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Sufference By Thomas King Literary Devices

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Xzavier Toogood Ms. Gouveia NBE 3U May 11th, 2023 Wisdom inside of Sufferance The 7 Grandfather Teachings are guides for moral behavior and living life that exist within Indigenous culture. Indigenous peoples' wisdom within Sufferance is disregarded until it can be beneficial. Inside the novel Sufference by Thomas King, uses the unique point of view of the protagonist, Jeremiah Camp, and varied diction to highlight the significance of the Grandfather Teaching wisdom. Inside of Sufferance, there are many examples of various literary devices. A literary device that is very prevalent in the novel is the diction choice. The diction choice is very different depending on the circumstance and Jeremiah uses his wisdom to describe to us what’s …show more content…

Within the novel Sufferance, we read about the perspective of Jeremiah Camp and things that go on in his life. Jeremiah could be described as introverted, quiet, or dull. His routine is very structured and principled: “I drop Lala off at school, walk over to the bakery, pick up a brownie, and get to the piggy.” ( King 134 ), this shows how he is rather kept to himself and his day is very repetitive. But, he possesses the ability to see patterns inside of his head. Since he is a part of the Cradle River First Nation, he is one of those who is often treated poorly or taken advantage of. Inside of Sufferance, many events happen and there are many plans for the reserve proposed by the government of Gleaming. As much as Jeremiah is more kept to himself, there are times within the novel where he just wanted to be invincible or simply just unbothered. But since he possess this wisdom, he was tried by billionaires and even the mayor Bob Loomis. Unfortunately for Jeremiah he is in one way a representative for the people on the reserve. This meaning that he feared that his people would be penalized if he didn’t go on with these people's ideas and plans.Although Jeremiah is wanted by the Mayor and the Loken Group for their own benefit, Jeremiah repeatedly turns down their extra incentives because he knows that if he was someone

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