Coming Of Age In The Marrow Thieves By Cherie Dimalines

Throughout your life there are many people that help your coming of age story. In many books there is a character who goes From a young child to a young adult and we are taken through their journey. In The Marrow thieves by Cherie Dimaline each character has a unique story about their past. They all have great growth and interesting coming of age stories but a character whose story stood out the most was Frenchie. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline has a group of characters who all contribute to Frenchies' coming-of-age story. Rose, Miig, and Riri were the three that stood out the most. Rose helped Frenchie develop through love, Riri through loss/death and Miig helped him become a leader. Overall they all helped him mature. Firstly, Riri

When Frenchie experiences these feelings, he learns that while mourning you can think up terrible thoughts, but it's important to maintain motivation and persevere. When Frenchie lost Riri it changed him forever as he felt he lost a part of himself. “There is a feeling that has no name because, really, it is such an absence that it exists only in the vacuum of feeling and so, really can have no name.” (135) This quote shows how empty and lost Frenchie was feeling when he saw Riris pink boot on the edge of the cliff. It showed how much Frenchie needed Riri and how much he loved her. Riri made a very positive impact in Frenchie life. Riri's death also prompted one of the biggest decisions of

Frenchie learned numerous lessons from Miig, which assisted in his growth into a young man and leader. One of the most significant lessons Miig shared was that “Thing is French, sometimes you do things you wouldn’t do in another time and place. Sometimes it goes through some pretty dark territory. Just make sure it doesn’t change on the trip. As long as the intent is good, nothing else matters. Not these days, son.” (145) Frenchie was greatly helped by Miig's words because he was still feeling incredibly depressed about killing Travis and losing Riri. Miig knew his intentions were good, and he knew more situations like this would occur if Frenchie blamed everything on himself, he could never move forward. This quote shows how Miig helped Frenchie become a leader, as he is talking about how these days recruiters are hurting First Nation families. Frenchie killing someone who was trying to harm them was not bad by Frenchie, all he was doing was trying to protect his family. By telling Frenchie this he taught him to be a leader and always protect family. You boys need to work on your hunting. (33) This quote shows that Miig taught the essential skills that a leader needs, particularly in the environment where hunting is important. Throughout the novel, Miig gave French many different objectives from hunting to taking care of family, he learned something new from each. Miig was teaching