Supporting details Flashcards
Media portrayals
1. Stereotypes and misrepresentation (contrast)
IH: when Saul plays for the Marlboros the media coverage is only about his ethnicity and culture, not focusing on his hockey. It was very racist, showing how media reinforces stereotypes and misrepresentation
DWW: the characters make fun of their own stereotypes in act 1, demonstrating how ridiculous it is to have such false and widespread stereotypes in media
Media portrayals
2. The power of storytelling in media (contrast)
IH: Saul’s story sheds light on the often looked over truths that happened at residential schools (ex. The iron sister), throughout Saul’s story he also shares the experiences of others that he witnessed.
DWW: the characters realize that they want to tell their own stories
Media portrayals
3. Reclaiming indigenous representation (compare)
IH: Saul’s story shows that indigenous people are capable of change and can grow when they are surrounded by their community and given the resources to work through trauma
DWW: the characters reclaim their own stories, by writing what they have always dreamed of being. They all support each other and encourage each other to create new lives for themselves
Relationships between indigenous people and non indigenous people
1. The impacts of historical trauma on relationships (compare)
IH: Saul got kicked off of the kids hockey team for being First Nations and is always weary about ever playing with/against white people. Saul became distrusting of white people
DWW: all of the characters had bad past experiences with white people, creating a distrust. Reflected in the way they were so flippant about the white writer and the half white people among them
Relationships between indigenous people and non indigenous people
2. Systemic racism and power dynamics (contrast)
IH: throughout Saul’s entire experience playing hockey, the white people have always held the power (making decisions, having better things, etc). Real relationships cannot be formed if one group has all of the power
DWW: the characters tried to escape the stereotypes placed on them by white people, but the white writer still has all of the power and gives them new stereotypes
Relationships between indigenous people and non indigenous people
3. Reconciliation and healing (contrast)
IH: nothing is really shown in the book on how to mend the relationships between the two cultures. Saul’s path to healing revolved around reconnecting with his culture and First Nations family (erv sift was able to help a bit)
DWW: healing is shown as starting over, however the relationships between I and NI people ruined the healing that the I characters were trying to achieve. They were unable to achieve healing due to the harmful relationship
Intergenerational trauma
1. Impacts relationships (contrast)
IH: Saul’s parents trauma traumatized him and they abandoned him, their culture and Naomi
DWW: the characters bonded over their trauma, came together to support each other, stuck together no matter what, left no one behind
Intergenerational trauma
2. Bad coping mechanisms (compare)
IH: Saul turns to alcohol as an anecdote to exile, inherits his parents trauma and coping mechanisms. Could not deal with the trauma alone
DWW: Fred, and all of the others turn to alcohol and drugs to mitigate their trauma, trying now to recover but the damage done by alcohol was done
Intergenerational trauma
3. Cannot be escaped (compare)
IH: by staying with his grandmother, Saul tries to escape his parents trauma, but he ends up living their trauma and dealing with it the same way they did. He cannot escape their trauma or his own
DWW: even after the characters change their narratives, the dww follows them and causes more problems to worsen their new stereotypes. No matter what they do they cannot escape their trauma
