Three Day Road Quotes

THREE DAY ROAD

The two most vital characters in the novel “Three Day Road” by Joseph Boyden is the Xavier Bird and Elijah Weesageechack and they have several major differences and these differences has been told and tested throughout the whole novel that how Xavier was reserved and visceral while Elijah was self-assured and talkative. Xavier was nurtured by his Aunt Niska for the long span of his childhood, opposed to how Elijah was raised in Moose Factory by nuns at a residential school. This came up as the three key differences between them that are paramount to the story and the themes of the novel are; firstly, their respect for their Oji-Cree culture, secondly their respect and love for human life, and lastly their personalities.

The differences in their environment and nature created a positive chemistry back in their homeland of Canada but it was truly a test of their relationship, when they were sent out on

The first and foremost considerable fact in Xavier’s life was respecting their oji-cree culture, however this wasn’t as much important for Elijah an the perfect example of Xavier 's respect toward their aboriginal culture can be clearly seen in following quote "All of them stare down at me. I look up, sitting cross-legged with one of the horses sprawled beside me, its head on my lap. I look like I’ve been painted red. The smell of blood is heavy. It covers the wooden walls, the floor, and the straw upon the floor. Elijah sees that one of my hands rests on the floor with my skinning knife in it. The horse’s neck gapes open along its big artery" . In the aboriginal culture having respect for the animals is major part to keep their morals toward their culture and according to the first world war statics after the South Africa Canada has the second highest population of indigenous people by 103774 in year 1914 and these people has great cultural values but Elijah was