Medicine Walk

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Wagamese's, 'Medicine walk' gives off a homely, warm feeling, and promotes healthy masculinity and healing through its celebration of indigenous joy and brilliance. The subtle ways he is able to implement the compenents of indigenous culture, like: Oral storytelling, Nature, and Family, without it feeling forced is impecable. In the end all people are are their stories, and the legacy left behind by them, so one should make a good story before it is too late.

You were my father all these years. (Wagamese, 243)

“I’da had to give Jimmy up to the law if I stayed.” “He wasn’t family.” “He was all I had.” The kid looked at his father. He felt tears coming. “You had her,” he said, his voice breaking. “You had a mother.” (101)

“The kid went to the land. It was all he needed. The gun anchored him there. It was how he came to understand the value of living things, by his ability to remove them. Taking life was a solemn thing. Life was the centre of the mystery. The gun was his measure. His hand on the velvet flank of the deer. A cry born of a loss he slowly came to understand was part of him forever.” (Wagamese, 39)

Respect, gotta leave it the way you found it," (Wagamese, 63)

“The words compelling in the textures she wove them in. The dreams made by real shifts of tone, emphasis, and long, and the long, almost painful pauses she held them with,” (Wagamese, 90)

The vegetation (P3)

The life (P2)

"It's all we are in the end. Our stories. (Wagamese, 103)

The treeline (P1)

#3: Family and Elders

-The dynamic of family is extremely important in Medicine walk. -Franklin is a young seeking a sense of stable community, and a regular family, but trauma and loss has stopped that from happening. -"The old man", Bunky is the only true parental figure in Franklin's life, and while he is appreciative for him, he wishes to have that community and Mother especially, many of his culture have. -The struggle he endures is representative of a struggle indigenous people are still trying to overcome today, and that is finding their community and people, after the effects of colonialism seperated them. -While indirect, it is an extremely important part of the indigenous identity the novel posseses. -Through all this, the Elder role, Eldon is able to play for the last week of his life, teaches Franklin a lot of what he has been craving all his life, and provides closure for both parties.

#2: Relationship with nature

-The novel uses the reciprical relationship between man and the land, a principle of indigenous identity. -The tone, mood, and relationship between the characters, is often corrilated with the look and feel of the setting. (Becka's cabin during the rain, the moments they share at the end of their journey overlooking the vast land) -Frank takes from the land during the novel but also always makes sure he leaves things as he found them. -Franklin is well taught in how to navigate living off the land and is able to not just survive, but thrive while carrying Eldon around the entire time. -Franklin and Eldon are able to share skills (msotly Franklin) to teach each other as much about how their culture navigates the land as possible.

#1: Oral storytelling

-Oral stories are an integral part to many indigenous cultures. -Oral storytelling, used to convey teachings from Eldon to Franklin. -Important indigenous women in Eldon's life use it to connect to him on a deeper level, like his mother and Angie. -It flows naturally with the plot without using the fact storytelling is a part of indigenous culture as something cheep but it makes sense as to why they would particularly pick stories. -Sharing circles are represented, in the cabin with becka, in the home with Eldon, Jimmy, Jenks, and Eldon's mother. -Corresponds with level of education of both main characters with how the stories are told, (level of grammar, pacing) making it fit in realism.

Medicine Walk

In literature, there is always a message the author is trying to deliver to stimulate emotion, societal change. or reflection. In the novel 'Medicine Walk', the case is that Richard Wagamese, the author, delivers an impactful, but non-forced story that is able to celebrate the joy and brilliance within Indigenous culture, and teach it in a respectful, realistic, and natural way. The representation of oral stories, the interactions with nature, and the ties with family, and elders all prove this statement.

The horizon (Intro)