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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
This was a very short book I read in e-format. I was interested in the story after Gord Downie made a multi-media presentation about this boy. Boyden has written in his usual beautiful manner, which made the circumstances even more compelling. The horror that the residential school forced on such vulnerable people, by taking their whole culture away, and much much more abuse, is referenced here in an easily readable way. He doesn't shirk either at the part of the story where the man will not take the young boy, who is not his, on his trap line, hence forcing him away from shelter.
Another must read about residential schooling effects.
Another must read about residential schooling effects.
Heartbreaking. This should be a mandatory read in school.
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Hauntingly powerful in its message and imagery.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Colonisation
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Smutná kniha o skutečném Chanim, jehož příběh zahájil vyšetřování “indiánských internátních škol”.
Na jeho útěku sledujeme střídavé jeho pohled a pohled manitou, které ho v různých zvířecích podobách sleduje. To je prvek dobrého v tomto příběhu. Chani si snaží uchovat svůj jazyk a opakuje si konkrétní slova.
Nádherné ilustrace.
Na jeho útěku sledujeme střídavé jeho pohled a pohled manitou, které ho v různých zvířecích podobách sleduje. To je prvek dobrého v tomto příběhu. Chani si snaží uchovat svůj jazyk a opakuje si konkrétní slova.
Nádherné ilustrace.
Kanadská Komise pro pravdu a smíření po mnoho let neúnavně odhalovala pravdu; nyní nás čeká těžší část úkolu - usilovat o smíření.
poznámka autora.
Zkontrolujte si trigger warnings.
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A sad book about a real-life Chani whose story launched the investigation into "Indian boarding schools".
On his escape, we follow his alternating gaze and the gaze of the manitou that follows him in various animal forms. This is the element of the good in this story. Chani tries to keep his own language.
Wonderful illustrations.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has been tirelessly uncovering the truth for many years; now we have the harder part of the task - to seek reconciliation.
Author's note.
Check the trigger warnings
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual violence
3.5/5stars
I read this in like 30 minutes lol
This is the story of a young Native American boy named Chanie who was taken away from his family and put into a school where they force the children to speak English, beat them, and abuse them when they speak in their native languages. Chanie decides to run away with two brothers. The two brothers make it home, where their parents say they don't have room for him, and sends him on his way. This story is told partly from Chanie's POV and partly from all the animals around him.
This was a very important little book, and so fast that everyone should pick it up and read it. Because this was based on a true story, and true events that unfortunately happened in our country. This was heart breaking and very important. go read it.
I read this in like 30 minutes lol
This is the story of a young Native American boy named Chanie who was taken away from his family and put into a school where they force the children to speak English, beat them, and abuse them when they speak in their native languages. Chanie decides to run away with two brothers. The two brothers make it home, where their parents say they don't have room for him, and sends him on his way. This story is told partly from Chanie's POV and partly from all the animals around him.
This was a very important little book, and so fast that everyone should pick it up and read it. Because this was based on a true story, and true events that unfortunately happened in our country. This was heart breaking and very important. go read it.
Canada conveys itself as a multicultural and non-racist society; however, racism is evident and deeply embedded in Canadian history as a settler colonial society through Indigenous land dispossession and acts of cultural genocide.
Wenjack is a beautifully written novella by Joseph Boyden about Chanie Wenjack, a residential school student who attempted to escape the unfortunate and harrowing experience in the hands of the pale teachers, or "Fish Bellies". The transition of the narrators in each chapters was excellent. It felt like I was having a one on one conversation with Chanie and the spirits and animals of the forest (beautifully illustrated by Kent Monkman). Wenjack was a quick but not an easy read - and really, no story about the residential school experience should be. It left me immensely heartbroken.
“If the Fish Bellies hear me speak my words they beat me with a stick and make me eat soap.”
The atrocities and forced assimilation by the French and English towards the Indigenous peoples is a relevant issue that every person living in Canada must be aware of.
This is my second book by Joseph Boyden. Three Day Road was a required reading for ENG4U back in high school. I don't really remember much about the plot but I do remember and appreciate Boyden's prose.
Wenjack is a beautifully written novella by Joseph Boyden about Chanie Wenjack, a residential school student who attempted to escape the unfortunate and harrowing experience in the hands of the pale teachers, or "Fish Bellies". The transition of the narrators in each chapters was excellent. It felt like I was having a one on one conversation with Chanie and the spirits and animals of the forest (beautifully illustrated by Kent Monkman). Wenjack was a quick but not an easy read - and really, no story about the residential school experience should be. It left me immensely heartbroken.
“If the Fish Bellies hear me speak my words they beat me with a stick and make me eat soap.”
The atrocities and forced assimilation by the French and English towards the Indigenous peoples is a relevant issue that every person living in Canada must be aware of.
This is my second book by Joseph Boyden. Three Day Road was a required reading for ENG4U back in high school. I don't really remember much about the plot but I do remember and appreciate Boyden's prose.
A beautifully written, lyrical, and moving story of Chanie Wenjack, a First Nations boy who died in 1966 in an attempt to walk home from a residential school for indigenous children; penned by one of Canada's best contemporary writers.
“Charlie. His real name is Chanie. But the ones who forced him to that school can’t pronounce or don’t care to listen and so say it with sharp tongues instead. If we could feel pity for this one, we would. His walk before, his walk to come. Neither is easy. All he wants is home. We follow now, we follow always, not to lead but the capture. Someone, yes, will capture this boy’s life.”
