Life can be hard at times, especially if you are forced to give up everything you know and start a new one. In Joseph Bruchac’s novel, Code Talker, this is exactly the case. Kii Yazhi, a young Navajo boy, has to give up his life as a Navajo to go to boarding school and learn English. There, he must never speak in Navajo or else he will be punished by the teachers. Kii, now named Ned by the teachers, must overcome this challenge and many others if he wants to survive World War II.
Upon arriving at school, Ned is given a new name, new hair, and told to never speak his native language. He and the other students are punished in many different ways if they speak Navajo. On the second day, “He (Mr. Reamer) yelled something, slapped his hand over my mouth, and picked me up under his arm … He carried me inside to the sink where there was a …show more content…
This happened multiple other times to Ned and other students with different punishments. Finally, Ned had had
Upon arriving at school, Ned is given a new name, new hair, and told to never speak his native language. He and the other students are punished in many different ways if they speak Navajo. On the second day, “He (Mr. Reamer) yelled something, slapped his hand over my mouth, and picked me up under his arm … He carried me inside to the sink where there was a …show more content…
This happened multiple other times to Ned and other students with different punishments. Finally, Ned had had