This made me a better Indian, after all.” (Dimaline, 190) By “better Indian” he means more culturally connected. Moving onto the second literary device that was mentioned, imagery. The most obvious example of this being what the character named Miigwans calls ‘story’ in which he shares events of tragedies that happened even before the world ended. Miigwans gave his group an image of what life looked like before and after, and he does the same with the reader. Something he’s said before, “There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages—but we sang our songs and brought them to the streets and into the classrooms.” (Dimaline, 24) Giving both the reader and characters an image of what life may have looked like during those times. The last obvious example of imagery that is seen in The Marrow Thieves is when Miigwan’s group finds the larger group, the group that has the council and Frenchie’s dad. They have sort of a celebration, with drumming, dancing, etc, traditions like that. That would be symbolism because in the midst of the chaos in the world, in the midst of culture being ripped
This made me a better Indian, after all.” (Dimaline, 190) By “better Indian” he means more culturally connected. Moving onto the second literary device that was mentioned, imagery. The most obvious example of this being what the character named Miigwans calls ‘story’ in which he shares events of tragedies that happened even before the world ended. Miigwans gave his group an image of what life looked like before and after, and he does the same with the reader. Something he’s said before, “There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages—but we sang our songs and brought them to the streets and into the classrooms.” (Dimaline, 24) Giving both the reader and characters an image of what life may have looked like during those times. The last obvious example of imagery that is seen in The Marrow Thieves is when Miigwan’s group finds the larger group, the group that has the council and Frenchie’s dad. They have sort of a celebration, with drumming, dancing, etc, traditions like that. That would be symbolism because in the midst of the chaos in the world, in the midst of culture being ripped