Frank Stone: The Man With Eyes Like A Wolf
Shirley Sterling's novel "My name is Seepeetza" depicts the struggle that late Indigenous children faced. Seepeetza is an important leading character in the novel, who unfolds the truth behind Residential Schools, and often talks about her life back at home through her written journal entries. Despite the fact that Seepeetza is the novel’s protagonist, her father plays a significant role in the plot throughout the novel. Seepeetza's father, also addressed by Frank Stone, is a retired Indigenous soldier, with a slight muscular build, he has thin shoulder length messy black hair with a greasy texture, extraordinary yellow wolf-like irises with a sharp jawline, and works as an interpreter. Additionally, Frank is also the father of three daughters, two sons, Seepeetza, Missy, Dorthy, Jimmy and Benjamin, making him a father of five. After being a soldier for several years, Frank has come to rely on
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Once, in the novel there was a heartening moment, where Frank’s family had to sleep outdoors, Frank had just brushed the thought away and called it camping although the reason was not stated, the context says it all. However, Frank didn’t let it get to his family. Frank built a miniature campfire, which would be perfect to use for cooking and to give warmth to prevent frostbites from occurring mid-autumn. Regardless of the freezing temperature, Frank slept on the hard solid land, just to assure his family some space in the poorly built tent. Frank has always been there for his family, ensuring their nutritional needs by going salmon fishing with his children to mentoring his children with valuable life skills. Similar scenes in the novel help illustrate Frank’s sensitivity towards his