Elijah Isolation

Elijah´s character in the novel played a huge role where Elijah was isolated from friends, family and loved ones. Elijah have been through a punishing and desperate time in residential schools where Elijah was torrered and treated differently from each other. Residential schools back then were more punishing and torturing to native Indians and other people as well it acted as a prison for students, they were restricted or unable to see their families or get to hear from them at all. Once, Elijah was in the residential school he was restricted to see his family and was not able to hear from them at all. Elijah had to go through residential school all the way through but with Niska and Xavier they escaped and lived their lives as native Indians but Elijah was the unlucky ones who have not
Elijah was there at the location where the nun´s were the ones that molested Elijah and cause him to lose himself to be isolated from his family, friends and other relationships. Insert Quote. This illustrates when Elijah was being treated differently from one another because of culture and religion. Those residential schools kept Elijah isolated and taken away from her family and friends, plus Elijah had to learn the ways of europeans. The nuns took Elijah and molested him this was very hard and forsence time to give him some manners or to make him understand what was going on. The nuns were there to make students and kids understand the european language and the responsibilities of being a soldier in the war so the preparation mineral for war survival instincts. The nuns were the ones who controlled the school systems back in the past. Elijah, Niska and Xavier they all experienced the thrilling and tragic event of residential schools but Niska and Xavier escaped and lived on their own, and Elijah was the only one who experienced the whole thing all the way through. Elijah was not the lucky one who managed to escape or to run