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Lost In The Barrens By Farley Mowat

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The title of my book is Lost in the Barrens. It is a fiction book by Farley Mowat that contains 244 pages. The Main Characters are Awasin, Jamie Angus, Alphonse, Denikazi and peetyuk. Awasin is a quite serious and he knows about how to survive in the wilderness and thinks more before he acts. Awasin is good at weaving, making clothing and hunting. He as well is able to stay calm in most situations, He is also the son of Alphonse. Alphonse is the leader of the Cree tribe he is good friends with Angus Macnair, he is also cautious for his tribe and son. Angus Macnair is Jamie’s uncle, who paid for his private school in Toronto after his parents died he paid for it by fur trading in the north. Jamie is from Toronto and he went to a private school for boys which was paid for by his uncle after his parents died in a car accident. …show more content…

Jamie is friends with Awasin and he is the character the book follows probably the most. Jamie’s quite persuasive and manipulative and that is demonstrated when he uses reverse psychology with Awasin to go to the stone house which is what gets them stuck in the mess they were in. He thinks more out of the box and is adventurous, he has a certain skill that he is can find trouble. But with the help of Peetyuk, Awasin and Jamie were able to get back to their families. Peetyuk is a Eskimo, he is very helpful and kind towards Awasin and Jamie when they needed help he took them to his people who only showed kindness to the them. Peetyuk took them back to their families. Denikazi is the leader of the Chipewyans and he went to the Crees to get help for their food situation, which they were running out of food. Denikazi took Awasin and Jamie with him to go hunting for deer but then he left them with two of his other men, so he could go and look for more deer because there were none where they set up

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