Archetypal Symbols In Three Day Road By Ahmed El Gamal

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Book Club Assignment – Seminar 2 Ahmed El Gamal 1. “I squeezed my thighs around him and kept twisting so that his eyes began to bulge. The man holding his arms strained against his strength, cursing and breathing hard. From the way the windgo writhed and flopped, I knew that the old man too was holding on for his life” (Page 244). This quote is extremely meaningful due to foreshadowing as both Xavier and Elijah are foreshadowed due to the hard time they have together at the end of the book. Both characters use the same way killing to kill the person they wanted to kill, Xavier strangles Elijah while looking into his eyes and so does Niska, she strangles her father too. Here family did not just mean family by blood, however, family in this scenario meant the tribe as a family and Xaviers fellow soldiers were also considered a family. Xavier’s aunt watched for the good of her tribe, whereas Xavier killed his best friend for the good of his soldiers. 2. “Are we not best friends Xavier? Are we not best friends and great hunters?” (Page 339). This quote is too important as it signifies many themes in the story. The theme that kept on coming up repeatedly was identity. It makes you know that everything at the …show more content…

For example, in schools we may use, Elementary School, High School and Post Secondary School. In the book, the number 3 is used to represent death. According to the Aboriginals, everything is related to death and the magic apparently is what you learn before your death. Also as explained above in the second last quote the idea of the circle is used as a symbol to show the main idea of everything coming back to where it began just like a wheel so when Xavier is still remembering Elijah and he is still using morphine to remember him just as if he is reborn

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