Sunday, 1 June 2014

Themes of identity, relationships, challenges, and sovereignty in the play!

The four themes connected to the grade eleven Native English I am currently taking are the themes of identity, relationships, challenges, and sovereignty.  I believe that the entire play was mainly on the theme of identity and challenges. The six characters struggle to accept the people they have been their whole lives, and to accept their identity. Throughout the book these characters try to find a way to change their identity for they are embarrassed and hated because of it. They discovery challenges, when indeed they do change in act 2, which help them realize they should not change their identity or who they are. As the six characters are trapped in the room together a lot of character relationships developed. Through talking with one another, we, as readers, are able to find out more and more about each character. Every single one of them treated each other, depending on their moods, either with anger, fear, or love. Sovereignty in this play was shown when Old Lodge Skins used the example that by blockading Tim Hortons, it shows a righteous political act that demonstrates their sovereignty against a symbol of Canadian imperialism. To the rest of the characters being Indigenous was not more important than fitting in, and Old Lodge Skins helps them realize that changing their identity is not the way to go. 

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