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Symbolism Of Ailing In Lightfinder

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Aisling is one of the main characters in the story “Lightfinder”, which is an indigenous influenced fantasy story. Aisling moved out of her reserve along with her father to go to school in the city and later moved back to her reserve due to a tragic accident. She goes on a quest along with her family and friends in search of her runaway brother. Aisling is portrayed as young women who is of Cree background. She lived on a reserve with her parents and brother, Eric. Then, later on, moved to the city with her father in order to go to school. Starting in a new school was a big change for Aisling, as she went from being in a school on her reserve where nearly everyone was indigenous, and now she’s starting at a school where she’s the only indigenous …show more content…

She didn’t expect the repetitive dreams to be a big deal so she put them aside and didn’t really think about them. When she went back to the reserve and told her aunt Martha about them, Aisling found out that the dreams meant something. She had the power to save the world from destruction by the evil Raven. Aisling, along with her aunt Martha and kokum Georgia go on a quest to find her brother Eric. and later discovers she’s trying to save the world from the evil Raven. Along the way, Aisling starts to wonder if she can handle all the pressure of “saving the world”, but is helped by many characters from a different world like Mother Earth who when she touches, Aisling’s hair turns white as a representation of her powers. Along with being determined to find her brother, Aisling is the type of girl who doesn’t let things come in her way, despite being a little nervous or worried she finds a way to keep going. When she finds out that she had the power to save the world from destruction she didn’t let it overwhelm her too much, instead she took in the news and set out on a quest to find her brother and save the world from the evil Raven. Unlike her brother who can’t always stand up for himself, Aisling doesn’t have a problem with that. When she fainted at her school and was brought to the hospital, she was asked if she’d been on drugs. Knowing the common indigenous stereotype, she came

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