tell their dreams. The government of Oneirology which is the study of dreams have lost their ability to dream. The indigenous people are the only ones who can dream and the recruiters want to take their dreams from them. They want to rob the marrow from their bones. Frenchie is a 11 year old boy who meets with Miig after running away from recruiters. He soon meets with a group of twins of share the same hat, a seven year old girl who lost her mom by recruiters, a young woman who was harassed by mischievous Indians, and Minerva, the elder in the family, who teaches Cree to a few people. The government has been stealing their sources like the waters from lakes and polluting their home. Their goal is to head North where they can find a new home with basic resources.
Inciting Incident
Inciting Incident - Mitch is taken by the recruiters as a sacrfice for Frenchie to escape
The recruiters started to surrond the house had went to search the treehouse. Mitch said words to distract them from looking for his bother. MItch scarficed by being captive and told Frenchie to climb the tree and run.
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Event #1 - It has been 5 years since Frenchie lost his brother. He is currently sixteen and lives with his new family. One night, Miig talked about "The Story," (Part 2) of how all natural disatsters occured and how people stopped dreaming. He described how the Indigenous Anishnaabe people were proud and valiant warriors, but newcomers opened residential schools to take their dreams and decimate their language. After describing some mischievous things that government has done, Miig decides to stop as this was enough for the day. Eventually, RiRi asks Frenchie to come to her tent to tell her stories. However, Miig thinks she's too young and doesn't allow her to hear it. Later that night, Rose arrives and joins the family and Frenchie seems to have a crush on her.
Rising
Action
Rising Action
Event #2 - It has been about 5 days since Was told the family her coming-to story. Frenchie sees smoke and investagates to see who it is. He climbs the tree to see two men. After further discussion, Miig thinks that they should question them. The men introduce themselves as Travis and Lincoln. Travis recognizes Wab but invites the group to share their food. Miig decides to accept when he learns that Travis has evolved from his previous self. Travis also said that theirs a place in Espanola where a resistance group lives. Eventually, Frenchie hears a suprising sound and sees Travis and Lincoln holding gunpoint to the family. Lincoln, runs and chokes RiRi and races away with her. Frenchie follows Lincoln, Miig, and Rose, and discovers that Lincoln and RiRi fell off the edge of a tall cliff. He runs back to the clearing and shoots Travis.
Event #2
Rising Action
Event #3
Event #3 - After Miig decides to listen to Travis and head to the resistance group, he faces sad events as time passes. Miig told Frenchie about some things about Isaac's marrow. He said that he returned to the school and held a driver at gunpoint until he told Miig that harvesting marrow kills the victims. Miig discovered that the back of the truck was filled with labeled vials. He took the one containing Isaac’s marrow, killed the driver. After Miig explains his experience at the schools, the family reaches a barn and spend the night there. In the middle of the night, Recruiters find and take Minerva as she knew they were coming. Frenchie declares that they should go south to Espanola, find the resistance group, and rescue Minerva.
Climax
Climax - Minerva dies during the attempt to rescue her
Climax
Father Carole and the others were planning on how to rescue Minerva when they received the news. Minerva was alive and didn't have her dream taken. They said that she discovered the key to escape their dream catching device. The plan was to wait for the convoy and shoot out the tires. Then they would disable the drivers or allow them run into the woods, where they would tie them up. They waited for an hour until the cavalry arrived. Then would take Minerva, and join the main camp, leading them straight to North. Although the ending of this plan didn't really work out. They were able to tie up the recruiters and hide their identity. When they went to tie up the driver he got his weapon and shot Minerva. The driver knew that Minerva had the key for not letting the recruiters to steal the marrow in their bones. The driver shot her so that this key doesn't spread and so they can’t use it. Everyone is in tears after seeing Minerva dead. Her last words were, "go home."
Falling Action
Event #1 - After Minerva lived her last breath, the group was in tears. They buried her body with Rose and Frenchie's curls buried too. Then the group runs for ten days.
Falling
Action
Falling Action
Event #2
Event #2 - The council believed that if something were to happen, no one would be able to teach their language and stories to the youth. As a result, the council created a youth council with all the languages and syllabics they learned.
Falling Action
Event #3
Event #3 - The next day, Rose decides to leave the group. She couldn't handle any of the issues to she left. Frenchie hides so he doesn't have to say goodbye He felt he should stay with his dad's he found because he would be happy. Frenchie goes after Rose, after his father gave him permission too. Frenchie finds Rose waiting for him. Before Frenchie and Rose can kiss, they are distracted by Derrick running by, and they come across a group of two Guyanese women, one obviously Cree man, and two pale men.
Resolution
Although the main resolution wasn't solved their were some other problems that were solved. Isaac and Miig reunite and that as long as there's dreamers left, they will never be a want for dreams.
