Interactions With The Piegans In The Crystal Drop By Monica Hughes

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Have you ever felt disconnected from your family? Does it feel isolating? Is there a sense of shame when you do not speak to those you love? Maybe or maybe not, he said. In society, family and human relationships are important for the health of an individual. In the novel The Crystal Drop by Monica Hughes. Protagonists, Megan and Ian, encounter alternative versions on their journey. The encounters and interactions with the Piegans, Charlie, Mitch, and Sadie show how they provide similar aspects in a family. In the novel, Megan and Ian meet the Piegans. A group of indigenous teenagers that reside in the head smashed buffalo jump museum. They are similar to ancestry by ancestry family by allowing them to stay in the museum. After kidnapping both …show more content…

Offering a sense of trust and that their safety is assured. Another example is the three canteens of water which are given after the siblings leave. After the gut-wrenching revelation of Charlie being killed and eaten by them. Megan and Ian are left disgusted. At that moment, it gives Megan the chance to act and leave the museum with Ian. Later on, as they left, they forgot their supplies. So Megan goes out to get them. Upon returning to Ian, she is not met with 2 canteens. “...three altogether”... All of them full.” (pg74), assumed that it is an apology from the Peigans for eating Charlie. Showing that they did not do it for the sake of it. But for the sake of survival. Close relatives often make choices that are rather cruel, unkind, brutal, etc.However, some maintain the ability to apologize and have their reasons. The Piegans were morbid. Understanding that “...’ That’s about the best meal’...” (pg 68) the 2 had ever had. Knowing the group has done something wrong in Megan and Ian’s eyes. They apologize by giving them enough water for their trip to Lundbreck. Giving resemblance to loved ones. However, Charlie may prove otherwise. Charlie is another demonstration of …show more content…

A prime example of this interaction between the old couple is between Mitch and Ian. Ian views Mitch as a father figure and makes him feel like a man. He has “...’ never been of account to anyone’...” (pg 157) and always felt he was a “... ’10-year-old nuisance kid’...” (pg 157). With Mitch, Ian feels like a man. He feels more than just a whiny, obstinate kid. Mitch’s significance to Ian is like Charlie’s. He seems more bonded to him than Megan. He even states: “...’ I don’t want to go’...” (pg 157). He doesn’t want to leave Mitch behind because of what he feels when he is around him, and that is being a man. Mitch is “...’ like dad was, only better...” (pg 157), and leaving him would break his heart. Henceforth why they are seen as family. All in all, is family important? Yes. I am a naysayer. Without them, we would be lost forever in the dark. Luckily there will always be 1,2 or maybe a group that will help us on our journey in life. Like Megan and Ian’s journey. Though the people are not directly related to them. With their actions, they are more relative to those they love than it

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