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How does Benjamin's return affirm the destructive nature of the missionary schools?

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When Benjamin rejoins his family, he is quite thin and stricken with tuberculosis. Benjamin dies soon after. In these ways, the narrative demonstrates how the white Canadians destructively exercise their will over the natives without any real considerations for the natives’ desires or wellbeing.

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