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  • Essay / Isolation in the dead child By Gabrielle Roy - 1103

    Children were not exposed to the outside world where, in such places, death was not taken lightly because it was not accepted as a norm. In larger, more connected city centers, there were also places to go and people to talk to about how they were feeling. The children quickly realize that the teacher they have been sent cares about their well-being and their grieving process, where the previous three may not have placed as much importance on this topic. As the children and the teacher reach Yolande's grave, the teacher literally feels the isolation: “We came to a wooden cabin isolated among the small trees. » The teacher saw how many children lived and realized how detached the children really were. The children, however, know that this is where Yolande lived and have accepted it because this is how most of them live. Clearly, children grieve and accept death very differently due to isolation. The teacher observes the child: “The child had a delicate little face, very gaunt, with the serious expression that I had seen on the faces of most of the children here, as if the worries of adults had crushed them. too soon. » The teacher immediately connects with the child and decides to ask the children to pick roses in order to