He narrates how he saved his own life during the epidemic: “I fainted, lost breath, so that I could hardly keep moving my lips. But I did continue and recovered. I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on” (46). He gives a realistic narration to Lulu. “My voice rasped at first when I tried to speak, but then, oiled by strong tea, lard and bread, I was off and talking . . . I began to creak and roll. I gathered speed I talking both language in streams that ran alongside each other, over every rock, around very obstacle. The sound of my own voice convinced me I was alive” (7).
Nanapush uses many methods to resist the assimilation with white. He takes up a position of leadership of the tribal council. He gets back Lulu from her boarding school by using this position.
Pauline realizes the difficulty of her…show more content… “Pillager, who knew the secret ways to cure or kill” (2). He found Fleur
Then something in the corner knocked. I flung the door wide. It was the eldest daughter, Fleur, about seventeen years old then. She was so feverish that she’d thrown off her covers, and now she huddled against the cold wood range, staring and shaking. She was wild as a filthy wolf, a big bony girl whose sudden bursts of strength and snarling cries terrified the listening Pukwan. So again I was the one who struggled to lash her to the sacks of supplies and to the boards of the sled. I wrapped more blankets over her and tried them down as well. (3)
Fleur survive “As for Fleur, with each day she improved in small changes, first her gaze focused, and the next night her skin was cool and damp. She was clearheaded, and after a week she remembered what had befallen her family, how they had taken sick so suddenly, gone under. With her memory, mine came back, only too sharp” (5).
“We feared that they would hear us and never rest, come back out of pity
