Drug addiction

Drug abuse has been a recurring motif in the novel "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden. In comparison to today, Elijah and Xavier are prime examples of people who are under stress who resort to solutions like drugs. It is crucial that people should never use drugs as a ticket to happiness since drugs are merely a temporary solution to one's problems. Moreover, people should realize the immediate consequences of drugs. Many people do not realize the immediate effects of drugs and only view the pleasure to be instant while the consequences to be more long term. Today, drug abuse is a serious issue in today's society and should be regarded with caution.

Friendship

In many cases, our friends are the people that accompany us through the good times as well as the bad times, but what if our friends begin to drift away from their morals and act foolishly? In the novel, "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden, Elijah and Xavier have just reached a point in their friendship where things have started to go out of control. Xavier is forced to make a tough decision and ends up taking Elijah's life. Although not as severe, we should always support our friends but still be able to correct them if they do something wrong. It is important that friendships should be based upon trust and happiness rather than fear.

Cultural Differences

 Since the very beginning, people have disagreed with one another due to a plentitude of reasons. In many cases, people have different values and are often at conflict with one another. In "The Three Day Road" due to conflicting cultures, not only wars are taken place, but also battles of internal and external conflict between friends and family. It's horrible how simple things can change how people interact with one another. Moreover, how disputes cannot be just solved without violence and instead be solved with calm conversations. It doesn't always work this way. Wars have occurred due to ambition and power, all because of conflicting values and cultures. If only the world could take a step back and take things into perspective, that life is short and that people should make the best of it.

A Challenge

Often at times, people are pressured to do things that would have otherwised deemed an atrocity for their own or other's safety. In Niska's reflection, several events take place that are of importance. Firstly, one of Niska's friends, a mother, a father and their son. When the family goes out to the woods but find no food, the family is put in a tight position. The father desperately tries to find food but ends up dying due to the cold. Since both the mother and her son are hungry and hanging on a thread to their lives, they end up eating the father. Before long, Niska's father is forced to kill both the mother and her child due to their actions. After reading this, I also related it to my own life how in some situations, although not ideal, must be done to continue on. Even though it may not be a severe as Niska's situation, but we are all forced to make difficult decisions.

Another Reflection

Time seems to be whipping on by, leaving me stunned. It has already been two weeks since I have began reading "The Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden and much has developed in these two weeks. I have learned a lot about the deep conflict involving war and even it's after effects. Such instances being: PTSD's as well as drug abuse. The book explores the mental dilemma of war, in both during the war and after. People are put in a position where if they don't kill, then they are killed themselves, a Darwinian system. With each page, my feeling of honor and respect grows for the people who fight in the war zone for it is them that allow the people back at home to be safe. Although much education is giving on the topic of war, I sometimes feel that war heroes aren't given the respect they deserve. Rest in peace.