The Marrow Thieves Chpts 1 4 Flashcards
Frenchie (Francis)
the youngest in his family, on his own at 10 before he was picked up. Arguably the protagonist in the novel
Miigwan
Tells story and is the oldest male in the group.
Recruiters
Government officials that take the first nation people. They wear high socks.
Mitch
Older brother who was caught in the tree house and sacrificed himself for Frenchie
Minerva and Miig
Only 2 adults in the group
Chi-boy
Tall, 17, oldest boy, came from the west from Cree lands, Minervas protector,
Tree and Zheegwon
twins, switch hats
Slopper
9 yrs old, family came from the East Coast, heard story at too young of an age
RiRi
came from Metis community, youngest curious smart, loves Frenchie as a brother
Wab
18, has a scar that nearly splits her face in two
Anishnaabe People
lived on the land for thousands of years. a group of culturally related Indigenous Peoples in Canada and the United States that include the Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oji-Cree, Mississaugas, Chippewa, and Algonquin peoples.
Story
sometimes about one area, or about hundreds of years in one long narrative blunt without detail, or about treaties
Rose
Confident, aggressive, loud, outspoken, outgoing, tough, rebellious
Water Wars
began the whole problem, waters become polluted, everyone turned on eachother
Cherie Dimaline is
the Author of this novel
Frenchie's traits
Passionate, caring, sensitive, curious
Memory moment
When the author tells you about the past
Contrast and Contradiction
When a character does something that contradicts what you would expect. Does something that isn't like them.
Again and again
When you notice a word, phrase, or situation happening or being mentioned over and over. Could allude to a theme or motif or possibly foreshadowing.
Words of the wiser
When a character, occasionally older and wiser takes the protagonist and offers advice.
AHA! Moment
When a character realizes, understands somethings or finally figures something out.
Tough Question
When a CHARACTER asks herself a very difficult question.
Nishin
means good
Homesteaders
A group that learns to pack up the camp
French and Mitch's mom dissapeared when...
she went looking for more food in the friendship center
The recruiters work for..
Government of Canada: Department of Oneirology
is the scientific study of dreams.
Oneirology
On his lonely journey alone Frenchie screams in frustration and grief at a family of..
mutated guinea pigs
This book is set in the
not so distant future, a world ravaged by pollution, where certain groups are desperate to live so they are killing another group to attempt to do so.
Chapter three is titled
Story part one
coming to stories mean that
a person explains how they were separated from their immediate family.