What does Father Leboutilier mean when he says, “You’re free now Saul. Free to let the game take you where it will” (67). - While he is there, what is revealed about the trauma that Saul has been denying and repressing all this t

Father Leboutilier has secured a place for Saul in the Indian League with Fred Kelly and his family. Saul is finally breaking free from the tyranny of the residential school and the bondage of the church. Unfortunately, the higher levels of hockey are part of the white world and this world is not yet ready to embrace the ultra-talented Saul. Racism and bigotry are embedded in the white world which will prevent Saul from letting the game take him to new places. We later find out that Father Leboutilier had been sexually abusing Saul at the school.