Friday, February 8, 2013
Currently, we've been introduced to few characters via flashbacks. Niska, Xavier, and Elijah, three aboriginal people, and McCaan, Grey Eyes, and Fat, soldiers who fought alongside Xavier and Elijah in the war. Currently, we are introduced to two very different cultural groups. Perhaps their differences may conflict later in their recap of the war. The story moves from different point of views, beginning with Niska, and currently through the eyes and memory of Xavier. In the real world, Xavier is suffering from a morphine addiction. However, in his story, the main conflict is their surviving of the war.
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The different points of views, I feel, give more of an impact on how the story is told. It personalizes the catastrophe that occurs in the timeline and makes it easier for the reader to "be" there.
ReplyDeleteI find it true that the war also bring various different ethnicity together. Canadians fought alongside England, who fought alongside the French, who fought alongside the United States. Many people of different backgrounds and origin was pulled into the horrors of WWI. Even though they may not have much in common, they can relate to one another through the war and their experiences of it.