Have you ever read a story that you can not forget?
Recently, I have read a book about the story of survivor at residential school, which showed me the unreasonable beliefs of people, and then it had very serious consequences.
Fig.1. The trust and beliefs of people from: Solis, Steven « Trust & Believe » Rapzilla, April 14, 2017, https://rapzilla.com/2017-04-proud-refuge-trust-believe/, Accessed date 9 Feb, 2020.
This is a summarize of this story. When Kokum ( protagonist ) was young, her mother told her go out and did not live with her. She went to the forest, and when she was lying in the canoe. New father realized her and she had a new family. One day, she needed to go to the residential school and she must work on the field (hard-working). Many students of this school tried to escape but they could not do it. She missed her family so much, so she affected to do all things well to go out the residential school. She is a survivor in residential school. 149
Fig.2. Image of Sugar Falls: A Residential Schools Story from: HighWater « Sugar Falls » Goodreads, January 22nd 2012, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13432146-sugar-falls, Accessed date 9 Feb, 2020.
In the story » Sugar Falls: A Residential Schools Story « , David Alexander Robertson presents the idea that fictional elements make us to feel excited and impressed with the story, and that is reason why readers are interested with this book.
This book has many characters:
- Kokum (Betsy) : is main character and she is grandmother of April who is survivor in residential school.
- April: is a student in high school who is Daniel’ friend who introduced Daniel with her grandmother (Kokum).
- Daniel: is a boy in high school who had a project about the residential school.
Point of view(omniscient): This story was told by Kokum who was studied at residential school and she is a survivor in this school, but it has many conversation of all character in this story.
Fig.3. Point of view of sugar falls story from: HighWater Press » Sugar Falls cover » WordPress, 2011, https://scotthendersonart.wordpress.com/gallery/sugar-falls/, Accessed date 9 Feb, 2020.
Foreshadowing in the begin of story, when Betsy and her father went to the Sugar Falls, and her father stayed » Yes, a vision of darkness that comes in your future ».
Flashback in the story: when Betsy started to tell her story for Daniel and April about the her poor childhood. She started with the sentence « I was very young, about the age of five », then while she was telling about her story, she stayed « Looking back, I do not know what hurt more ».
Word out: 330.
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