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THE MARROW THIEVES
A novel written by Cherie…
THE MARROW THIEVES A novel written by Cherie Dimaline 
Important Characters
Frenchie
Frenchie is a 16 years old indigenous boy who is searching answers to his interrogations about what happened to his parents and his brother when they where taken by the recruiters.He is pretty though and determined throughout his traveling experience and has a sense of family. He acts like the big brother to Riri because he has a lot of influence on her. He will eventually fall in love with Rose. Even by him being pretty young, he still tries to take his place and participate in the making of taking decisions. He is the main character of the book.
Miigwans
His nickname is Miig. He is a middle-aged, growned up men and he plays the role of the leader of the group, but he still remains very mysterious and secret, because he will not talk about his feelings or go in depth of his own past. Miigwans tells little bits of Story, the historical events the indigenous nation went trough. He talked about his passed away boyfriend, Isaac.
Minerva
Minerva is the elder women of the group. Even though Frenchie thinks she s not important member of the group, he soon realized she is a good person and teaches the Cri language to others. She will eventually die from sacrificing herself to the recruiters, by burning down a residential school and turning the recruiters attention to her. She also would've been a hurdle to the group because she is so old.
Chi-Boy
He is a quiet 17 years old teenager, living in Frenchie's group.He is tall and skinny and he has a big crush on Wab. Frenchie aspire to be him, to recreate his skills and his maturity.
Wab
She is an 18 years old women with a horrible past. She has a big scar in her face. Her childhood constituted of sexual abuse and financial difficulties . She later started a business and passed notes around her city after every other way of communicating was cut. A man stopped her business by cutting Wab's face and then keeping her locked in a broken freezer where men raped her for two days.She is really traumatised and scared to tie herself with someone. She has trust issues.
RiRi
She may be a 7 years old girl, but her attitude and desire of Independence is like a teenager. She went into the group when she was a baby, and the recruiters took her mom.After begging to hear Story, she finally heard it, but it didn't affected her positively. She died not long after, by a traitor that felt with her and died.She was Frenchie's favorite sibling.
Rose
She is around 16 years old, and when she arrives in the group, Frenchie and her start developing a special relationship where the two teenage complete each other very well.
Themes
Equality
This story addresses the topic of racism. This issue is still something that our society suffers from. The people from different races are treated differently like the indigenous are in this novel. They were treated like animals and this is not okay. We should have more equality in our present system, so as the system of the book, in wich the indigenous are chased for their marrow. We should appreciate more the differences and be happy for each other.
Indigenous people
This novel is the story of indigenous people being chased, kidnapped and targeted for their bone marrow. Migs is an elder who told everyone about the indigenous past and he called that Story. We also learn more about their difficult past and how they survived racism, oppression and how they survived residential schools. The writer wanted to reflect on the way Europeans treated them and how they completely stole their culture. She also wants for indigenous people to be proud to be who they really are.
Family
The group formed in this novel is as tight as a family. All those children and adults have been disconnected from their biological family. They have, all of them have had something traumatizing happen to them and they all connect because of that. This group is the best family they'll ever have.
Climate change
This story takes place in the depths of the climate change. We are currently living in a destructing way for the planet. Our environment is slowly degrading because of us, the humans. This book addresses our current environmental situation by showing what our future could possibly look like if we don't make something about it. It shows that because of the humans, it will eventually be the end of the world, and our chances of living our contaminated world are really small.
setting
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When: This story takes place in the future, but it is not specified the exact year. It is based on our current issues like climate change but with a devastated society.
Where: This novel is written in a deteriorating and dystopian society. We assume it may take place in a city and into the nature surrounding it. Their environment became completely different from us from all the pollution the humans created. The nature changed completely. There is giant animals and insects, for example in the beginning we encounter a giant guinea pig. The species mutated to be able to survive the horrible conditions they were put through. The buildings are abandoned and destroyed, and the lack of food and water is shocking. This environment isn't suitable for the human race to live in.