Johnny herself many times states that she is dead, so perhaps she actually is and none of this is real. George mentions it himself, when he says,“That's the thing with delusions, sometimes they can appear so real” (Hayden Taylor 19), giving the reader the idea that none of what is happening is occur between two people, but rather that George is imagining everything. This puts the idea in the reader's mind that it indeed was a delusion. Johnny herself at times implies that she does not exist anymore, saying, “Me… I’m a memory. Whose memory I’m not sure,” (Hayden Taylor 17) leaving the reader believing that she might be telling the truth, that she is a memory, perhaps a memory of George’s past mistakes and guilt, or even a memory of all Natives that were abused in Residential Schools coming back to haunt those who wronged them. She also reminds George many times that she is actually dead, killed by what he did to her. She reminds him, “Your a ghost, I’m a ghost. All these memories of what happened to me, to Sammy, to all of us… It’s dead. I’m a ghost” (Hayden Taylor 39), and perhaps it was all true, that Johnny was never there because she is dead, and her ghost is coming to haunt George to torture him about what he did, to remind him about, and to make him accept and acknowledge what he did so she can rest in
Johnny herself many times states that she is dead, so perhaps she actually is and none of this is real. George mentions it himself, when he says,“That's the thing with delusions, sometimes they can appear so real” (Hayden Taylor 19), giving the reader the idea that none of what is happening is occur between two people, but rather that George is imagining everything. This puts the idea in the reader's mind that it indeed was a delusion. Johnny herself at times implies that she does not exist anymore, saying, “Me… I’m a memory. Whose memory I’m not sure,” (Hayden Taylor 17) leaving the reader believing that she might be telling the truth, that she is a memory, perhaps a memory of George’s past mistakes and guilt, or even a memory of all Natives that were abused in Residential Schools coming back to haunt those who wronged them. She also reminds George many times that she is actually dead, killed by what he did to her. She reminds him, “Your a ghost, I’m a ghost. All these memories of what happened to me, to Sammy, to all of us… It’s dead. I’m a ghost” (Hayden Taylor 39), and perhaps it was all true, that Johnny was never there because she is dead, and her ghost is coming to haunt George to torture him about what he did, to remind him about, and to make him accept and acknowledge what he did so she can rest in