Waubgeshig Rice's Moon Of The Crusted Snow

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In Moon of the Crusted Snow, written by Waubgeshig Rice, tragedy befalls a northern Anishinabek community, home to Evan Whitesky, the main character. The characters in this captivating story must navigate the challenges and hardships as they unravel. Indigenous characters in the book and Justin Scott are the main focus of the book. Themes that arise within these characters aid in the definition of what the book's overarching genre is. Justin Scott is mainly characterised in Misery Lit, the genre of depressing and sad themes, as he is the main antagonist of the story. He also inflicts suffering, pain, and despair on the people of the community. However, families like Evan Whitesky’s found ways to experience joy, brilliance, resurgence, and resilience in times of crisis. Despair, brilliance, and suffering in both Justin Scott and Indigenous peoples in …show more content…

This time, the suffering they endured was terrible. There were numerous factors that continued to affect the well-being and quality of life in the community. The cut off of power meant the complete isolation of the community. Diesel, water, food, heat, and other necessities ran dry as time went on. People were suffering from malnutrition, depression, grief, and the rising death toll that plagued the community. It was getting to those in the community. “With each body, the three friends hoped it would be the last. Jacob McCloud was found hanging from a tree in the bush. Dion McCloud. He had shot himself a few days later, near the tree where Jacob died.” (Rice, pg 155-6). Death and suffering in the community spread like the plague. One death led to another, and it didn’t seem like there was an end in sight. Suffering was the largest overarching theme throughout the entire book. This final comparison pushes the theme of Misery Lit even further. The author pushes the theme of suffering until most of the book is all about the suffering of the

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