One Day Road Chapter Summaries

” (77) Elijah continues to attempt to lose the Cree attributes that separate him from the other soldiers. Although, he clings to his hunting skills, wanting to be acknowledged for his Cree talents as an Englishman. Also, in a way to further separate himself from his culture, Elijah begins to false impressions of Cree culture and other native cultures. After a raid that produces Elijah’s first group of kills, Thompson inquires with the soldiers of their sentiments on their first true taste of war, he says, “‘What do you think of the last days, Whiskeyjack?’ he asks, lighting a cigarette , exhaling and looking t the sky. I can see that Elijah knows exactly what Thompson is asking. Thompson is asking if Elijah likes killing. Elijah considers it for a moment. ‘It’s in my blood,’ he finally says.” (75) Elijah claims that the killing of men is in his blood and gives thompson an unfavourable impression of the Cree culture, driving elijah further away from the way of life Niska has taught him. Finally, nearing the conclusion of the novel, Elijah approaches Xavier with what appears to be a bone from an animal. He then asks Xavier to perform a sacred ritual that is a custom to Niska’s bloodline, one that is originally used to track animals for hunting. But, Xavier is not presented with the shoulder blade of an animal, he asks, “‘Where did you find the shoulder blade of a bear?’ I ask him. Elijah smiles, ‘It is not from a bear. It is German.’” (319) It is this

Unbroken begins the novel with a dedication then a quote from Walt Whitman. After the Table of Contents, there is a map representing the Western Coast of the United States, Japan, and the Pacific Ocean. It is this area where the story of Louis Zamperini takes place. After the map there is a two page preface. Then the story begins and is broken into thirty-nine chapters. These chapters are then broken into five parts, each part a different stage of Zamperini’s life. After, there is an eighteen page epilogue, eight pages of acknowledgments, fifty-two pages of notes, and a fifteen page index.

Imagine a world where the skies are grey and the ground is torn to pieces. Where there is no civilisation present, nor another human being to be seen. Where the feeling of hunger influences you to consider the idea of human flesh filling your insides and persuading you to do so. A world infested with murder, crime and despair- which have now become necessary for survival. Imagine the air thick with black clouds towering over your very essence and having to muddle through 10 feet of snow and a strong gust of wind. A world where all faith should be gone, but amiss all bad things, it continues to linger through the eyes of the youth. Being able to see the light when your surroundings are pitch black signifies that humanity has not been lost completely. Although, the man knows in his heart that death is inevitable and dangerously close, he continues to live for the sake of the boy whom he believes carries the final hope for humanity.

I greatly enjoyed this book, any book about an underdog is my kind of book. It always reminds me of my neighbor's father who owned a racehorse or two. There is a trail where he used to run them as if they were at the racetrack. That sticks out to me for a reason grandfather would tell us that story every time we smack that divot . This book is greatly enthralling and I’ll read it again and maybe even another time.

Under the Overpass is about two friends named Mike and Sam as they travel and live as homeless men for five months. They set out to experience life on the streets in six different cities. They only took sleeping bags purchased from a thrift store, the clothes on their backs, and their guitars. They panhandled to travel from city to city. Mike and Sam lived only off of the money they earned panhandling and from shelters and food kitchens. Mike and Sam sought to gain a better understanding of the homeless community that is present all around us while facing the elements, hunger, stress, loneliness, and danger of the streets. They’re goals were to survive, grow in to their faith, and spread the love of Christ to those they came in contact with as they traveled through six cities across America.

