Comparing Lightfinder And Tomson Highway's Kiss Of The Fur Queen

As a father, Jeremiah has his strengths and weaknesses. He attempts to take care of three children all by himself and he is trying his best. Furthermore, he gives them faith and never brings any of the children down. Furthermore, he loves them for who they are. He lets them be their own person and does not try to change or alter them in any way.

Jeremiah is a symbol of caring and kindness and regularly throughout the novel he puts the desires of others above his own. Throughout the story, Reuben vividly exclaims how he doesn’t understand some of the actions his father chooses to enact, Rob Cline claims that “[Reuben] struggles to understand the purpose or fairness of some of Jeremiahs deeds”, the reason for this is Jeremiah’s attempts to teach Reuben how important the value of kindness is, and that sometimes you have to place the wellbeing of others above your own needs (1). However none of these lessons are as significant as when Jeremiah chooses to sacrifice his life for his son. After Reuben and Jeremiah are gravely injured, they both meet in a euphoric place between Heaven and Earth. In their supernatural glade of paradise, Jeremiah and Reuben run together along a river before arriving at the entrance to a city in the sun. It is here that Jeremiah commits his defining act, a heroic transaction to save his son, and takes Reuben’s place in death. Days after the event has passed, Dr. Nokes reveals to Reuben the truth, he states, “Your father should not have died, Reuben.... No organs were damaged. Blood vessels, yes. But he actually shouldn’t have died” and furthermore Reuben finds out that he “shouldn’t have lived” (Enger 307). Throughout the novel Jeremiah is a truly wonderful father for both children, and often refers that he would

In the book, The Glass Castle, the Walls encounter many interior and exterior conflicts. The children learned how to fend for themselves because their parents were not suitable for that job. Jeannette and Brian, two of the Walls children, took responsibility for themselves and their siblings. Jeannette retold this true story from her point of view. The characters struggles did not end in one place. The Walls were constantly on the move because their living situations were always temporary. They switched from their car to a family house in Welch. Once the kids became older, some of them decided to move to New York City to skyrocket their careers. Weaved into all of this chaos, were a few underlying themes. The reader was taken on the children's journey and witnessed them blossom. They had to mature quickly because their parents stripped them from their childhood. This was difficult and a lot of pressure for these young kids. They had to persevere which in turn made them stronger individuals. The rich characters, surplus of settings, and easily comprehensible themes made this a successful novel.

From the tone of Mick’s voice, the alcohol acts a sedative to numb the pain from his past. This motive for drinking is also evident through Lisa’s brother, Jimmy, after he loses both his girlfriend, Adelaine, and his goal in becoming an Olympic swimmer. The legacy of residential school is also manifested in Trudy and Tab’s mother-daughter relationship. Tab becomes the victim of her mother’s psychological and emotional upheaval that is a result from her childhood. In the grip of alcohol, Trudy often mistreats Tab. Removed from a family environment and placed in a reformation school, individuals return not only emotionally and psychologically scarred, but also unable to reestablish their own functional family. Tab confesses to Lisa that she wishes she had a mother like hers, saying, “You’re lucky. You’re really lucky that your dad was too young to go to rez school. [...] Just Mick and my mum went and it fucked them up” (Robinson 254). Trudy’s sister Kate also notes that Trudy “thinks Mother’s dirt, while she goes out and parties and treats Tab worse than what she blames Mother for” (Robinson 285).

Jeremiah did nothing but simply left things in God’s hands. He allowed Holgren to make a fool out of himself and surprisingly, he healed Holgren’s face from those unsightly sores.

Jeremiah did nothing but simply left things in God's hands. He allowed Holgren to make a fool out of himself and surprisingly, he healed Holgren's face from those unsightly sores.

In Kiss of the Fur Queen, the story begins with forty-three year old Cree hunter Abraham Okimasis winning the "1951 Millington Cup World Championship Dog Derby." (6) The victory is seen to have a significant effect on the Cree hunter's Native identity, as he becomes the first-ever Indian to succeed in the Derby. As time goes by, Abraham becomes the father of two sons, Jeremiah and Gabriel. When the Cree brothers leave their small northern Manitoba village and enter the hostile environment of a residential school, their lives take a turn for the worse. Estranged from their Native culture, Jeremiah and Gabriel are forced to assimilate into the predominately white Canadian society. During their stay at the residential school, the brothers

Jeremiah's intervention is observed when he insists, “breathe ….breathe! …. Reuben Land, in the name of the living God I am telling you to breathe” (Enger, p. 3). Jeremiah ordered his son to breathe, even though twelve minutes had passed since he was dead; however, when he orders Reuben to come back to life, he says that in the name of God he must resuscitate. Reuben was not destined to live, and because his father's choice went against what was supposed to happen, Reuben must live an asthmatic life that limits what he is able to do. Ultimately, Enger portrays how all decisions have consequences, and many times the results will not be the expected ones.

Cree novelist and playwright, Tomson Highway, carefully crafts the opening of his novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen by inciting a sense of urgency, suspense, and hope. Highway portrays Okimasis’ dramatic dogsledding experience through the use of his syntax and distance diction.

Q1- Compare the ways in which the authors of both texts explore the themes of friendship and responsibility.

The novel starts out with David having very strong morals and Jack with not so many. The boys were brought up in a violent home. We later can see that Jack learnt from this experience, where as David not knowing any better took the path of his father. Jack learnt a lot about himself when he was training for the war, he became the real man that was inside of him.

Therefore, due to the varying life experiences of the character in the two texts their relationships have

Sammy knew he lived in a run down neighborhood and he knew that anyone from Manhattan never came here unless they absolutely had to. The rows and rows of apartments faded apartment buildings never seemed to change, and they only seemed to fall farther into disrepair as time went on. Sammy realized a while ago that he was stuck in the Bronx, but he stayed positive in knowing that his children still had a chance to escape if they worked really hard. He prayed every night that Anna and Noah would not make the same mistakes he made and build a life outside of this dreaded place they all called

Jeremiah may be one of the most intriguing and revealing of the Old Testament prophets. With his continual return to god and the constant struggle between his heart and the voice of god. This elevates him as a human being and not just as an instrument of god (Paterson 144). He is one of the most human of prophets mentioned in the Old Testament and at the same time most Christ like in aspects of his sermons and works. His story has intrigued many for it is of human weakness and strength (Paterson 139). Let us now take a look at his life and at his works.

David and Leo’s eventual, albeit unlikely, friendship forces a whole box of truths to come tumbling out. Some truths are more staggering than others. Their bond strengthens when David accompanies Leo as he runs away to find his birth father. This road trip gave the book an element of conflict that would have otherwise made it a smooth read.