Character - Francis
Effect On Others
Descrption
Characterization
Francis is sixteen year old Metis boy who is the protagonist in the story. Many people call him Frenchie instead of Francis. In the story, Frenchie lost his dad, mom and older brother Mitch when he was eleven. Frenchie has been traveling with his new family for 5 years as one of the leaders in the group. He has the longest braid in the group and prefers hunting with a rifle. Frenchie wears burnt cloths, and is slim but strong.
Frenchie plays the role of an older brother to RiRi and is a girlfriend to Rose. Both Rose and RiRi trust and believe that he is capable enough to protect the group from recruiters. Frenchie brings food to the family by hunting meats. Frenchie keeps his promises and never lets other people know without permission. Frenchie is also intrusted by the group as he is one of the leaders in the group along with Miig and Chi-Boy.
Character - Rose
Effect On Others
Description
Rose is a teenager about Frenchie's age who joins Miigs group mid-way their journey. To Frenchie, Rose is extremely beautiful, with curly brown hair, big eyes and a big simile. Although Rose can get angry and defensive, at hurt, she can be a life changer. Rose was raised by grandmother, then by her grandmother's brother, before coming to Miig. She knows a bit of Cree after Minerva taught her, and she's a competent hunter. She preferred to be a homesteader than a hunter.
Rose
Rose brings out her boyfriends identity and tells Frenchie encouraging words as thee protector of the family. Near the end of the story, Derrick, takes a liking to Rose and makes a point of being rude to Frenchie in order to impress her. Though Rose accepts some of Derrick's advances, she remains loyal to Frenchie and demands better treatment from him when he is mean to her out of jealousy. Rose can be emotional sometimes when she is told rude words. Rose makes Minerva happen while they were living together by letting Minerva teach her Cree as that was her dream, to teach. She also plays the role of big sister to RiRi while she was with them.
Charcter - Miig
Description
Effect On Others
In the story, Miig plays the role of a new father for a group of Indigenous people who have the same goals. He's described to be a middle-aged Anishanbee man who speaks in Cree and has some past experience for hunting. Although he speaks Cree, he's unable to read syllabics. Miig represents as one of leaders in the group and a teacher for the eight of them. Miig has been taken to the schools but, managed to escape. In the beginning of the story, Miig is one who is strong and knows how to calm their ambitions but near the end, Miig is told by the family that he is weak and cowardly an old man.
Miig
Near the end of the story, Miig was able to pass on information about his past experience in the residential schools. Miig and his husband, Isaac were able to find out what the recruiters had in plan to claim dreams. Miig is a teacher to eight, and has taught them about how the lost their home, "Story." Miig has effected many people near the end of the story. When frenchie asked to come with him to find other indigenous people, he said no, and the group really wanted him. Frenchie and the others believed that they needed him at times and that some of his words made them feel sad. Frenchie and Miig were discussing about finding Minerva and he said only you will be able to do it.
Character - RiRi
Effect On Others
Description
RiRi
RiRi is a seven year old girl who was raised by Miig for the most of her life. When she was a baby, the recruiters took her mother and give RiRi to Miig so that she was hurt. RiRi is happy, and sometimes sassy. As RiRi grows, she becomes more independent and doesn't sleep with Minerva anymore. After hearing Wab's coming-to story, she has been scared and afraid to do anything since. Her short life ends, after being taken by indigenous double agents, Travis and Lincoln, and feel of a cliff.
RiRi has certainly inspired many people to grow and say,"You can do It!" Although she hasn't said it, she sure does show it. RiRi becomes independent and doesn't need to sleep with Minerva. At the same time, she can also bring worrisome to the family. After hearing Wab's coming-to story, she becomes and afraid and explains that the Pink boot she found could have been a girls boot who was taken by Recruiters.
After her death, Frenchie is motivated and determined to lead the group south to the resistance fighters.
Setting - North America, Canada
The North - Frenchie and many other groups are headed North believeing that the governors have not taken any sources for basic need far north
Seasons - Spring time(April) flus and new coughs
Four Winds Resort -An abandonded resort when dreams started todie their. Everyone settles in their own room, and soon sleep in the same room. RiRi is told about the story and Frenchie and Rose express their feelings to each other. Wab's coming-to story was also told
Setting
Residential Schools - Schools that hold captive of indigenous people where they would steal their dreams from the marrow in their bones. Recruiters bring the indigenous people their.
Area/Land Location - Northern Metropolis, Southern Township, The Capital
Held in Future - The story is held in the future between the years 2040 to 2060.
Forest - Damp forests, very green, resources and basic needs can easily be found, tall trees, semi-open land, etc.
Broken Earth, The Great Lakes
Main Confict
The main conflcit in the story is the recruiters trying to take the indigenous people for their dreams and the Indigenous people (Frenchie and the family) attempt to evade. The conflict arose when the government began to start taking waters from lakes and polluting their homes except for far North. The indigenous people need to move far North for a home.
