Marrow Thieves Sparknotes

Love is more powerful; love gives life; love makes hope blossom in the wilderness. There is a feeling of expectation and desire for something that is not present. The Marrow Thieves is a Cherie Dimaline science fiction novel set in post-apocalyptic Canada where climate devastation ravages the world and the Canadian government’s recruiters hunt the Indigenous for the dreams that are woven into their bone marrow. It follows the story of a sixteen-year-old indigenous boy named Frenchie and his indigenous foster family as they fight to survive while being hunted for their bone marrow. In this novel, the characters are heavily impacted by hope in both negative and positive ways as they experience betrayal, loss, and suffering. However, in the end,

He was well looked after and accepted into the group. A few years later, French and the others met a girl named Rose. Rose has curly brown hair, big brown eyes, and a big smile. Even though she is defensive, assertive, and angry, Frenchie fell in love with her. "How could anything be as bad as it was when this moment existed in the span of eternity?" How could I have fear when this girl would allow me to get so close? "How could anything matter but this small miracle of having someone I could love?" (Dimaline 162) This quote exhibits Frenchie's feelings for Rose. Frenchie describes his love for Rose as a miraculous feeling. one that filled every moment he spent with her with inevitable hope and purpose. As a result, love restored Frenchie’s hope; it filled the empty void in his heart and gave him a reason to live a purposeful

The group was left devastated after the deaths of their youngest and eldest members, but found comfort in traditions and the rise of a new generation. Riri, the youngest member, died in the chapter "The Way It All Changed" after indigenous double agent Lincoln attempted to kidnap her and she fell off a cliff. Minerva, the oldest member, died after turning herself into a recruiter to save the others; when they tried to harvest her marrow, she burned down the residential school by singing a song in her native language, and she was later murdered in the wake of her escape. "Everything was different." "We were faster without our youngest and oldest, but now we were without deep roots and the acute need to protect and make things better." (Dimaline 156) The group's youngest and oldest members give everyone a purpose. The oldest is the wisest because she teaches everyone about their history and traditions. The children are a reason to keep fighting so that they and future generations can have a better life. And they work together to keep everyone alert and sensitive. Even though they are the weakest link in the chain, they are critical because they give everyone a purpose; without them, the group feels lost and hopeless. There is no one to teach history, and no one to teach it