The Road Chapter Summaries

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.

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)

was a new route and this was only the second time that Mendez had taken it.

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

Three Day Road is a novel which deals with some sensitive subjects in Canadian history while at the same time telling two stories at once. The first one being about Xavier and Elijah, two Cree hunters who joined the Royal Canadian Army together to fight in the Great War. While the second one focuses on Niska, an older Cree woman and the aunt of Xavier. Niska's story focuses on her life in Ontario and the struggles she faced growing up near Canadian settlers. World War 1 and the aboriginals of Canada are two extremely important aspects in regards to Canadian history. Both playing a significant role in allowing Canada to become the country it is today. Author Joseph Boyden presents an accurate view of Canadian history in regards to the life of

In the middle of her struggle, Moody offers insights and correctives to some common interpretations of down south black involvement. They believed that since the black churches were focal points of the community’s beliefs and social groups that they were also in the front position during the first occurrence of racial discrimination. Although, for Moody’s experience, this was not true, well at least in Centreville and the rest of Wilkinson

One day, Josh was inside the book store reading the book that he published. When Josh and his little sister Maggie left the book store they saw something blue following them. They ignored it and went home. The next day, Josh went to the woods for a walk, and found Maggie there. When the two siblings decided to leave the woods, they saw something blue following them again. They found out that the blue things following them were actually faceless creatures that wanted to go to planet Yastol to get a precious rock they called aafth. The blue guys put a crown on Josh, which they called a circlet, and when the staff of the blue creatures attached to the circlet, Josh, Maggie and the blue guys fell into a pit. They were now in Yastol with the blue

War can be a stressful and an intimidating experience that in one way or another ultimately changes one’s life and behavior negatively. In the novel, “Three Day Road”, by Joseph Boyden, he shows readers the destruction of the war in reference to the main characters, Xavier and Elijah. Joseph Boyden effectively illustrates the journey one goes through and the changes they encounter both physically and spiritually during the duration of the war. War changes everyone physically as well as internally and especially Elijah who within himself is pressured to change his identity, develop an unstoppable obsession with killing, and get absorbed by a drug called morphine. Elijah undergoes many changes at a fast rate that quickly transforms into

Warfare in Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road: Excavating the Trauma Within All soldiers that enter the war are challenged with two extremely significant encounters; the one against the opposition and the personal battle within themselves. In Joseph Boyden's, Three Day Road, the unique experiences of ancestral history and cultural assimilation indeed challenge the characters of Xavier and Elijah. Their experiences from a residential schooling system burrow a hatred into Xavier, but more predominantly Elijah, and is revealed as the two friends experience the war together. Xavier’s own ancestry of windigo killers is exposed when the war presents unconceivable problems, but he is able to revolt against most of them due to his strong spiritual

The Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden starts off in a town called Moose Factory in Canada shortly after WW1. “Auntie” is waiting for the arrival of her nephew, Xavier‘s, friend Elijah. However, she is shocked to find that it is her nephew who returns. She had received a letter that said her nephew had died in the field of battle and that Elijah was wounded, and only had one leg. When her nephew steps off the steps she thinks he is a ghost until he falls to the ground, because he to is shocked for he had heard that she was dead. Then they start their journey down the river to their home in the bush. On this journey they both reminisce of the

Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road, entails a story of two Oji-Cree Indians who are numbed by the horrors and burdens of the trench warfare encountered during WWI. Xavier and Elijah were life long best friends who grew up under Xavier’s aunt Niska, gracing them with wisdom and, raised them in the ways of old tradition as their ancestors did. Adolescent life consisted of exploring and, hunting animals in the bush and in isolation, boys quickly turned men. Once matured they would eventually enlist in the army, a decision that would signify the beginning of the nightmares to come. The hash realities and, grim scenes they experienced during war, would change them in numerous ways. Warfare uprooted

Ed’s friend Marv is an arrogant guy who is all about himself, usually. He is very cheap and has over forty thousand dollars in the bank. Everyone wonders what the excessive amount of money Marv has will be used for, or won’t be used for. Ed questions Marv several times about the reason behind the extreme amount of money he has saved, and the truth is finally revealed. Marv had once dated a young girl named Susanne Boyd and accidentally gotten her pregnant. She ended up moving away with their new child and never talked to Marv again, under orders from her strict father. Marv knew where she moved to but was too afraid to go alone and see his child, consequently to fill the gap of his guilt for getting the girl pregnant, he saved up this large amount of money to be given to the child to guarantee that they will grow up and be successful. This was an unordinary thing for Marv to do considering all he showed feelings for was the Sledge Game. Although, deep down he still had immense feeling for Susanne. Ed talked him into finally going to see Susanne and his child. When arriving, Susanne’s father came out and pointed the finger right at Marv swearing at him for all the things he did wrong. Ed stood up for Marv and recognized how much Marv really cared for his daughter and

Setting: Tom Wolfe is riding in the back of an old pickup truck through the streets of San Francisco with the Merry Pranksters. The time period is the 1960s.

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.