Three Day Road: The Brutality of War Throughout the novel Three Day Road, by Joseph Boyden, the author takes readers on a journey through the brutality of war and the horrors of trench warfare during WWI. After Oji-Cree Xavier Bird, and his best friend Elijah Whiskeyjack are forced to join the army to help fight for the Southern Ontario Rifles Battalion, their reactions differ. Elijah is a curious young man who is excited to experience the rush of war and adrenaline of trench warfare. He is eager
difficult it is to live up to society’s expectations. Canadian society proclaims to “live your dreams”, but in reality, most are influentially prohibited to a role that the majority anticipates them to be at. Author Joseph Boyden conveys this issue through his literary novel, “Three Day Road.” Undoubtedly, the biggest factor that determines a person’s role is gender. During the early 1900s, this following scenario has generally been the case: father worked to support the family, while mother stayed at
Wandering Windigo of the Wemistikoshiw The novel Three Day Road can be viewed as an explicit indicator as to the importance of sustaining cultural identity, and the consequences associated with its absence from any aspect of human life. The tale provides a salient setting through which this spiritual malfeasance is brought about, with much of its content consisting of the supremacy of the wemistikoshiw, or white man, over the Aboriginals in World War 1. The novel’s European setting manifests the