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Passage No.2: Do ya feel ya belong here in yer life? Do ya life with…
Passage No.2: Do ya feel ya belong here in yer life? Do ya life with honour and intention? Have ya ever contemplated suicide? Sure, I said. Who hasn't? Do ya feel resentful of yer skin? Do colours startle ya? Do ya ever dream of fallin' inside mirrors and findin' ancestors? He rubbed his fingers together in the air and there was a strange breeze that felt like it was a billion years old. I'm only one-eighth. Haha, he said. Haha (Gauthier 35).
Symbolism
"Fallin' inside mirrors"
Mirrors reflect who you are, therefore this quote in this context one's self identity
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Characters
Anne
POV: 1st Person
Makes the story more empathetic towards Anne because the story is written directly from the Anne's mind
White Buffalo
In many Indigenous cultures a White Buffalo has taught that one does not need to struggle to survive. A white buffalo is a sign of hope and an indication of good times in the future
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Is based on a story about a white lady in buckskin taught unity and correspondence to a starving camp of Indians before becoming a white buffalo and disappearing after ending their hunger.
The White Buffalo's goal was to assimilate or unify Anne into her culture to allow Anne to move on and accept her husbands death
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Theme
The theme is of acceptance and growth. In the passage we see the white buffalo get into Anne's head with the use of repetitive phrases for questions
from the information the White Buffalo understands that Anne struggling to accepting her culture and is having trouble letting go of her inner struggles, primarily her husbands death
By encouraging Anne to develop into her culture. Anne has grown to accept her culture, which has helped her let go of her husbands death
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