Three Day Road Analysis

In the novel “Three Day Road”, two Cree Aboriginals, Elijah Weesageechak and Xavier Bird goes off to fight in World War I and becoming the most famous sniper team in the field. The author, Joseph Boyden writes about the dynamic changes in the states of Elijah Weesageechak and the corruption of war leading to his final moments. There are many types of pain that are induced in nature. However, there are only two categories that those pain fall into: Physical pain and emotional pain. With Elijah, war transform him into an apathetic killing machine.

“I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones” ~ Albert Einstein. War can have drastic effects on everyone that encounters it’s destructive nature, although some might be affected differently than others, or more noticeably, everyone is still affected nonetheless.Both Elie Wiesel and Ishmael Beah survived devastating wars and were changed, both mentally and physically forever.

-There is a focus on storytelling as a means of healing: "It is the story of my childhood. Now I tell it to you, Xavier, to keep you alive."(35)

In Joseph Boyden’s novel “Three day road” he managed to show that nothing is spared from the path of destruction war can bring, How it can manage to leave Earth drowned in so much blood that it can grow “Flowers redder than blood everywhere.. They even grew out rotting corpses” (Boyden 76) This can mentally change a man, and this is the theme Boyden betrayed as Elijah, and Xavier slowly start to deteriorate over the course the 20 year war to end all wars. To start, it has been shown multiple times that elijah was raised in a residential school, and was revolved around the idea that he was imperfect since birth. Despite this ideology he later grew up to be a charismatic and funny person in regard to Xavier who was quiet and secluded.

The book named Three Day Road by Canadian author Joseph Boyden depicts real Canadian historical events during the first World War. The story of war and violence is told through the eyes of Xavier, who is a Cree boy, and who volunteers for the war. Xavier’s very close Cree friend Elijah, who he has grown up with, has also volunteered for the war. A lot of the book is about their adventures as children and also about their circumstances during war as Cree men. The other parts of the book are told by Niska, Xavier’s aunt who had raised both Xavier and Elijah in the wilderness. Niska throughout the book talks about her past life as a windigo killer, and the hardships she experienced that in return, shaped her into the strong woman she has become.

The defining characteristics of WW1 were its sickening violence and its immense death toll so, understandably, many pieces of war literature aim to present the horrors of war in order to unflinchingly reveal the true experiences of the soldiers. However, Journey’s End by R.C Sherriff and A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry also focus on the emotional aspect of war and the relationships it created and destroyed. The war forced people of every background to rely on and interact with each other while it also wrenched soldiers away from their families, introducing unique tensions between people that would not have existed otherwise. However, it is debatable which form, Sherriff’s play or Barry’s novel, is most effective in presenting these relationships.

Nothing positive have ever come out of war, with soldiers going through immense stress, and usually experiencing psychological damage. In Three Day Road, Elijah and Xavier are Cree aboriginals that are fighting World War One as Canadian snipers. Xavier had a very difficult time killing people, as it is immoral to kill. He was surrounded by violence, and learned to kill only to survive. His Friend Elijah, started to enjoy killing soldiers and would take trophies of the dead.

1) The relationship between characters and their society is constant change. The society the characters live in is constantly changing due to the European presents in the country. This means the the characters must change and develop along side. This is seen in the novel when Xavier and Elijah joint the military and adapt to the European was of combat.

     It is always said that war changes people. In the short story 'The Red Convertible', Louise Erdrich uses Henry to show how it affects people. In this case, the effects are psychological. You can clearly see a difference between his personalities from before he goes to war compared to his personalities after returns home from the war. Before the war, he is a care-free soul who just likes to have fun. After the war, he is very quiet and defensive, always watching his back as if waiting for someone to strike.

As a sniper, you can either feel you are the predator or the prey. One mistake and you can give away your position and you would not make it home. In the book Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, Xavier and Elijah find themselves as snipers in WW1. Xavier struggles emotionally with his role as a killer. This stress preys on his emotions and makes

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The protagonist of Three Day Road comes in the form of Xavier Bird, a taciturn and humble young Cree man who finds himself tossed into the chaos of the Great War; a global phenomenon that turned men into monsters and the land into a place suitable for no man. Through his devotion to his spirituality, refusal to conform to wemistikoshiw ways, and steadfast sense of morality, Xavier manages to maintain his identity throughout the novel.

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