-There is a focus on storytelling as a means of healing: "It is the story of my childhood. Now I tell it to you, Xavier, to keep you alive."(35)

He always speaks English and even has a British accent when talking with his peers. This new Westernized identity assimilates his everyone else's and continues to create distance from his aboriginal background. Elijah and his troupe find themselves in the trenches when Xavier exclaims he sees Elijah’s blackening. Xavier states, “Even with my eyes closed, I can tell Elijah’s mood blackens more. ‘Dear Henry,’ Elijah says using their code, ‘would you be a kind chap and make me a cup of tea?’ (Boyden 144). Elijah completely disconnects from his past culture and identity, to now respond to his crewmates in only English. This displays the loss of identity as even Xavier notices Elijah’s “mood blackens more.” (144 Boyden). Elijah has a constant need to fit in with his peers and makes no regard to keeping touch with his native culture, in result creating a new identity, far from his past. Elijah also shows loss of identity when he demonstrates a lust for kill so strong that it would clearly go against his past Cree culture. When Elijah was returning to his trench, Corporal Thompson asked him if he enjoyed his last mission. He responded with “It’s in my blood,” (Boyden 75). This question asked by Thompson is inquiring if he enjoyed the killing. With Elijah's clear and confident answer implying that it is just instinct, displays his new passion for killing.

As one is put through times of strife and struggle, an individual begins to lose their sense of human moral and switch into survival mode. Their main focus is their own survival, not of another's. In the post-apocalyptic novel, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, a father and son travel along the road towards the coast, while battling to survive the harsh weather and scarce food supply, as well as avoid any threats that could do them harm. Throughout their journey along the road, the father and son are exposed to the horrid remnants of humanity. As a result, the father and son constantly refer to themselves as “the good guys” and that they “carry the fire”, meaning they carry the last existing spark of humanity within themselves. By the acts of compassion

Firstly, Xavier is a character who progressively becomes detached from

There is a strong connection between moral integrity and the ability to maintain personality and culture. If emotions or fears overpower conscience, an individual begins to lose the grasp on their character. Assimilation is prevalent in Indigenous history. The wemistikoshiw in Canada, tried to rid the Indigenous of any sense of their culture, and this inhumanity is evident in Three Day Road. If integrity is strong, a person is able to withstand the effects of assimlation. However, if a person submits to the teachings and abuse, then one loses their identity. Assimilation targets an individual’s independence and intends to destroy it. Therefore, a lack in moral integrity results in assimilation. In the Joseph

Killing has become like a game to Elijah, he collects the scalps of the people he killed as trophies. He brags about the number of kills he has to his best friend Xavier Bird, who feels uncomfortable and worried for Elijah. During the march through a town, a drunk Elijah rides on the statue of Virgin Mary like it is a horse and causing the statue to shattered to pieces. This symbolizes the loss of

He dies physically after he loses his left leg, mentally after he survives the war and sees flashbacks of his experience there, and emotionally after he kills his only best friend, and brother from another mother, Elijah, during the war. However, he survives because he is spiritually strong and has the mentality that, if he survives through the war, he will be able to go back to his aunt Niska in the bush and strengthen his native spirits according to her teachings. The native spirits that make him feel powerful because he is proud of who he is and wants to live with the traditions that he grows up

The next chapter is about Niska going in town and asked about the information of the war and her nephew. She then wrote a letter to Xavier to tell him about her life and to come home safe with the help of Joseph, her childhood friend who was living in town. The plot then switches to Xavier’s perspective at the battlefield in Passchendaele where the Canadians continued to take over places after places and prove their valuable abilities. Elijah shoots a child by mistake, after Xavier kills a German sniper during a scouting in a crumbling city. The battle of Passchendale was won within months. Xavier is losing his hearing, so he plays it off as not understanding English. In Chapter 26, Elijah finds the French man from the Christmas before to show

Craig Mullaney definitely made many challenges for himself and accepted challenges from others with no questions asked. Being the thriving Valedictorian of his high school class and earning other prestigious accolades he stood out from the other entire student. But at West Point, Mullaney would be intertwined with hundreds of other classmates with the same, if not more achievements, making it seemingly impossible to be any kind of a predominant student.

The Road is a story where is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the date and location is unnamed. The author of the novel Cormac McCarthy doesn 't describe why or how the disaster has demolish the earth. But after reading the novel, I can sense that the author wanted to present a case of mystery and fear to the unknown to the reader. By the author 's exclusion I think that the story gains a better understanding of what the author wanted to express to the reader. An expression of a man and his son surviving in a post-apocalyptic setting.