In this next passage Keesic's interest for the new development of his
tribe sticks out most to me at the beginning. Keesic doesn't understand
what the difference between a mountain and a cement factory is and
can't understand why people don't just live with what they have. This
made me think because I often just take our manmade products for
granted. Furthermore it is hilarious when Keesic asks about the lines
which are roads and speculates that hunting must be very good to make
people fat enough to need a path that wide. I really enjoyed this joke
and think it is interesting to imagin that things like roads are
unfamiliar to some people. It reminded me of my time in Ghana where one
of my students tried to get rid of the freckles in my face, because he
thought it was dirt and another one told me that his biggest wish in
life was to see a traffic light once in his life. Both things seemed so normal to me that I didn't even pay attention to them anymore. It was interesting for me to find out that I transferred the
concept on to other cultures and didn't just stick to the present/past
concept.
In the middle of the passage Keesic reveals
that he has been at the rock before when he was little. He spend five
days there without food. While being there he had a vision that told him
to follow the path of medicine. Unfortunately he says that he ist not
strong enough to fullfil the vision. Now that he is back at the place
that helped him once, he hopes for a sign from above again. Rusty tells Keesic
that dream quest and visions have died out since no one believes in
them anymore. To me this seems like a further point to add to the list
of changed/lost values and beliefs of this particular tribe.
Towards the end of
the passage the thirt protagonist, Michael from the future, all of a
sudden appears. It is funny how suddenly Rusty, who seemed so
modern to me, appears outdated because of Michael's appearance and his
reactions towards Rusty. It is stated that he comes from May 2095 and it seems very surprising to me that Rusty's face and name are familiar to him. It must
mean that he is famous for something and this is hard to
believe, given the way Rusty has been portrayed by Drew Hayden Taylor. I don't feel
to sympathetic towards him, because he seems very uninterested and
short-tempered.
It seems very inappropriate to me when
Michael states his fascination about Keesic coming from such a long time
ago by calling him "subject matter". I was unsure, if I understood it
right, so I looked up the word to make sure that I understood it correctly.
Doing so my thoughts were ratified since it means something like
"Gegenstand", "Angelegenheit" or "Thematik". Therefore Michael doesn't
refer to Keesic as a human being but rather as a thing.
All
three protagonists speculate about the reason for being at Dreamer's
Rock. Michael speculates that the power of Dreamer's Rock
brought them there. He thinks that it might be similar to the
Poltergeist phenomenon that is common in Germany. It is intersting that
Drew Hayden Taylor refers to Germany here. Comparing this play to his play
"'The Berlin Blues" it almost seems like Germans truly fascinate Drew Hayden
Taylor and appear in a series of his plays. Additionally Michael guesses that they came together to defend Dreamer's Rock from the "alcoholic era". It would be intersting to find out more about this and discuss it with students.
The cawing
of the crow, which seemed strange to me at the beginning (because it was
highly emphasized) is referred back to in this paragraph. According to
Keesic crows are messangers of the creator. He cannot believe that Rusty
didn't even try to listen to what he was trying to say. Rusty just thought of the
noise as being very annoying, which fits to his indifferent attitude.
Additionally the first part of the title "Toronto" is explained. It isn't only the place in Canada but also means places in general where important things happen. Therefore it will be intersting to see what significant events will follow on the next pages......
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