Question

What changes does Elijah of "Three Day Road" undergo through chapters 1-5?

Answer 1

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Chapter Notes:
Three Day Road

Chapter 1
Niska (Xavier’s Aunt) starts talkingoChange in character from preludeSummer of 1919 oPost WW1Niska is surprised to see Xavier come home alive instead of Elijah, the man she was toldthat was comingXavier is addicted to morphineo“I got closer and see that he has stuck something into his arm, something he pulls out just as he looks up and sees me.” (7)Niska is taking Xavier home towards Hudson bay on a “three – day paddle home”(8)Conclusion made is that Xavier has “come home to die”(9)

Chapter 2
Speaker changes to XavierTime flashes back to the front lines of Flanders oDuring WWIoMeet the soldiers in his sectionLt. BreechSgt. McCannFatsSean PatrickGrey EyesImpression that Xavier and Elijah are the best soldiers in their sectionPeggy is a reference to Francis Pegahmagabow oFamous Canadian sniper is WWI

Chapter 3


Xavier continues his story in the front line of the trenchesNew character- Corporal ThompsonoTeaches soldiers survival techniques in the trenchesLearn about the atmosphere inside the trenchesXavier learns the real danger when almost being shot in the faceo“It is real. All of this is suddenly very real. The other side wants to kill me, and I’venever even seen their faces.” (33)

Chapter 4 
Speaker switches to NiskaTalks about her childhood stories trying to relive Xavier’s memory of the terrible warRealize Niska is able to foretell the future like her dadA new character is introducedoMicahWent out trying to look for better huntingFroze to deathWife and child was forced to eat Micah (cannibalism) so they would not die from starvationWife and child became insane thereafterInsanity is called windigoNiska father forced to kill them oHBC men arrest her father for killing the mother and the childDies in prisonNiska sees the irony of the Cree helping a white man who eventually take over the Cree land

Chapter 5
They arrive at a point where Xavier tells a story when they reach a certain point of the river