Indian Horse

Indian Horse

Explain the qoute and why? they are significant in the story. “I discovered that being someone you are not is often easier than living with the person you are” (104).

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I think this is in reference to residential school. Saul found it easier to survive if he pretended to be an assimilated young Indian boy than what he truly was. It was just easier to be who the nuns and priests wanted rather than be himself. This enabled him to avoid beatings and other abuses.

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