Images in Nature Reflection by Debbie Vanden Dungen

This tree reminds that even though nature can be harsh, it also provides respite from tough conditions like extreme weather. Trees are in full bloom when we need shelter from the heat. This reminds me of Indian Horse which is a bit of a cheat because we haven't read it in the class yet, but I love this novel. Nature plays an important role as you will see.

dvandend — 2024-07-15 20:14:41 UTC

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Through tough times, we can seek nature to heal ourselves. This path can represent the dazzling path seen in the short story “strawberry” by Terri Monture. The path is located near one of the exits of the school. The scenery was so pretty that it reminded me of a scene in the short story. It represents the strawberry path—life of death path in the last paragraph of the story. Even though school may be hard, at the end of the day, we will all walk the same path.

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These group of flowers where only a few bloomed reminds me of how unfair the world of the Indigenous People were. Like in the story, Beyond This World, it shows how only a few of Indigenous People lived it through an unjust society and how some died trying. The flowers that had successfully bloomed symbolizes the few who had lived through a hard life, and the flowers that had died symbolizes the most who died trying.

Another thing that reminds me of the flowers was how the world works as well. Like gardening. Gardening also sometimes would depend on luck. Its how the world also works.

2024-07-15 20:17:49 UTC

The roots of the tree are deeply rooted in the dirt and only a mushroom next to it, like the Totem Pole in the story "Totem" by Thomas King. The sound of the totem highlights their struggle not to be forgotten and buried, and they are as persistent and resilient as the tree’s root in the dirt. A separate mushroom hidden by leaves seems like an indigenous without assistance. No matter how bad the circumstances are, they will try to grow and let people discover its existence.

Pretty awesome tree

tjjoa08 — 2024-07-15 20:19:30 UTC

This image reminds me of Totem by Thomas King. The tree goes right through the floor like the totem pole going right through the concrete floor. The only difference with the tree and the totem is that the tree doesn’t make any noise.💯💯💯

Strawberries

bdjptjrhtv — 2024-07-15 20:19:36 UTC

This lock can symbolize how it feels to be in an abusive relationship (in the story Strawberries). Feeling like there’s no safe way out and being trapped in a loop.

Totem pole

2024-07-15 20:19:54 UTC

This reminds me of the totem pole simply because of the appearance, they are both tall and has the same shape.

crthpl — 2024-07-15 20:20:35 UTC

This represents the strawberry path at the end of the short story "Strawberry". The darkness at the end symbolizes death, found at the end of the strawberry path in the story, and the bright wood chips represent life which is where you come from onto the path.

Lawrence used AI

2024-07-15 20:20:44 UTC

crows remind of me of death, and how the colour is a very dark. In the story “2822” the crow represents how her dreams and hopes fall down and how her fallopian tubes got removed.

A fallen flower

2024-07-15 20:21:55 UTC

This is a photo of plant called Bonneville, This flower likely fallen due to the strong wind, even though it is Withering, but you still can see how how beautiful it is, just like the sister “Beyond the world”. It is as splendid as she is.The strong wind represented the evils of society and unfair treatment to indigenous people from the social atmosphere.By lawrence

The Struggle

n9856006 — 2024-07-15 20:22:11 UTC

The iron fence is the social, physical and mental limitation on indigenous people, while the pairs of gloves represent their spirit of coming out of the limit and bloom.

Just like in Beyond This World, the sister had a dream of becoming a doctor and worked her best.

crthpl — 2024-07-15 20:22:41 UTC

This gray, barren dirt represents the sterilization of indigenous people in Alberta.

Shinny Game Melted the Ice

2024-07-15 20:22:45 UTC

A hand picking a flower symbolizes the grieved moment in the story "Shinny Game Melted the Ice" when the protagonist, Richard, is forcibly taken from his family and community by the colonizers. The ease with which the flower is picked shows the effortless way colonizers could tear apart Indigenous families, dehumanizing them.

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imartin06al95 — 2024-07-15 20:24:24 UTC

This picture is the early phase of a strawberry, the berry go from being an innocent flower to a beautiful and sweet fruit. The change that this fruit goes to is important because it represents the process of love that each person experience to one another

wzc666mmp — 2024-07-15 20:25:11 UTC

This make me remember the indigenous residential schools builded by the Canadian Government that served a purpose to transform indigenous children to make them adapted into white society. Further more, the fence symbolizes the captivity of indigenous child inside the residential schools that they didn’t have the ability to escape from the prison…

Water shortage

2024-07-15 20:25:34 UTC

this clean water 💦💧in the image shown above is what the indigenous people have dreamed about wanting when they are in reserves.

2024-07-15 20:25:50 UTC

The crow is related to the dead. In this case is ralated to the death of Tiffany’s and her future as mother. The revelation of her forced sterilization meaning an irreversible loss, a “death” of her family plans.

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The Two Sisters peaks (I guess the mountain showed in the photograph is not exactly Two Sisters but it does have two peaks ) are twin prominent mountains that are often linked by local legend. They may symbolize companionship or the idea of duality in nature. Their relation often represents unity or the bond between nature and humanity.

Two Sisters

krisyang0610 — 2024-07-15 20:27:49 UTC

In “Two Sisters,” the two mountains standing side by side show the lasting presence and cultural importance. The two trees in this photo represent these mountains, showing themes of strength, permanence, and the connection between nature and culture.

2024-07-15 20:28:15 UTC

The flower 🌸 in the image is a withered flower. But it was very vivid and beautiful before just like the sister in the short story “Beyond the dream” even though the sister was pretty and adorable 🥰 but the withered flower just show the disappearance and death of her. And also the flower grown in the corner in the school shows the lower social status and “no one will notice the disappear 🫥 of a indigenous woman” 🧍‍♀️

Weed Path

2024-07-15 20:29:28 UTC

This represents the abuse of indigenous women as you must walk through the weeds first to find how much damage was really caused.