Three Day Road

The novel Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden revolves around the issues of Canadian soldiers at battle during the first World War. This story demonstrates addiction in all different forms, which is a recurring result of the trauma the war has on the characters. These cravings lead to struggling, and result in major consequences for themselves and those around them. The most prominent form of addiction mentioned is to morphine, affecting not only those taking the drugs, but also those around them. A

The novel Three Day Road, by Joseph Boyden, is, in my opinion, an accurate representation of some of the many problems that First Nations service members faced during the first world war: First Nations soldiers battled not only the Triple Entente but also discrimination, bigotry, and closed-mindedness. Every soldier had to cope during, and after, their service with the psychological and physical traumas of war, isolation, guilt, and even shame. All those factors, coupled with the instinct survive

The novel Three Day Road written by Joseph Boyden, follows the story of two young Cree men, Xavier, Elijah, and Xavier’s aunt Niska. The novel is prevalent in displaying discrimination, morality and ethics, and culture throughout its text. The novel has an excellent way of portraying how aboriginals, during the early 1900s, were discriminated against. As well as the culture of the tribes and other different groups and ethnicities. And the morality and different ethics shown by a number of the characters

Nothing positive have ever come out of war, with soldiers going through immense stress, and usually experiencing psychological damage. In Three Day Road, Elijah and Xavier are Cree aboriginals that are fighting World War One as Canadian snipers. Xavier had a very difficult time killing people, as it is immoral to kill. He was surrounded by violence, and learned to kill only to survive. His Friend Elijah, started to enjoy killing soldiers and would take trophies of the dead. Elijah went to residential

Upon finishing Three Day Road I find myself in an almost state of shock from the concluding events of the story. This is due to the fact that I would not have guessed that Xavier would be the cause of Elijah’s death, especially under the circumstances in which Elijah was in turn attempting to kill Xavier. Moreover, this caused some disbelief on my end as the pair appeared to be the perfect friends from what we learnt starting from their relationship when they were kids. One can see this through how

Hello. I am Anna Zhang. Today, I will discuss the motif of birds in Joseph Boyden’s novel: Three Day Road by sharing two quotes following with my personal analysis. Bird is a symbolic motif in Three Day Road that helps Boyden to establish character identities and relationships. My first quote, reveals Elijah’s character trait by referencing to his given name: whiskeyjack.“”Elijah looks at him. “How do you know my name?” “I don’t,” the man says. “ I was dreaming. There was a flock of whiskey jacks

nonessential substances. This theme of overconsumption can be seen throughout history and is highlighted in the book Three Day Road. One of the most prevalent is the windigo archetype that is used both literally and metaphorically to highlight human consumption. Whether it is the consumption of human flesh or any other substance, the abuse of it is problematic. In Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road, it is shown that Xavier, Elijah, and Niska all consume something for survival and the over-consumption

The roles of the road The typical person has a variety of roles that they play in their own life, such as son/daughter, parent, friend, significant other, athlete, performer, student, worker, etc. In the novel “Three Day Road” by Joseph Boyden, three characters – Xavier, Elijah, and Niska – have their fair share of roles to play in their own lives, and like the roles one has in life inevitably have influence on one and one's life for better or for worse to some degree; their roles do the same for

Three Day Road and Criminal Justice The novel “Three Day Road” intertwines the story of a young soldier during the First World War and the experiences of his aunt growing up in pre-20th century Canada. Though at face-value this seems to have little relation to the study of the Criminal Justice system, the two narratives tackle important issues. With the soldier’s experiences, the reader contemplates the place of law and justice on the battlefields and the effect of these actions once the war is

the novel Three Day Road, examines the similarities between the present and past through a first person narrative of two indigenous soldiers in World War One. The events that the two soldiers experience are the same as today’s soldiers, and it also affects them in a similar manner. The emotional and physical effects of war on soldiers make Three Day Road pertinent to the present time and circumstance. The term war is more significant and complicated than what it’s simple three letter