The Marrow Thieves Essay on Frenchie Do you think that circumstances of life have the capability of transforming the character of an individual driven by their inherited desire for survival? They certainly do, too. A wise man once said “strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men”. Do you know why hard times create strong men? It’s because during hard times, one has no other option for survival but to become stronger. This is precisely the story of Frenchie, the main character of this story, who’s character transforms throughout the story in many ways. There were many circumstances and obstacles faced by Frenchie which Frenchie survived by facing them head on. By examining …show more content…
Early in the novel, Frenchie is separated from his father when his father goes to a government council meeting and never returns. Being only an 11-year-old boy, Frenchie did not initially understand the seriousness of him not returning as the days went by. He expected that his father would return home relatively quickly. When it became clear that he would not be returning, it devastated Frenchie and triggered him to start to think about how he is going to survive without his father. Frenchie’s journey continued to get worse when his mother abandoned him and his brother, Mitch. She went to the community center to search for supplies, but never came back. The loss of his mother resulted in Frenchie having to learn how to feed himself and his brother. Frenchie had to learn many skills on his own such as how to hunt, forage food, hide from recruiters and tell time Frenchie now had to constantly face dangerous circumstances. This was an additional responsibility that Frenchie had to undertake for himself and his brother. When Mitch got taken by the recruiters, Frenchie felt he had lost everything and became lonely because Mitch was the only family he had left after his parents never …show more content…
When Riri was being held hostage by Lincoln, their own kind of people, Frenchie never gave up and tried to save her by chasing after her and Lincoln before they jumped off the cliff. When Riri was killed, Frenchie and the entire group were devastated. Frenchie learned very quickly that his own kind, who he expects to be trustworthy, can betray him. Frenchie kept the group going and provided assistance in hiding the group from dangers of recruiters or wild animals. In this story, it was observed how Frenchie’s journey is the journey of survival. The story shows how the character of Frenchie transformed, from a dependent child to a survivalist and then to a mentor, through his quest for survival. This transformation happens in the short span of 5 years. This story shows that any individual can be transformed when faced with various circumstances, when the options for survival become limited. It can be said that unfavorable and uncomfortable circumstances have the potential to develop the skills anyone will require to face those circumstances. This story also shows that in life, difficult circumstances should always be embraced because they have the potential to bring the best out of a
The hardships of the need of acceptance from others makes peoples lives complicated and confusing. These hardships affect people differently and each person deals with hardships in different ways. The decisions people make due to hardships can change who they are as a person. Jean Howarth examines the idea of responses to hardship in her short story, “The Novitiate”. She writes about a girl who must go through the hardship of choosing between her brother and her morals. The author utilizes character development to suggest that the need of acceptance can cause people to make difficult decisions in hardships, which can lead to a person breaking their own morals for the satisfaction of others.
When Marie tries to ask the protagonist to take a walk, this action shows that she is trying to achieve Pauline’s dream by getting her outside of the house. Therefore, she could finally feel the true meaning of freedom. Nevertheless, Pauline’s mother’s response demonstrates that she wants her daughter’s safety more than anything. The mother tries to keep Pauline away from the danger, so the protagonist can at last have a healthier life. However, Agathe’s reply shows that her mother is willing to sacrifice Pauline’s dream to keep her secure.
Sarah and her mother are sought out by the French Police after an order goes out to arrest all French Jews. When Sarah’s little brother starts to feel the pressures of social injustice, he turns to his sister for guidance. Michel did not want to go with the French Police, so he asks Sarah to help him hide in their secret cupboard. Sarah does this because she loves Michel and does not want him to be discriminated against. Sarah, her mother, and her father get arrested for being Jewish and are taken to a concentration camp just outside their hometown. Sarah thinks Michel, her beloved brother, will be safe. She says, “Yes, he’d be safe there. She was sure of it. The girl murmured his name and laid her palm flat on the wooden panel. I’ll come back for you later. I promise” (Rosnay 9). During this time of inequality, where the French were removing Sarah and her mother just because they were Jewish, Sarah’s brother asked her for help. Sarah promised her brother she would be back for him and helped him escape his impending arrest. Sarah’s brother believed her because he looks up to her and loves her. As the story continues, when Sarah falls ill and is in pain, she also turns to her father for comfort, “at one point she had been sick, bringing up bile, moaning in pain. She had felt her father’s hand upon her, comforting her” (Rosnay 55).
In most of the world's greatest literature, there have been introduced countless courageous characters and triumphant victories. These characters have the power to father strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. Such characters as Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God, Gatsby from The Great Gatsby, June from The Joy Luck Club, and Edna from The Awakening. Throughout each of these magnificent stories comes an example of bravery and courage. Although in some cases, the characters may not generally be perceived by the public to be courageous at all, they demonstrate extreme strength in overcoming adversity.
