Character Analysis: Jimmy Many Horses

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Jimmy Many Horses relies on humour as a way to cope with the tragic events that has occurred in his life. After recently being diagnosed with a terminal cancer, Jimmy makes light of his serious illness which causes conflict in his marriage. On his way to reconcile with his wife Norma, Jimmy catches a ride with his old friend Simon and retells the story of his cancer diagnosis. Jimmy talks about his x-ray and how his tumours resembled baseballs, “my favourite tumour was just about the size of a baseball, shaped like one, too. Even had stich marks, (157)”. His friend finds Jimmy’s joke to be distasteful to which Jimmy replies with, “ I told her to call me Babe Ruth . . . ’cause there must have been about 755 damn tumours inside me, (157)”. His