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Blood Red Ochre

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I believe that Kevin Major wrote the novel "Blood Red Ochre" because he wanted to inform people about the Beothuk indians of Newfoundland in an interesting way. The use of parallel narritives in the novel, lets the reader see the story from two very different view points. "Blood Red Ochre" tells the story of David, a teenage boy living in rural Newfoundland, and Daoodaset, a young Beothuk boy who is responsible for helping his starving family survive. Nancy/Shawnadithit is the link between the two stories. Nancy is a girl that David be-friends in school, and Shawnadithit is Daoodaset's one and only love. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, even though the ending was a little confusing. I would recommend it to anyone who may have an interest in this topic, especially teens.

Blood red ochre is a novel by a Newfoundlander, Kevin Major. In this story two young students are writing an assignment on how the Beothuk Indians became extinct. They decided to set out on a canoe trip to Red ochre island, a burial site of the beothuks. In the story, David and Nancy is another story from the past of one of the last beothuks, Dauoodaset, who set out on a journey to collect food for his people. Then when David and Nancy get on the island the present and the past tenses are brought together which creates a disaster. When I finished the book, I thought it was a good story. It was abit confusing at the end but overall it was a good story.I think Kevin Major wrote this story for young adults so they would understand the Beothuks more.

I think Kevin Major does a good job of writing the novel Blood Red Ochre. The use of past and present tenses was a little confusing, but he combines present day life, with the story of David, and the past, with the story of Dauoodaset. Overall I think this is a good book. This book is about a young man named David and a young girl named Nancy who are doing a school project on the Beothuk indians. To do this project they visit Red Ochre Island, where they meet a young Beothuk named Dauoodaset, who was sent by his tribe in search of new land and food. When they get to the island Nancy turns out to be Shanawdithit, the last of the Beothuk. I'd reccomend this book to anybody who would like to learn more about the Beothuk indians, and who enjoy a good story, Kevin Major does a good job of combining both. I would also recommend this book to teenagers because it deals with problems that teenagers have to deal with today. It also shows what life was like for the Beothuks.

Blood Red Ochre written by kevin Major

The novel Blood Red Ochre ia about a teenage boy and a girl named David and Nancy. There is also another teenage boy in the story named Dauoodaset who a was a Beothuck. The story is about David and Nancy and they go on a trip to an Island and some how that meet Dauoodaset. I think that the plot of the story was allright. I liked the way that it was a parallel narritive, buyt i did not like the way that ending was. The ending was not decribed enough. you haev all of a sudden david meet's Dauoodaset. Then they are all together for a while then all of a sudden Dauoodaset get's killed. nancy takes off and David get's left on the island all by himself. I think that the book was good execpt for the plot. I think that the ending could of been a little more devloped and that the ending could not of been rushed as much as it was. I would reccomend this book to all ages.

Kevin major did a brillent job getting his point across while writing the book Blood Red Ochre. It was a paralell narritive set in two different times. One story was set in contenporary newfoundland and focuses on a teenage boy and girl who travel to Red Ochre Island while doing a project on the Beothuk indians. The other story is about a fifteen year old Beothuk boy who travels away from his home in search of food for his starving family, While trying to avoid the white men at the same time. I enjoyed reading this book. It gave me a better understanding of the Beothuk indians and gave me entertainment at the same time.I would reccomend this book to anybody who enjoys historical fiction and has patience. Reading this book was like reading two at the same time.

One of the best books written by Kevin Major is called " Blood Red Ochre". In this book Kevin explains a lot about the Beothuks, and how they lived. This story is about a girl and a boy searching for their past. The theme in this story is mostly about the beothuks and how they became extinct. They were know as the "People" or "True people". This story is a good book, but i would not recommened it to many people. While reading this story, i found it hard to understand. It was hard to understand because it was parallel narrative.

The book Blood red Ochre is a great book. Kevin Major done a great job describing the characters. He used a Parallel Narritive. He wrote the book to make people more aware of the Beothuk Indians. In the book two young teen's David and Nancy were diong a research paper on the Beothuk to find out how they became extinct. Nancy and David went to Red Ochre Island to find out more aboutthe Beothuk. When they arrived, something very strange happened. The characters in the story went through things that happen to teens in real life. Nancy and David were very believable. Dauoodaset and Shanawdithit were also very believable. There are also many minor Characters in the story, such as both of their parents. This was a great book and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to read. The book would be extremely interesting for people interested in the past of Newfoundland.

"Blood Red Ochre" by Kevin Major is a contemporary piece of fiction. It is about two modern day adolescents, who are working on an assignment for school about the history of the Beothuk. However, there is another side to the story. A Beothuk boy from the early 19th century travels away from home to find food for his family.

The plot of the story is a little confusing. I feel this way because of the parallel narrative style that was used in the story. As well, I feel that the ending left me hanging as to what happened after the book ended.

Overall, I feel that this book is okay, because there were parts of it that I enjoyed. I would recommend this book to adolescents who would like to learn more about the Beothuk people.

The author of this book wanted to give the reader a history of the Beothuks.This book is about a teenager named David who meets a girl named Nancy who is a Beothuk herself.Later as the story progresses David and Nancy become partners for a school project on the Beothuk.David and Nancy travel to Red Ochre island where there is allegedly Beothuk artifacts.On this island past meets the present. The setting of this book is a small Newfoundland community named Marten.The second setting describes past Newfoundland when the Beothuks where dying out do to extreme conditions. Even though this novel is a parellel narative the story is not hard to follow.I whould not recommend this book though because the ending ruined the whole expierence and left you feeling as the book was not finished and there was to muck left unexplained.

The book "Blood Red Ochre" by Kevin Major is a contemporary realistic piece of fiction. It is about two modern day adolescents who are doing an assignment on the history of the Beothuks. However, there's another side to the story. A Beothuk boy from the early 19th century travels out to try to find food for his family, and meets up with an old Beothuk friend. The theme of "Blood Red Ohre" is very important because it was our fault that the Beothuks became extinct,so in the future this won't happen again. We need to try to inform people more about the Beothuks and the way they lived. Overall, I think that this book was pretty good.I recommend this book to all audiences so they would learn more about the Beothuks