Exam: notes

Some very basic study questions with answers below. These questions and answers are just a guide to further study.

*Remember: On Thursday July 22nd I will be in Portal 4 from 430pm - 7pm.



“Goodbye, Snauq” by Lee Maracle. Study Questions
The following questions will help you study for the final exam.
Page 203 – How does calling the Snauq the “Supermarket of the nation” connect to themes we have been studying throughout the course?
- used to feed the population; lots of resources; center of the nation culturally; really pristine / untouched ecology.
- Sets up the Snauq as a place of great bounty and importance ecologically and culturally.

Page 204 – Locate the logos in the last paragraph. What is the author’s main point here?
- Snauq is a symbol for hopefully the last piece of land that First Nation people will have to give up.

Page 205 – What is the purpose of the Raven? How is the Raven an allegory? For what?






205 – What does the author mean by “find freedom in the context you inherit?” Does this line repeat throughout the essay? How many times?
- Context = situation / your role.
- Inherit = passed down to you from the past. Something that you receive.
- Trying to find ways to adapt to your situation. In this case it would be to find a voice in Can culture; find identity and independence for First Nations peoples.
- Repeats aprox. 4X

205 – Describe the contrast between the longhouse and the institution. How is this technique effective?
- Longhouse: warm, tradition, culture, memory of ancestors, identity.
- Institution: empty, white lights, dim, eerie
- Pathos.
- Inside the institution her identity is a teacher: has to follow the rules.
- The institution is a symbol of colonialism. She looses her culture and identity inside of one.



205 – Explain the story about the envelope? Why is the color of the envelope and irony?
Page 206 – Can you find the parallelism? What about the tone of this page?
Why is the author telling us she is drunk?
Page 207 – Can you find the flashback on this page? Where else are they in the essay? What do they all have in common?
208 – Locate the other flashback on this page. Notice that they are all about ecology and the natural environment. Notice also that they are always contrasted with its destruction. This is the rhetorical technique of CONTRAST.
Page 209 – Why is Khatsalano important? What is he a symbol of?
- Great leaders in First Nation culture.
- Also there to see the destruction of their homeland (eco)
- Struggled to find ways for the First Nations to participate on gov’t; to have a say and voice in Can culture / society.
- She is also trying to do the same thing.





209 – How are white people and / or white society portrayed on this page? Can you find any other mentions of white society in the essay?
- One dimensional: destroy environment and First Nation culture.
Look for tone and diction on page 209. Do you notice anything?
- Tone is what desperate, emotional.
Page 211 – she is returning to the metaphor of the envelope.
Can you find the parallelism and another flashback?
- “I am...”
- Flashback in 2nd paragraph: photo.
Page 212 – what is in the envelope? How does it affect her?
- Notice of the agreement and the loss of the Snauq.
- Flashback on this page: 5th paragraph.
Page 213 – Contrast! How are the settlers described? Common words? What about ecology and nature? Or the lives of the First Nations peoples?
- Metaphor: “The Settlers...” metaphor of consumption and destruction.
- Quotation: citation.
Is there a line that repeats on this page?
- Freedom in the context you inherit.
Look for quotations on this page.

Page 214 – the image of the longhouse repeats. Parallelism?
“I am not...”
Page 214 – 215 – Ethos! She reveals that she does not know any of the exact dates. Do we care?
- Last lines on 214 – top of 215.
- Reveals one of the purposes for saying goodbye (personal)
- Reveals uncertainty. Does that change your mind about her effectiveness?
Page 215 – Flashback / Page 216 Flashback. How do they work? Why are they there?
- Each flashback discusses the tensions between the First Nations and the settler population.
- In each flashback ecology and First Nation culture is described as pristine and untouched. These images are then CONTRASTED with their destruction at the hands of the colonizer.

Bottom of P216 – look for tone, pronouns (we) and audience.
- We as First Nations.
P217 – rhetorical questions.
- 2nd paragraph.
P218 – how is there “hope in irony?”