In Winnipeg (Ch. 47-48) Important events

Chapter 47

• Saul comes to the realization that “what you need to survive is killing you” (189).

• Saul talks about cutting down on drinking, convincing yourself that it can be controlled, but it can't.

• Saul collapses on a sidewalk in Winnipeg and is taken to the hospital.

• Five days of medication and withdrawal.

• Saul begins to write his story.

Chapter 48

• Saul feels as if he has nothing more to write, but he doesn't feel healed.

• Saul stays out too late and cannot return to the Centre, so he makes a fire and falls asleep under the stars.

• Saul awakens a low moaning sound and realizes he is hearing an Ojibway song. He sees the shape of a person in the trees.

• Saul sees his great-grandfather, Shabogeesick, who is holding an eagle wing fan in one hand and leading his horse with the other.

• Shabogeesick shakes his fan at Saul, after which, Saul sees his entire family, including his grandmother who “held a finger to her lips and crinkled the corners of her eyes” (193) at him.

• Saul decides that it is time to leave the Centre.