Stanislav Hud
Ms. Schomer
NBE 3 U
17 April 2024
Justin Scott as the representative of European Settlers In Waubgeshig Rice’s, Moon of the Crusted Snow, the author tells a tale about chaos on a fictional Anishinaabe reservation, how the community survives with limited energy, limited resources and the terrifying hardships they face. One of these hardships happens to be Justin Scott, a white man who mysteriously arrives on the reservation under the pretext that he would like to become part of their community because he has no other place to go. Scott is the symbol of historic European settlers. Just as they do, Justin Scott tries to take everything under his own control. Justin Scott asserts his power and control over the people on the reservation. …show more content…
Justin Scott is a clear symbol of colonization within Canada and is a reminder of the terrible treatment of Indigenous Peoples that has yet to be rectified. To begin, the first time Justin Scott arrives at the reservation, he brings an arsenal of weapons with him. This establishes him as a possible threat to their community due to his identity as a big white man who does not have their trust: “He took them to the health station where he’d been staying and pulled a ring of keys from his waist to unlock one of the hard cases. A soft foam mould contained a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, a.30-30 rifle, a smaller.22-caliber rifle, and two semi-automatic pistols”(Rice 125). Overall, Justin's possession of guns might be disrespectful to their community due to their safety and untrustworthiness. Some people on reservation might have an intergenerational trauma after seeing a big white man with a lot of weapons with him. Another way Justin Scott tries to assert his dominance is by making the people afraid by using his weapons where there is no need to do it: “Four sharp cracks of gunfire pierced the havoc, bringing silence to the melee. Justin Scott stood at the bottom of the road leading
Ms. Schomer
NBE 3 U
17 April 2024
Justin Scott as the representative of European Settlers In Waubgeshig Rice’s, Moon of the Crusted Snow, the author tells a tale about chaos on a fictional Anishinaabe reservation, how the community survives with limited energy, limited resources and the terrifying hardships they face. One of these hardships happens to be Justin Scott, a white man who mysteriously arrives on the reservation under the pretext that he would like to become part of their community because he has no other place to go. Scott is the symbol of historic European settlers. Just as they do, Justin Scott tries to take everything under his own control. Justin Scott asserts his power and control over the people on the reservation. …show more content…
Justin Scott is a clear symbol of colonization within Canada and is a reminder of the terrible treatment of Indigenous Peoples that has yet to be rectified. To begin, the first time Justin Scott arrives at the reservation, he brings an arsenal of weapons with him. This establishes him as a possible threat to their community due to his identity as a big white man who does not have their trust: “He took them to the health station where he’d been staying and pulled a ring of keys from his waist to unlock one of the hard cases. A soft foam mould contained a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, a.30-30 rifle, a smaller.22-caliber rifle, and two semi-automatic pistols”(Rice 125). Overall, Justin's possession of guns might be disrespectful to their community due to their safety and untrustworthiness. Some people on reservation might have an intergenerational trauma after seeing a big white man with a lot of weapons with him. Another way Justin Scott tries to assert his dominance is by making the people afraid by using his weapons where there is no need to do it: “Four sharp cracks of gunfire pierced the havoc, bringing silence to the melee. Justin Scott stood at the bottom of the road leading