Explain what you think Saul means when he says, “We had not stepped beyond the influence of our legends. That was a border my generation crossed”(2)? Use information about his ancestry and where he comes from to answer this.

The first chapter of Indian Horse is focused on adult Saul, and introduces several of his major conflicts. He is recovering from alcoholism, although his commitment to overcoming his addiction is rooted only in his desire to get out of the Centre and move on with his life. At the same time, he is grieving a lost past, a grief he shares with his generation, the first Ojibway children born into a world where white settlers had already destroyed the possibility of living an unthreatened traditional life. Finally, Saul’s “greatest sorrow” is the loss of his ability to see beyond the boundaries of the physical world.