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Family is the only vital factor that will keep you alive in this…
Family is the only vital factor that will keep you
alive in this apocalyptic world
Miig adopts Frenchie into his family.
"I'm Miigwans and this is my family."PG 16
all of the people in this family have had traumatic experiences, some because they were separated from their blood-related families and others the way they were treated.
"Tree and Zheegwon, they were held by a colony townspeople who tried different ways to extract their dreams, figuring they'd found some kinda personal reservoir with Indian twins. We found them tied up in a barn, dangling like scarescows from a rope thrown over a beam."
Wab was rapped when she was just a child. She was trying to provide food for herself in a little business she created.
PG 85-86
Mitch gets himself get caught as a bait inorder to let frenchie escape.
"Both Riri and Slopper first came to us with a parent each. Both of them lost to the schools later on" PG 98
"He'd lost someone he'd built a life with right in the middle that life."
Miig and his husband Isaac were betrayed by other Indians after they offered them to sleep in their house for the night. Isaac gets caught and Miig luckily manages to escape.
"Minerva was feeding her gradson when the recruiters busted into her home. They took the baby, raped her, and left her for dead." PG 98
Miig becomes a father figure in Frenchie's life as well as the other character's lives, he educates them about their history and culture and also survival skills. Survival skills such as hunting, finding shelter, etc.
Frenchie has grown really attached to this new family and he is willing to sacrifice himself for them
"I pulled the trigger and the wind stopped blowing." Frenchie knows that it is not allowed to kill someone in his culture but he does it because he was full of rage and kills Travis without hesitation.
"I said no. I'm not going north. I am going after Minerva" A week later, after Recruiters take Minerva, Frenchie insists that he has a responsibility to go after her and save her from the residential school. Even though there is a high chance of getting caught in this process, he ignores it and makes the decision without thinking of the consequence of it.
"Before Miig could strat his run before I could lose my nerve, I reached out and took two chain links in my fingers" Frenchie's choice to touch the fence shows that he thinks Miig is more important than him and his loss would be a great impact to the group
The family feels safe around each other and take care of each other. They manage to be positive in these hard times
"I pictured Riri's face, sad because of an empty belly. that made me ashamed." Pg 50 Frenchie feeling ashamed since he didn't bring food shows how dedicated and committed he is to this family. He feels that its his responsibility to feed them and protect them
I open my eyes and see Minerva sitting in one of those chairs in front of the fire place in my room. Tree and Zheegwon lying perpendicular on the comforter. Rose, slopper and Riri all sleeping in my bed. Miig sleeping on the floor and Wab and Chi-boy as well. Pg. 74
Even though the house has plenty of room to sleep in, they ended up sleeping in one room because they draw safety and comfort from each other.
"Sick makes her nervous," Zheegwon told me. "She lost a baby one year to the sick." "I did see a panic in Minerva's eyes the next time she stopped to scoop think medicine into us." PG 93
Minervas takes care of the kids as if they were her own.
Even though they are in the middle of the run, they always managed to spread joy and positive energy. For example, when Riri finds the pair of pink boots, she thought they were made out of candy. Her being an infant and not knowing what candy is, she licks the boots and she regrets it after. It was sad that she discovered it wasn't candy but that was a humourous thing to do and it created smiles.
Throughout their journey, not only did they form a family but they also found thier significant other
"there was a creak and click and my door was shut." "She climbed onto the bed, and I moved over a bit to give her space" PG70
Rose and Frenchie hve feeling for each other and they become a couple in the end of the novel.
"Wab was expecting a baby" PG 213. Wab and Chi-boy end up together as well and Wab is preganat with Chi-boy's baby.