Residential school are a dark and a difficult part in many indigenous peoples lives, the countless abuses cases, physically and sexually, has caused them to be forever scarred. This trauma is showcased through the character Elijah and how his experiences in these schools during childhood have affected his judgment and the choices he makes throughout the war and adulthood.
Point: , The ultimate goal of the school was to kill the Indian in the child. Elijah experienced this through the countless acts of sexual and physical abuse, the sexual abuse is exemplified in the quote: “She would rub her soapy hands over him, how Elijah would get an erection, how she would scold him and then take his erection in her hands and rub him until his taut
