I Heard an Owl Call My Name Essay

The intentions and motives of the Bishop regarding stigmatise are uncovered we find out that the reason why he sends Mark to Kingcome is because Mark except has three years to live as he is slowly dying from disease. But the Bishop only answered gently that it was where he would wish to go if he were raw again, and in the ordinands place. P. 3 Mark meets Jim at graduation Jim is shy and only talks to Mark when he is talked to. Mark remembers the background information on the area that the Bishop told him. The Indian name of the colony is Quee which means inside placeWhoop Szo, the Noisy Mountain Now Kingcome is known as a compact, Christian village, and this means that to run smoothly, the elected chief, the vicar and the agent from the Indian Affairs Department must be co-operative. P. 11 The concept of the Owl is lightly brushed The village is a talking bird, the owl, who calls the name of the man who is going to die P. 12 Chapter 2 Mark reaches Kingcome Village. Mark is int roduced to the RCMP officer when a weesa-bedo (small boy) dies. The Indians are not allowed to can the dead until the RCMP tumbles them approval.The RCMP officer gets angry at the chief because he moved the body without permission. When the officer sees the body, he gets sick and the Indians see the humour in this. Mark shares in this humour. Mark holds the burial service for the weesa-bedo. At the end of the Christian part of the service, Mark leaves the Indians in respect for their own burial customs. Chapter 3 The Indians plow and reflect on the respect Mark gave them and their traditions.We are introduced to the characters of the novel Chief Eddy the elected chief of the tribe T. P. Wallace an elder, the orator of the tribe, grandfather of Gordon and great uncle of Jim Marta Stephens matchless of the grandmothers of the tribe Mrs Hudson the matriarch Sam the unlucky one, father of Ellie Keetah Mrs Hudsons grand girl, the only one in the tribe who has no proper English name antiquated Peter the carver the Teacher the only other white man in the village whom did not care for the Indians.Ellie the little lost one P. 24, daughter of Sam Chapter 4 Mark receives a letter from bishop regarding the new vicarage Mark refuses the offer he doesnt want the Indians to help Mark starts to score he may never be acknowledged/belong to the Indians he is but a guest Mark makes friends with the two young children He holds his first sermon to which everyone attends except for a small minority Chapter 5 Jim & Mark become closer friends swimmer incident Due to his knowledge of the swimmers Jim is able to give Mark more respect Jim agrees to take Mark to the end of the swimmerJim announces he will marry Keetah Mark meets her and both agree that she is beautiful Chapter 6 Mark & Jim go hunting and kill a bear Mark gets scared on their hunting expedition Mark & Jims friendship is real twain knew there was a friendship between them now, forged without words and ne eding none. P. 40 Jim uses the Victorian we & Mark vows never to use it again Mark realises that he is beseeming one with the Indians.