The Marrow Thieves Chapter 18 Flashcards
Chapter "On The Road" Tough Question from Frenchie
What if i was leading us to our deaths? What if we were walking into a place full of more trickster Indians? What if there were no Indians at all?
Chapter "On the Road" Memory moment
There were sounds now that came from a memory of my Uncle. My uncle and his old stereo and his army of battered CD'S lined up on the kitchen counter, two stacks of cooking pots as bookends
A Key moment between French and Rose
And I kissed her and I kissed her and I didn't stop. I had no way knowing things would shift again, that I wasn't as alone as I thought after all.
Syllabics
indigenous written language
Contrast and Contradiction for Frenchie in the chapter "Found"
Frenchie had spent 5 1/2 years to live and they were going thru the cave and he was ready to face his death need be.
A key event in the Chapter "Found"
Frenchie found his dad in the lodge
Minerva's song of memory
Burnt down the school
Frenchie's dad
Council member missing the bottom of his right leg
Frenchie's mom's birthday
03/15/2027
Frenchie's family
Tree + Zheegwon + Rose + Slopper + Wab + Chi-Boi + Miggwans
the Key
indigenous language that can be used to defeat the Recruiters
Terror is an odd bedfellow
Terror has been with them everywhere they went for as long as they can remember
Question: Who is Frenchie?
Frenchie's internal struggle upon finding his father to understand where he belongs and who he is
Buffalo
the tattoo on Migg's and Issac's hands
Derrick
Clarence's nephew whom Frenchie dislikes
the importance of community
one of the central themes of the novel
An "Aha Moment" from the chapter "Circle"
Frenchie's realization that part of his ennui is due to the resentment he feels towards his father and the role he played in how Frenchie's childhood panned out.
Healing the land
the first step towards healing the indigenous people and everything else.
leg wrestling
the indigenous game Derrick and his friends were playing
Memory moment from the Chapter "Word Arrives in Black"
Jean recalling when he ran away from home, how lost and vulnerable he was. How he found home by meeting Frenchie's mom.
Frechie's immature moment
Frenchie taking out his frustration and jealousy on Rose
What Frenchie will regret for the rest of his life
"What, and leave your new boyfriend, Derrick behind? Whatever. Don't expect me to chase after you?
Medicine
All consuming, deep, fresh, new love.
Astum!
come here!
Father Carole
the Councils "man on the inside," a priest who is a school official
armed forces and drones
used to take out the resisting Cree out on the prairies
Migg's pouch
what Migg gives Frenchie for safe keeping because he cannot allow his heart to go back to the schools
Minerva
The weapon that could bring down the Recruiters and schools
General
the member of the rescue party shot in the shoulder while saving Minerva
Kiiwen
you must always go home
the traveling song
The final song sung by Minerva with her dying breath.
Cutting hair
Rose and Frenchie's way of showing honour and respect for Minerva
Youth Council
the youth tasked with learning and preserving the language and knowledge of the indigenous people
Chapter "Kiiwen" Tough Question for Frenchie
Should he stay in his new home with his father where there is so much for him to learn, or follow his heart and go back into the woods with Rose
Chapter "Kiiwen" Words of the Wiser
"Running only works if you're running towards something, not away. Otherwise you'll never get anywhere."
Chapter "Locks mean nothing to ghosts" Words of the Wiser
"it's better to ask for forgiveness later than bury a friend, or worse"
Sudbury, On
Where the two Guyanese nurses worked and witnessed the treatment of the "volunteer studies"
Anything and Everything
What would you do for the dream?