Characterization
“ I’m not going north… I’m going after Minerva” (Dimaline 153).
why is this a change in character for Frenchie?
This is a change in character for Frenchie because he always wanted to go north because his family had sacrificed so much for him to live and now he needed to survive. Frenchie is characterized at the beginning as this kid that needs to survive because he feels like his family has offered way too much for him just to die, now he doesn’t feel like going north isn’t worth it anymore.
What did Rose and Frenchie find behind the bush?
Water and Rose saw a fish.
“I fell into dreamless sleep with a throb and a pull in my body” (Dimaline 139)
Frenchie
“ We walked for almost an hour, just listening, enjoying being close to each other without the distraction of the others, and the reminder that we were so much less than before” (Dimaline 156).
Who is Frenchie walking with?
Rose
What object do the twins share?
A cap
“ Sometimes you risk everything for a life worth living, even if you’re not the one that’ll be alive to live it” (Dimaline 152).
Why is it out of character for Chi- Boy to say this?
He is usually just the scout, quiet without being noticed by others. This is out of character because we don’t hear him speak as much. He’s more focused on the survival of his family.
Minerva takes down the ladder from the barn because…
She knew Recruiters were coming and wanted to keep the others safe.
“As long as the intent is good, nothing else matters. Not in these days, son” (Dimaline 145)
Miig
“ I wanted to catch her, and I wanted to watch her flee. I could find no satisfaction in my intentions; they were too tiny for the wholeness of her and who I was with her” (Dimaline 157).
Who is Frenchie talking about?
Rose and how much he loves her.
What was the name of Miig’s husband?
Isaac
“… took that one. She unfolded it halfway to tuck RiRi’s soft blankie inside and then folded it back over, her grief inside grief like the blankets themselves.” (Dimaline 152).
Who is this quote talking about? Why is this a change in character?
Wab has always been the strong fighter of the group, she doesn’t let the others see how things affect her, however, when RiRi dies and Minerva gets taken, Wab feels grief, grief that the others can see. This is a changing character because she’s not acting strong, she’s letting herself feel. She had to face herself and it made her more fragile.
Where was the group when they were found by the recruiters?
A barn
“ I had to keep a sharp eye. Couldn’t lose another one of us” (Dimaline 147)
Frenchie
“ I felt for … and pulled her close to me and she saw my own tears cut up in the thick web of her braid”
Who is Frenchie talking about and why?
He’s talking about Rose and he’s talking about her because he loves her. He wants her to be safe. He wants to be her safe place.
What band did Frenchie’s uncle play in the memory?
Pearl Jam.
“ I didn’t think. I didn’t consider. I walked back to the driver and started shooting. It wasn’t even his fault” (Dimaline 144).
Why is this a change in character for Miig?
The Miig the group knows is a calm, rational, caring man, however, in this case he lets his emotions and his rage take control of his actions. Something that isn’t typical of him.
Why wouldn’t Minerva go up with the rest of the group?
She wouldn’t go up with the rest of the group because she had been irrational since RiRi died. Perhaps this pain of losing another kid was for too much for her, she gave up, she knew the recruiters were coming, and she didn’t want to fight anymore.
“It‘s much better to freeze and bleed a free man” (Dimaline 140).
Miig
“ I took my baggage and unloaded RiRi’s off the top of hers to add to my own” (Dimaline 148).
Why do they hold on to RiRi’s stuff?
Emotional baggage.
RiRi’s physical body is gone, but holding on to her stuff makes them feel like she’s still “there”.
Who finds the soft hay in the barn?
Zheegwon
“ It was like a color had seized to exist, and now the world seemed dull” (Dimaline 139).
Why is this a change in character?
Everything changes after RiRi dies. This major change affected Frenchie by depressing him. Instead of being a kid would try to fool around with his new family, he was now a depressed teen, with no reason to keep moving forward.
Why did Frenchie’s uncle like him more than Mitch?
“ Mitch was old enough to be loud, so uncle preferred my company” (Dimaline 158).
“ I followed her to the smell of water, ecstatic, almost cried with Hope and the small bundle that was built to fire in my chest” (Dimaline 157).
Why is this discovery so important?
Finding water was important to the group because they thought that all water had dried out when the war started, and water meant life, if they found water they would survive.
“ Maybe he felt something in the tree that I didn’t” (Dimaline 155).
How is this an example of a relationship in the book?
Relationships with a natural world that surrounds them is still important to the group into the story. This shows the connection that they have with nature, and since they have been on the run and tried to hide who they are, not a lot of them have it.
How did Miig know “they” made it home?
It rained heavily