Introduction:
Oh no how has uncle got me into this! In this essay i'm going to be talking about a character from the novel Lost In The Barrens, he goes by the name of Jamie. He was forced to live with his uncle in the Cree camp in Northern Canada as he could not afford to keep him in boarding school in Toronto. Jamie had no survival skills what so ever and had no idea how he was going to survive. He quickly became friends with a boy the same age as him called Awasin. In this essay i’m going to talk about why I enjoyed reading about Jamie. My three reasons why I like reading about Jamie are How Jamie and Awasin's communication was key to them surviving, all Jamie's Qualities he showed over the book and how Jamie changed physically and mentally over the book.
How Jamie and Awasin's communication was key to them surviving:
Jamie and Awasin went on a hunting trip with another group of people called the Deereaters. The leader of their camp was called Denikazi and we was meant to be looking after the boys over the whole hunting trip, a few days in the boys split from Denikazi and his …show more content…
Over the book Jamie became more confident in the bush as he learned lot's of survival tactics from Awasin who had lot's of experience in the bush. Jamie showed respect to all members of the Cree camp, the Deereaters and of course Awasin, But one quality that took him awhile to truly use was leadership. Awasin was a born leader over Jamie came into the bush knowing nothing. Jamie started showing leadership over Awasin in parts of the book as he became more confident. For Example When the boys lost Denikazi one morning Jamie said to Awasin “Nevermind breakfast we’ll try catch Denikazi instead”. This Shows Jamie making decisions over Awasin. I think that Jamie's qualities were outstanding and really showed how much of a good man he
Oh no how has uncle got me into this! In this essay i'm going to be talking about a character from the novel Lost In The Barrens, he goes by the name of Jamie. He was forced to live with his uncle in the Cree camp in Northern Canada as he could not afford to keep him in boarding school in Toronto. Jamie had no survival skills what so ever and had no idea how he was going to survive. He quickly became friends with a boy the same age as him called Awasin. In this essay i’m going to talk about why I enjoyed reading about Jamie. My three reasons why I like reading about Jamie are How Jamie and Awasin's communication was key to them surviving, all Jamie's Qualities he showed over the book and how Jamie changed physically and mentally over the book.
How Jamie and Awasin's communication was key to them surviving:
Jamie and Awasin went on a hunting trip with another group of people called the Deereaters. The leader of their camp was called Denikazi and we was meant to be looking after the boys over the whole hunting trip, a few days in the boys split from Denikazi and his …show more content…
Over the book Jamie became more confident in the bush as he learned lot's of survival tactics from Awasin who had lot's of experience in the bush. Jamie showed respect to all members of the Cree camp, the Deereaters and of course Awasin, But one quality that took him awhile to truly use was leadership. Awasin was a born leader over Jamie came into the bush knowing nothing. Jamie started showing leadership over Awasin in parts of the book as he became more confident. For Example When the boys lost Denikazi one morning Jamie said to Awasin “Nevermind breakfast we’ll try catch Denikazi instead”. This Shows Jamie making decisions over Awasin. I think that Jamie's qualities were outstanding and really showed how much of a good man he