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The Power Of Connection In Medicine Walk By Richard Wagamese

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Peter Tourikis Tourikis 1 Mrs. De souza NBE3U0 19 December 2022 Resilience Through Connection in Medicine Walk The novel Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese tells the powerful story of two characters, Frank and Eldon, who have both experienced trauma in their lives. Despite the challenges they have faced, they can find resilience through a willingness to connect with each other. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that even in the darkest of times, it is possible to find hope and healing through the power of connection. This essay will explore how Wagamese uses the characters of Frank and Eldon to communicate this important message and how their journeys towards resilience offer an uplifting portrayal of the human spirit. …show more content…

It starts when Eldon tries to get Frank to take this walk with him when he asks him “‘I want you to take me out into that territory you come through. The one you hunted all your life. There's a ridge back forty miles. Sits above a narrow valley with a high range behind it, facing east … because I need you to bury me there’”(Wagamese 21,22). Eldon is asking Frank to come with him and be with him in his final moments where he wants to be taken and buried. At first Frank wanted to laugh at him because randomly he sees his father after along time and his father is asking him take him and bury him while Frank wants nothing to do with him as the author …show more content…

Bone deep shamed. I was scared if I started in on tellin’ about myself I’d break down an’ I wanted to be strong for her. I really did. But layin’ there knowin’ how weak I really was brung on the dark in me. The dark that always sucked me back into drinkin’. I woke up to the belief that I’d always lose or destroy them things or people that meant the most to me cuz I always done that.’”(Wagamese 219,220). Eldon opened himself up to Frank telling him how truly scared and ashamed of himself he really is for everything he's done which helps hi, really connect with Frank through his willingness to connect with him. It is clear that Elden put himself in a vulnerable state to truly connect with his son and through his willingness to connect with him he shows how resilience is

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