The Marrow Thieves Chapters 9 13, The Marrow Thieves Chpt 14 17 Flashcards
Story Part 2
Further explains what happened to the world and why they are hunted.
Back into the woods chapter
Miigwans has to make the tough decision to make them leave the Four winds and head back into the bush before they are discovered.
Miigwans' tragic coming to story
a life with Isaac in the woods, meet 3 people who lead the recruiters to them in the middle of the night.
Finding direction chapter is all about
that running isn't as bad as losing someone you love and cherish. Very short chapter
Again and again
When a symbol, incident, conflict or theme anchor keeps showing up, signalling something greater
Isaac was
a kind man, he was a poet, Miigs husband
Mimi is
Miig's nickname that Issac gave him
Foreshadowing of the deception the three strangers were hiding in Miigs coming to...
"I should of guessed then from the softness of the canvas on the backpack, like it was brand new from the store, the way it was only one - layer kind of wet and not soaked through frozen stiff in the snow."-Miig
They grew up from the ground like poisonous brick mushrooms
A Simile to describe the new factories they brought indigenous to extract their marrow from.
Aha Moment! about the three strangers they let into the cabin
When they realized that the ankle was not injured because he was suddenly walking on it!!
One of the three strangers that Issac and Migg came upon in the field pretended to be
Pregnant, in order to gain their sympathies and access into their cottage
Issac and Miig used these to get to the cottage
Quads, off road vehicle used to ride into the cabin
bloodlines
a set of ancestors or line of descent of a person.
Finding Direction chpt-Frenchie had an AHA Moment when he
Realized what he saw in the trees was the government building another school
Abwaad was another Nish word taught by Minerva, it means
Cooking on a fire
AHA Moment/WOW from Frenchie
Suddenly I realized that there was something worse than running, worse even than the school. There was loss. He realized this after he heard Miigs Coming to story
We are learning more about Miig, He has very clear traits like...
Skeptical, careful and plans ahead
Issac was characterized by
his naive nature, giving and kind and creative with words. He was a half breed in terms of his parents, part indigenous and part european
Minerva once lost a ________ to the sick
Baby, they had found and took care of
This could be considered an Again and Again....
The reoccurring cough and sickness that gets passed around to members of the group. It always reminds them of how helpless they are and at the mercy of the elements.
Green eyed half breed poet is
Issac's description in Miigwans coming to story
Binoojiing means
baby in the womb
hospitable means
friendly and welcoming to strangers or guests.
Tagalog is
The language the strangers spoke in when they were discovered in the cabin with Issac and Miigwans, it is Phillipenes
Wooden monsters of the 1800s that ingested the indigenous children like sweet berries
Residential Schools
They made Ri Ri walk instead of being carried more because she
needed to build up her legs for strength
The twins are...
Tree and Zheegwon
What was the "toy" that Ri Ri found
A blue pail with a broken handle with a half a piece of bread wrapped up in plastic.
wiindigo people are a legend....they are...
Cannibals who are cursed
What turns to mush and disintegrates because of the wet environment, you can't keep them for long
Books
The next chapter
The other indians
What is the small act of care that Tree and Zheegwon do in order to show affection for each other
The share a baseball cap back and forth
Travis & Lincoln are
The two Indigenous in the bush that are lazy, messy and litter everywhere
Wab & Travis
Have history together from the past..Travis was the Indian who led her to that terrible situation
Espanola is
small town, hub of the north for supplies
Pink Rubber Boots were symbols of
RiRi's bright personality
Contrast and Contradiction in "The way it all changed" for French. he......
couldn't kill a moose while it would have supplied food. French killed the guy out of anger.
French loses his mind after the death of Ri Ri and
Kills Travis
Minerva after Ri Ri's death is
is catatonic or cries profusely...
RiRi dies after she
Allegedly falls off a cliff
Miig has a "Contrast and Contradiction" in terms of his personality when he
decides to camp out with the "other Indians"
Better to die a free person than live under oppression is the same idea as...
It's much better to freeze and bleed a free man.
Word of the Wiser from Miig to help French feel better after he murders Travis
Sometimes you do things you wouldn't do in another time and place. Sometimes the path in front of you alters. Sometimes it goes through some pretty dark territory. Just make sure it doesn't change the intent of the trip.
They relate the harvesting of the Indigenous to
being served up like a club sandwich to the dreamless.
Key Event Chapter "The Long Stumble"
Miig calls French up to front of the line. This signifies that French is a leader as well as Miig
Aha Moment! from the group after they took Minerva...
Understanding that she'd sacrificed herself and allowed them to remain hidden.
Words of The Wiser "Rogarou Comes Hunting" pg. 152
Sometimes you risk everything for a life worth living, even if you're not the one that'll be alive to live it.
Chapter 14 is called
The Other Indians
The Rogarou turns out to be
The recruiters
Where was the group hidden in Rogarou comes hunting...
The loft of a barn
In "The other indians" Lincoln was doing this around the fire
Carving a stick
At the end of the "other Indians", the girls turn their back on Lincoln as a demonstration of
disrespect
When Miig hijacked the truck he discovered it was transporting...
test tubes of dream solution, the marrow of the indigenous
What did Miig do to the truck driver
Fatally wounded him and left him for dead.
The author of the novel is
Cherie Dimaline
The world in this novel has nearly been destroyed by
global warming and then climate change
They folded Minerva's blanket with Ri ri's and it symbolized...
Grief folded over grief
Minerva was hoarding and saving...
Can lids, it was kinda sad because they could of been a risk if they clanged together. In a world where you had to be silent you still risked everything for past hobbies
French at the last minute announces to the group the he plans on...
going after Minerva...
They stored the test tubes of dream liquid in
Viles in crates
A moment of foreshadowing from the Rogarou comes hunting was when Minerva ....
stubbornly refused to climb up into the loft and makes a bed on the floor of the barn.
How many recruiters were there to capture Minerva?
3 and they had diabolical mustaches!!