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    The story follows a young First Nations boy named Raven as he spends time with his grandmother and observes the differences between her traditional teachings and his mother's Christian beliefs. Raven notes the descriptive details of the frosty landscape and enjoys stepping on frozen puddles. His mother is depicted as deeply sad, likely due to the trauma of the residential school system separating her from her culture. Meanwhile, Raven's grandmother teaches him about their indigenous heritage. The author chose not to include the mother's voice, possibly emphasizing the grandmother's influence and perspective over the conflicting worldviews Raven encounters.

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    The story follows a young First Nations boy named Raven as he spends time with his grandmother and observes the differences between her traditional teachings and his mother's Christian beliefs. Raven notes the descriptive details of the frosty landscape and enjoys stepping on frozen puddles. His mother is depicted as deeply sad, likely due to the trauma of the residential school system separating her from her culture. Meanwhile, Raven's grandmother teaches him about their indigenous heritage. The author chose not to include the mother's voice, possibly emphasizing the grandmother's influence and perspective over the conflicting worldviews Raven encounters.

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    The story follows a young First Nations boy named Raven as he spends time with his grandmother and observes the differences between her traditional teachings and his mother's Christian beliefs. Raven notes the descriptive details of the frosty landscape and enjoys stepping on frozen puddles. His mother is depicted as deeply sad, likely due to the trauma of the residential school system separating her from her culture. Meanwhile, Raven's grandmother teaches him about their indigenous heritage. The author chose not to include the mother's voice, possibly emphasizing the grandmother's influence and perspective over the conflicting worldviews Raven encounters.

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    The following story is from Strength and Struggle: Perspectives from First Nations, Inuit, and

    Metis Peoples of Canada

    “A Raven Flies South” by Gord Bruyere - page 21


    A Raven Flies South (S+S).pdf

    Ms. Bigham’s impressions - super short, evocative+intimate view of a young boy’s view of his
    world

    After reading the story together and discussing it as a class, please answer the following
    questions.

    1. Bruyere uses very descriptive language and imagery in this story. Imagery is a
    description that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste).
    Find and quote two different examples of imagery which you appreciated.
    Explain how each example helped you understand one of the following:

    Quote 1: Colony Farm is still purple before dawn but the frost on the brown grasses and
    bare trees is already visible:

    Response 1

    With the example of imagery pointing out that the location of the narrative was taking
    place during a chilly winter since frost is present in the countryside, it gives me a better
    idea to comprehend where the setting of the story was taking place. With the imagery
    emphasising the colour of the sky and the brightness of the backdrop, we also have a
    more in-depth grasp of the atmosphere that “rave” might be feeling in that moment.

    Quote 2: Today is even better because he can step on to frozen puddles and hear the
    sounds of crunch and crash:

    Response 2:

    Ice, which is typically found in the winter or in the late autumn, is linked with frozen
    puddles. Snow is typically present throughout the winter months, allowing us to assume
    that the crunch and crash sounds are coming from the snow, which is another aspect of
    winter. This illustration of imagery talks about walking on frozen puddles and hearing the
    cracks which means that the lake isn’t fully frozen to the point that it is rigid solid ice
    which makes me immediately think about early winter.
    2. There are three characters in the story: Raven, Kooks, and Raven’s Mom.
    Describe the emotional state or mindset of each one based on your reading of the whole
    story.

    In the short story, the mother of the character Raven alludes to evidence indicating that
    she is a residential school survivor and that this is the source of her ongoing anguish.
    Due to the trauma of the residential school, her opinions diverge from those of Raven's
    grandmother. Being christian, always being sad and on top of all, being alcoholic, means
    that Raven's mother is unable to care of her kids. While Raven's mother had her culture
    taken away from her and was coerced into becoming a Christian in an effort to eradicate
    her indigenous culture, Raven's grandma is attempting to teach him about his culture.

    How did you reach these conclusions?

    3. : Raven ponders the teachings he has received from his grandmother/kookum and his
    mother.
    a) In your opinion, how does Raven respond to the teachings? Is he accepting of
    the differences? Conflicted? Use an example(s) from the story to support your
    opinion.

    I think that he is starting to understand the situation that he is placed in because


    he says “my mom was a christian, and what’s wrong with that? Maybe that’s what
    had to do with why she is always sad”. He is just thinking about it, but soon when
    he grows up a little more, would come back to that idea and figure out that he
    was right. And since his grandmother is from aboriginal roots, she dosen’t agree
    with his mom being christian and tries to protect him from that culture.

    b) Can you relate to learning various world views from family, friends, or media? If
    so, how do/did you respond?
    No, because all my family members (mom and dad side) have the same world
    view and are from the same tribe in morocco thus there was no conflicts for me
    while growing up. Compared to Raven who’s mom is christian and his grandma

    4. Raven hears his grandmother’s voice several times in the story.


    Why do you think the author Bruyere chose not to include the mother’s voice in the story?

    - I think that we have his grandmother’s voice because she might be the bigger part of his
    life rather than his mom. In other words, author Bruyere chose not to include the
    mother's voice in the story because the grandmother takes the position of the mother in
    the story. Or it is because his mom is christian and, as we can telll , first nations and
    christianism don’t have a great relation with eachother, thus wanted to emphasize his
    grandmother’s point of view primarily.

    Class notes:
    -Setting-place/where
    - time/when

    -atmosphere-(mood)
    How the story makes a reader/you feel

    -Character-Raven/kooks/mom

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