This is my next blog post for this semester.

So as I have said in my previous one I have read the book ”Three Day Road” by author Joseph Boyden and I thought that overall it was a very engaging and tense novel with something significant and suspenseful occurring in almost every chapter. All of this topped off with a tear jerking conclusion that finishes both Niska’s and Xavier’s story. This is also the book we are going to use as a class for our close reading assignment. I have not really thought of a specific passage yet but if I were to do one it would perhaps be the scene where Niska escapes from the residential school or even the moment where Elijah basked in the murder of several enemy troops. Even better I might also consider writing about the part where Niska seduces the Frenchman. I know I have to select one, but there is so many of them.

The Annual Women’s March which was where many came to honor the death of all these women who have died struck a chord in me when I heard about it. I wish I was there to honor them and to give them the respect they had deserved. It saddened me that they have to suffer this sort of fate, they did not really deserve death. So as a result I was rather thankful for this march and I was pleased and overjoyed to see that some people were interested in this. Being a member of society who surfs the internet on a daily basis I was always aware that people placed animals on a higher level than humans and would always care for animals first then humans second. This makes me have faith in this world as there are still people out there who care. To all those people who attended the march especially members of the Law and Society stream, thank you for showing your care and love towards these women.

Another thing I would like to mention is the piece by Marlene George on trying to end violence against women. The last few sentences of her blog were what struck me the most. The lines: “I march for the women who cannot march, their voices have been forever silenced by violence, I march for all women experiencing violence, I march for the missing women everywhere, I march because they canʼt“ was very well said by her, expressing the need for her to go out there and to spread awareness by participating within this march. Her descriptions of the experiences she had within the event and the people she met were heartwarming and also horrifying especially when she said that one of the Cree women called Reta Blind had actually witnessed the aftermath of the murder of one of these women. It almost frightens me when I imagine the pain and despair she must have felt when she saw the remains.

So to end this blog I ask: Why do people still enact violence towards women? There is no justification for doing such a thing and I just feel that it needs to stop.