Residential school in Brantford Ontario. While we were there, we were lucky to have a residential school survivor talk about he past struggles she faced which was difficult to hear. We also watched a video which took us on a virtual tour of the inside of the residential school. This video showed us all the rooms in the residential school and gave a description of what happened in the school. From this description, I couldn't image what it would be like to kids as young as five who were forced to attend these residential school.

Something that was assumed throughout the whole book by my group members was that Saul was raped in the residential school. Saul grew a very close connection to Father Leboutilier and near the endof the book on page 199, Saul admits that he was raped and forced to do things many times unwillingly.

One thing the author emphasized was that Saul was able to relieve all his problems with the help of hockey. When Saul played hockey at the residential school, he would forget about all the problems he had at the time and would find protection from the game. "When the racism of the crowds and players made me change, I became enraged because they were taking away the only protection I had" (Wagamese, 200). Saul used the game of hockey to protect himself from the outside world and it allowed him to run free and loose. When he played, he played "with abandon" (199).

I think it was very evident that