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Overview: The Marrow Thieves By Cherie Dimaline

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The Marrow Thieves (Pages 130 - 137) The Marrow Thieves, written by Cherie Dimaline, is a dystopian novel about the Indigenous community being hunted down for their bone marrow. First and foremost, I'm enjoying the book so far and I find the plot really interesting. The plot is very similar to a show that I recently watched called “The 100”. The difference is that in the show, the “mountain people” are taking the “grounder’s” bone marrow to be able to go outside and withstand radiation, but in the book it's because of the Indigenous peoples' dreams. The book is written in first person through Frenchie’s perspective. I like the fact that the author wrote it this way because it makes the story flow better, and it also makes us, the readers, …show more content…

This section of the book is when Riri dies because of Lincoln, I realized that her death is entirely pointless because neither the Indigenous or the enemy were able to use her genetics for being able to dream or to pass on cultural knowledge to her. This situation mirrors the events surrounding the residential schools, many children suffered and died because of the hate people had for no valid reason. This section also shows how traumatizing and dangerous life can be for Riri and the group as a whole, Frenchie says “...her throat grasped under his thick arm, legs kicking the air… ‘just put her down.’ Miig tried to keep his voice steady. ‘Please, just put the girl on the ground so she can breathe.” (Dimaline 131). Frenchie had woken up because of the chaos he heard outside the tent, only to see that they'd been betrayed by Travis and Lincoln. This made the group realize that they can’t trust others just because they share the same language, and that the situation made Frenchie understand one of the many ways people are vulnerable to violence and exploitation. Along with that, Frenchie killing Travis adds to the trauma as well, knowing how Riri was loved by him and the whole family. In this situation, French was controlled with his emotions of anger which caused him to act impulsively. I myself can relate to an

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