Indian Horse Richard Wagamese Analysis

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The novel Indian Horse written by Richard Wagamese is an award winning novel based on an aboriginal boy and his journey through life battling with racism and cruel jokes. Saul Indian Horse is a native boy whose life got turned upside down when he was taken to the residential school St. Jerome. Throughout the novel, Saul engages in the amazing game of hockey, but not without critics. A crucial turning point in Saul’s life is when he gets liberated from St. Jerome and beings playing hockey with the Moose in Manitouwadge which means “Cave of the Great Spirit”. At --- years old, Saul was asked b Father Leboutiler if he would like to go live with a family, the Kelly’s, in Manitouwadge to play hockey with the ‘Moose’. The Moose are a hockey team

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