Kiss of the Fur Queen

Topic 2: An Analysis of the Loss of Indigenous Language in Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway This literary study will identify the loss of the indigenous language in Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway. Highway’s story of two young Indian boys, Champion (Jeremiah) and Ooneemeetoo (Gabriel), illustrates the effect of forced Anglophone education in a residential school. In addition to be sexually abused by the Roman Catholic priests, they must reject their own native language in order to assimilate the English language. Highway’s story defines the tragic loss of indigenous identity through the forced assimilation policies of Canadian society during the era of residential schooling, which involves changing their names to Jeremiah and Gabriel. The loss of identity is a traumatic event due to the shame that the children have to endure due to a complete rejection of their own language and cultural values. In essence, an analysis of the loss of the indigenous language through residential schooling will be examined in Kiss of the Fur Queen by Thomson Highway. The story of Champion and Ooneemeetoo defines the struggle of…

In excerpt of Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen he uses various literary devices to stress the idea that winning the race is as essential to Abraham Okimasis as breathing. By using characterization of the location and vivid imagery, Highway conveys a tone of dramatic suspense during the last leg of Abraham Okimasis’ race. To introduce the reader into the last leg of the race Highway decrives the harsh conditions that were taking place. Highway describes the air as” so crisp, so dry [as] Abraham…

Aaron Paquette’s Lightfinder (2014) and Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998) are two novels that follow a set of siblings in a fictional context, focusing on their journeys, challenges, and accomplishments as Aboriginal youth. Highway’s Kiss of The Fur Queen revolves around the Okimasis brothers, Jeremiah and Gabriel, and the experiences they face as they were forced into the inhospitable environment of a Catholic residential school. Paquette’s Lightfinder revolves around Aisling…

The shocking gut reaction and tempo of the passage from Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen engages the readers to the protracted, iced, and endless polar as the character Abraham Okimasis and the pact of huskies trailing behind other the sled racers to make it to the finish line. Tomson Highway uses a variety of imagery to set the mood and the tone of the trek, as well as put the readers unto an atmosphere where Okimasis’ inner thoughts lie as he approaches the last leg of his race.…

In the opening passage of the novel “Kiss of the Fur Queen” by Tomson Highway, the author uses vivid, descriptive imagery, diction, and allusion to describe Abraham Okimasis’s desperation to win a sled race. Not only does this passage show how Okimasis is struggling, but how it emotionally drains him. Highway creates an intense tone and also gets the audience to visualize Okimasis’s mentality through strong use of diction. Vivid imagery played an important role in this passage due to the fact…

In this classic version of Sleeping Beauty, the prince risks his life passing through the thorn hedge to save the woman he is in love with. Unlike Basile’s tale, the prince “… bent over and gave [the princess] a kiss,” waking her with an act of true love (Grimm). The pattern of Sleeping Beauty‟s parents—from only Lord, to King and Queen, to only Queen—shows a swing from the patriarchal to the matriarchal, while the pattern of the prince shows a swing from princes being crude and violent to being…

JON The quiet solitute of the godswood was interrupted by a young man. Dressed in a black doublet and breeches and a fur cloak, Jon Targaryen made his way to the pool by which the weirwood tree stood. Why is he coming here? Here? Is there not one place I can find untainted by sour memories? He looked up at the sky, scowling. If he's coming, then that means the rest of them are coming as well. My dear sweet sister and my loving stepmother. My attentive and caring father. And it wouldn't be…

allowed to be together without being accompanied. In public they were allowed to hold hands, walk alone, and kiss. However, staying with each other was or even seeing each other during the night hours was frowned upon in the Victorian era. Through pride is how these couples show their love for one another in public. The man shall show protectiveness over his significant other while she must do the same. Protectiveness at this time was like asking for approval to speak or to simply do something.…

India. They are part of the common Aryan heritage and are to be traced by the remains of their language, fairy tales owe their origin to the identity of an early fancy. (Kready, Laura F) Wow, that was a lot to wrap a mind around, condense it a bit, technically fairy tales are myths but, they have a background. They do not have any one true origin, but, can be traced back to a specific language and play a role around the sun myth theory. Now some of the more common fairy tales, like the American…

every day; so much that parting was becoming very difficult for them. After talking it over with Ahmeya, Tamataunee decided to offer Mahonoy a gift of wampum and furs in exchange for Ahmeya as his bride. When he approached Mahonoy about it she was overjoyed of course. She would not lose her daughter Ahmeya. When a daughter married in the Lenape village, she stayed in her mother's longhouse with her new husband. Mahonoy was gaining a son, one whom she already loved dearly. So gifts were…