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| Plot Summary of Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway |
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"Minuk is a Yup'ik Eskimo girl living in Alaska in 1890. Life in her village changes forever when a white missionary family, the Hoffs, move in. The Hoffs view the Yup'ik as savages who need to be saved by Christianity. Minuk knows that's not true. But with more and more white people coming in, will her people's way of life be lost forever?"
Rebecca Herman, Resident Scholar
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"A girl who lives in Alaska along with white missionaries in her village. The white people bring her village a lot of new ideas. Towards the end of the book her whole family except her and her brother die from a plague that the white people brought to her village."
Ashley Nobis , Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Inside culture (main char)
- American Indian
Culture clash?
- Being oppressed by outside culture
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- a kid
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
- an organization
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- religious figure
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
- a lot
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Alaska
Desert?
Yes
Forest?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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