The moose that Frenchie chose not to kill earlier in the novel comes back to him in his dreams. What do you think the moose symbolizes and explain how you got your answer
Even though Frenchie decides not to kill the moose, “[i]n a way, I got that moose” because “[h]e visited me in my dreams.” In this way, the moose comes to symbolize a respectful relationship with nature. Frenchie feels it would be unjust to kill this grand animal only to waste a large portion of its meat. He chooses to respect nature rather than waste its resources. In so doing, he chooses to be different from those—like the Recruiters—who extract resources from the land and from Native peoples in a short-sighted, destructive manner. As a result of his respectful decision, Frenchie “gets” the moose in a different way, since the animal visits him in his dreams, perhaps to share insights.
The Marrow Thieves