Conflict
Person vs Nature - the damage caused by humans to the planet is disturbing their escape.
Person vs Supernature - the dreams are helping them stay true to themselves.
Person vs Society - Frenchie had to watch the government destroy his family.
Person vs Person - the Governors' Committee was going against Miig.
Person vs Self - He felt bad and regretted his decision after it was done, and began fighting himself over it.
Themes
Theme
Family: Frenchie meets Miig and he joins his group. He considered them as his family even if they are not related by blood. Near the end, Frenchie reunites with his blood related dad.
Survival: Frenchie and his group are trying their best to survive and help one another. The sacrifice their lives to escape from the recruiters and their dream taking inventions.
Trust: There needs to be trust in order for people to develop bonds. In the book, there were people who could be trusted and others who couldn't. The family trusted each other but, people like Travis and Lincoln were hard to be trusted.
Love: Frenchie became very close to the people he was with and developed many relationships. His role as a big sister for RiRi and a boyfriend for Rose.
Message and Lesson
Lesson
The message/lesson to be learned is that you can always do anything in your ability to get something but at the end, your ruining other people's ability and privileges. "You can't always receive what you want" "Don't take away something that can't be repaired" "Your responsibility is the reason you misbehave
Literary Devices
Name of LD
Define
Example
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things, using "like" or "as"
“I held my twiggy walking stick like a sceptre, chin tilted towards the ashy sky.”
“It was like he was a hundred years old.”
“Snow fell in a light dusting now. It looked like glitter scraped from the underside of clouds…”
LD/Quote
Simile
Simile
Simile
Metaphor
Metaphor
“I felt my throat tighten to a pinhole.”
“It is often necessary to break up a larger group to achieve a goal, especially since a lone shadow can get into more spots without notice than a larger group.”
A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common
Quotes #1
"He'd lost someone he'd built a life with right in the middle of that life. Suddenly, I realized that there was something worse than running, worse even than the schools. There was loss."
Relevence and significance
Quotes
This quotes relates to the possestions the indigenous people had once owned, but not the Recruiters now have. This quotes shows that many people have scarficed their possesions to stop this from happening. The emotions of losing a loved one can hurt alot.
Quote #2
"It was painful, but I didn't really mind. The more I described my brother, my parents, our makeshift community before Dad left with the Council, the more I remembered, like the way my uncle jigged to heavy metal. Instead of dreaming their tragic forms, I recreated them as living, laughing people in the cool red confines of RiRi's tent as she drifted off."
Quotes #2
Relevance and significance
This quote relates to when you lost one of your possesions like, your favourite toy, sometimes its hard to forget about it and your emotions can change. Frenchie imagined his family was still alive so that he wouldn't have to face the pain. Sometimes its hard to let go of things. This is related to the story in many ways. Firstly, this quote shows how Frenchie doesn't want to go through hard times. Secondly, Frenchie is imagining this to happen so he could move on in life and makes sure that he isn't left behind or slowed down.
Quote #3
"Soon, they needed too many bodies, and they turned to history to show them how to best keep us warehoused, how to best position the culling. That's when the new residential schools started growing up from the dirt like poisonous brick mushrooms."
Quotes #3
Relevance and significance
This quotes relates to how many people look at the past and history, and use it. At the end, it is the history since their was a disfuction or something was working. The part in the quote where it states, "...schools started growing up from the dirt like poisonous brick mushrooms," shows that not everything from their history was good. In this case, this shows that history can be mischeiveous and can make life-changing actions.
Quote #4
The schools were an ever-spreading network from the south stretching northward, on our heels like a bushfire. Always north. To what end? Now we'd lost RiRi. Now I'd shot a man. Would I even be welcome in the North? I couldn't even protect a little girl.
Relevence and significance
Quotes #4
This quotes relates to the resentment of how Frenchie wasn't able to protect a little girl. Frenchie can't be sure to make a decision because of his past experiences. Frenchie isn't thinking so positive. This inspires me to continue what i'm doing and don't stop because in this case, Frenchie thinks what he is doing is wrong, but that was all he was capable at the time. He wasn't a well-skilled bodyguard. Things may go wrong but you need to know how much effort you have put to be successful.
Quote #5
"I took off running, away from camp, the Council, my family: running toward Rose, who was somewhere beyond the birch-beaded edge of the woods, running towards an idea of home that I wasn't willing to lose, not even if it meant running away from the family I had already found."
Relevence and significance
Quotes #5
This quotes relates to how Frenchie wasn't sure what he was doing because he had mixed emotions. He was feeling guilty for saying those words to Rose, and he is feeling sad because he is leaving is dad. He was basicallt confused. He wasn't sure what to do and all he thought about was forgivness like, begging someone to accept your apology. Therefore, he ran to Rose leaving his family becaus felt he didn't have a choice to stay with BOTH the family and Rose.
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