Thursday, December 3, 2015
Boydens "Circle" Story
Three Day Road starts when Xavier is coming home and we flash back to war, and to the old times before war. I do appreciate Boydens idea to not put the book in chronological. I find the book boring and something that i would not read on my own time. By not putting the book in chronological order I had to refocus my reading and re-connect the dots of the story. I liked that. It kept me interested and engaged as a reader. On the other hand it did make the novel a bit confusing and it was harder to understand at times. Some parts I do wish he had put the book in chronological order but I appreciate that he didnt. It reminds me of the Cree Circle of Life. The earth, sun moon, etc are all circles. He starts the novel at the end of the story and circles back to the beginning. Xavier returns to Niska and then we circle back to when he left and his journey to war. This has not connection to me because im not Cree but very well done Boyden.
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I agree with what you are saying. At times it is very hard to follow, but it was done well in the fact that he did something different. Boyden didnt start with the begining, we start at the end and worked our way from there. it has kept me interested as i want to read the book and finish connecting the rest of the dots and see were it takes us.
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