Growing Up Native Analysis

The author provides an insight into her native upbringing in a small community and the future discrimination she would face throughout her life in chronological order. During the narration, Carole uses a lot of imagery. The author compares the warm feeling she felt in her community to the cold feeling of being surrounded by a large white population. Carole talks about her firsthand experience of discrimination after moving to Whitehorse, she talks about the time she urinated herself due to the intimidation she felt from the white students and teachers. She explains how she dropped out in the ninth grade, until her encounter with a friend that changed her life forever.