Trauma, no matter how mild or severe, will always alter an individual’s response to certain situations, some people more than others. Similarly as seen in Saul’s story. In the novel Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, Saul’s time in the residential school leaves an ongoing trauma and lifelong consequences such as a bitter personality, alcohol abuse and isolation.
Firstly, due to the physical and sexual abuse, his loss, and the discrimination he faces from society, this leaves Saul with a bitter personality and full of unresolved anger. For example, when he starts fighting back on the rink even though he never deemed it necessary, “I flipped my right glove off at the last second and drove my fist right into his face. I fought three of them before
