Study Guide: Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

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This audio study guide for Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the novel’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as the nature-human continuum and the dichotomy between White and indigenous life. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Published in 2014, Medicine Walk follows a 16-year-old boy named Franklin Starlight as he seeks out a traditional burial site for his dying father. Franklin, abandoned by his Ojibway father as an infant and raised by a White man, struggles with the concepts of love, forgiveness, abandonment, and honor.

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