While the reader does not yet know the precise relationship between the capacity to dream, bone marrow, and the hunting of Native people, Dimaline foreshadows that society is waging a war against Indigenous people in a violent effort to regain the capacity to dream.

“That’s where they pluck them from,” he explains ominously. Miig explains to the youth that dreams are woven into the marrow of their bones from the day they are born. 16įrom the outset of the novel, Dimaline presents dreams as a central theme. The logo on the left side was unreadable from this distance, but I knew what it said: 'Government of Canada: Department of Oneirology.' Around their necks, on white cords, hung those silver whistles. Their polo shirts were partially covered with zip-front windbreakers one shade lighter than their shorts. I saw both of the Recruiters now: high-waisted navy shorts, gym socks with red stripes pulled up to their knees above low, mesh-sided sneakers, the kind that make you look fast and professional. Dimaline highlights this by using similes to compare the experience of the Doritos to events that are commonly exciting for children in our world: ice skating and fireworks. This world is so altered that for Frenchie and Mitch, finding a bag of Doritos is a very special event. 12ĭimaline uses dark, apocalyptic imagery and an anxious, devastated mood to establish the novel’s setting in a future world destroyed by climate change and contamination. My mouth filled with spit, and a rotten hole in one of my molars yelled its displeasure. My dirty fingers skittered across the shiny surface like skates. “Holy, Mitch! Where’d you get that?” I touched the air-pressurized bag to confirm it was real. “Check it out.” He held a bag of Doritos between us-a big bag, too. Mitch was smiling so big his back teeth shone in the soft light of the solar-powered lamp we’d scavenged from someone’s shed.

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