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The Marrow Thieves's They Were Different On The Inside

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They Were Different On The Inside
The Marrow Thieves explores the topic of hiding one’s true self as individuals move through a future society where indigenous people and traditions are hunted and made into commodities. In order to live and fend off the oppressive forces that want to take advantage of and erase them, The Indigenous are forced to hide their identities in the world that the story depicts. Frenchie the protagonist of the novel comes across a lot of problems and other people, learning that some hide their true selves or how they truly feel on the inside. This point will be demonstrated throughout the characters, settings and conflicts of the novel. Characters like Travis, Lincoln, and Minerva are characters who conceal their true …show more content…

When Frenchie and the others confronted them one of them spoke Cree so they believed that these two men were Indigenous like them. Travis and Lincoln invited the group to eat and that's when everything went sideways for French and the others. Frenchie said “they were traitors, Indians turning in Indians for reward” (Dimaline 132) because Travis and Lincoln turned out to work for the Recruiters. Travis and Lincoln were hiding their true identities to capture Indigenous people and turn them into the Recruiters. Another character who hid their true capabilities was Minerva. When Minerva attempted to defend the others Recruiters caught her and took her to a school. Frenchies group and the Council were informed by an Insider that Minerva was acting in an incredible manner. Minerva called on her “blood memory, her teachings, her ancestors" and "pulled every dream from her own marrow and into her song" (172) as they were removing the bone marrow. The machine broke down because it could not handle Minerva's song. This relates back to the thematic statement because everyone in the group had thought that Minerva was a helpless elderly woman but she was hiding what she was really capable of all

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