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The Wemistikoshiw Trapper
An officer in the Canadian Army and part of Xavier and Elijah’s unit. Thompson is kind to Xavier and Elijah, unlike Lieutenant Breech, and he teaches them all about life in the trenches. Thompson teaches Xavier and Elijah to blacken their faces with charcoal before “going over the top” of the trenches into no man’s land—a process that Xavier calls “the wemistikoshiw smudging ceremony”—and he familiarizes them with the different sounds of shellfire and bombs. Thompson is “an excellent teacher, patient and calm.” He speaks very little and instead expects Xavier and Elijah to follow his lead. “He is very much like an Indian in this way,” Xavier says. Thompson is wounded twice in battle, and he dies of his injuries near the end of the war.
Corporal Thompson Quotes in Three Day Road
The Three Day Road quotes below are all either spoken by Corporal Thompson or refer to Corporal Thompson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Ntawi Nipahiwewak: Raiding Party
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The next morning after stand-to, Thompson approaches Elijah and me. He talks to both of us, but his words are for Elijah. "What do you think of the last days, Whiskeyjack?" he asks, lighting a cigarette, exhaling and looking at the sky.
I can see that Elijah knows exactly what Thompson's asking. Thompson is asking if Elijah likes killing. Elijah considers it for a moment. "It's in my blood," he finally says.
Thompson smiles, then walks off. He didn't ask me the same question. Does he sense something? How am I different? A strange sensation, one I do not recognize, surges up my spine.
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Corporal Thompson Quotes in Three Day Road
The Three Day Road quotes below are all either spoken by Corporal Thompson or refer to Corporal Thompson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Ntawi Nipahiwewak: Raiding Party
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The next morning after stand-to, Thompson approaches Elijah and me. He talks to both of us, but his words are for Elijah. "What do you think of the last days, Whiskeyjack?" he asks, lighting a cigarette, exhaling and looking at the sky.
I can see that Elijah knows exactly what Thompson's asking. Thompson is asking if Elijah likes killing. Elijah considers it for a moment. "It's in my blood," he finally says.
Thompson smiles, then walks off. He didn't ask me the same question. Does he sense something? How am I different? A strange sensation, one I do not recognize, surges up my spine.
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