Marie-Laure’s life changed when at the age of six she went blind, causing her to become very dependent on the people around her. Her father tried to make her life as
In many short stories, characters face binding situations in their lives that make them realize more about themselves when they finally overcome such factors. These lively binding factors can result based on the instructions imposed by culture, custom, or society. They are able to over come these situations be realizing a greater potential for themselves outside of the normality of their lives. Characters find such realizations through certain hardships such as tragedy and insanity.
Meursault is a fairly average individual who is distinctive more in his apathy and passive pessimism than in anything else. He rarely talks because he generally has nothing to say, and he does what is requested of him because he feels that resisting commands is more of a bother than it is worth. Meursault never did anything notable or distinctive in his life: a fact which makes the events of the book all the more intriguing.
“The Hero’s Journey.” Ariane Publications, 1997. Course handout. AS English I. Dept. of English, Woodside High School. 26 October 2013.
Dr. Manette is imprisoned in the French Bastille for eighteen years by the cruel French government and unknown to him those many years of pain and suffering serve as a great sacrifice in the eyes of the Revolutionists. He is recalled to life from the time he served when he meets Lu...
Daru, the schoolteacher in a remote area of Algeria, is torn between duty and what he believes is the right thing to do when he is suddenly forced in the middle of a situation he does not expect. He must escort an Arabic prisoner to the nearest town. It is not that Daru has much sympathy for the man; in fact, he does not, and actually finds himself disliking the Arab for disrupting so many lives. "Daru felt a sudden wrath against the man, against all men with their rotten spite, their tireless hates, their blood lust." Unfortunately, Daru loves his homeland, and cannot bear to think of leaving, despite the chaos that is raging around him between France and the Algerian natives. I believe that Daru makes the right choice in letting the prisoner choose his own fate. Daru has reaso...
Preston Bennett Ms. Sigal ENG2D1-4 30 May 2024 The Theme of Loss in the Book ‘The Marrow Thieves’ In the book The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, the main characters face loss many times as they navigate a dystopian world where indigenous people are hunted for their bone marrow. Throughout the novel, the characters face many forms of loss and are tested on their survival instincts while on the run from recruiters. The group's need for each other is important in the face of loss as they help each other through it and bring each other closer. Finally, the characters also struggle with trusting other groups of people as you can never be sure of others in a dog eat dog world.
Hamza Ismeal Mrs Lara Gould English 10-1 Monday May, 16, 2024. Cultural perseverance and Self-development RESILIENCE Every experience, both the good and the bad, will eventually get you to where you are supposed to be. Charlotte Freeman. The novel The Marrow Thieves, authored by Cherie Dimaline, is dystopian science fiction that explores the idea that experiences cause growth and maturity.
...ly announces to the reader that he never felt comfortable with his apprentice; he only lasted this long because he wanted to take advantage of Grenouille’s talent. These three characters demonstrate the degree to which humanity in the 18th century perceived the unknown and the darkness of humanity.
Dr. Manette starts his life as a young successful man but then is traumatized by imprisonment and again becomes successful with the comfort of, his daughter, Lucie. Lorry rescues Dr. Manette from his prison in St. Antoine and essentially brings him back to life. At first Alexandre seems unstable and much older than his years, but as Lucie nurses him back to life he transforms into the vibrant man missing throughout hers. Doctor Manette has no recollection of his successful past: “Doctor Manette, formerly of Beauvais . . . the young physician, originally an expert surgeon, who within the last year or two has made a rising reputation in Paris” (298). After his unnecessary imprisonment he is very weak and frail: “[h]e had put up a hand between his eyes and the light, and the very bones of it seemed transparent” (36). He is found in a dark garret hunched over a cobbler’s bench making shoes to pass time. At first Lucie is apprehensive about approaching her father, but as she observes his actions she is overcome with joy; she has now found her father whom she thought was dead for seventeen years. As he spends more time with Lucie and Miss Pross he gradually gains more and more strength and is beginning to reach his capacities in life. “This new life of the Doctor’s [is] an anxious life, no doubt; still the sagacious Mr. Lorry [sees] that there was a new sustaining pride in it” (253). The changes in Dr. Manette are not all by his own doing. He started life prosperous and fortunate, and after an ill-fated imprisonment it takes him a long while to accomplish the ability to endure life again.
The authors' relations to us on the characters' places in society help us to relate to and comprehend their actions. If Meursault hadn't been so detached from society, Noboru so discontented with society, and Medea so vengeful toward society, we wouldn't have half of the justification needed to understand the murders that took place in the works. Given the presented material about conformity, I conclude that the stories' plots indeed grow around the unique attributes of the non-conformers, and as result, spark the reader's imagination to the fullest.