The Girl/Lisette Character Analysis in Three Day Road

A prostitute near Saint-Eloi in France. Elijah tricks Xavier and tells him that Lisette is the daughter of an estaminet owner, and Xavier begins to fall in love with her. Xavier has sex with Lisette one evening, and he spends much of his time trying to figure out a way to get back to her. Of course, Elijah has paid for Lisette’s services, but Xavier only discovers this after he deserts his unit to find her and is nearly court-martialed. Elijah’s joke is cruel, but Xavier’s relationship with Lisette is like Niska’s relationship with the wemistikoshiw trapper. Xavier and Niska’s existence as windigo killers can be rather lonely—even the old Indian woman tells Niska that “happiness isn’t [Niska’s] to have”—but nobody can be alone all the time. Thus, Xavier turns to Lisette.

The Girl/Lisette Character Timeline in Three Day Road

The timeline below shows where the character The Girl/Lisette appears in Three Day Road. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...the estaminet as often as possible, and there they “drink like soldiers.” Xavier notices a girl, and she smiles at him. Elijah notices her, too, and goes to talk to her.... (full context)

Xavier meets the girl, whose name is Lisette, the next night, and she takes him to a small pond.... (full context)

...suffering a “miserable thing called depression.” To make matters worse, he can’t stop thinking about Lisette. Elijah and Xavier find “what promises to be a good nest,” but Xavier can’t “focus... (full context)

Months pass, and Xavier can only think of home and the girl named Lisette. If he can’t go home, he thinks, then he must see Lisette. He... (full context)

...Xavier doesn’t want to fight anymore, and he makes up his mind to go see Lisette. He wraps his head with gauze and hops on a medical convoy headed for the... (full context)

A British officer appears behind Lisette. “Who are you soldier?” he asks. Xavier reaches out and punches the officer, knocking Lisette... (full context)

...arrives in place called Passchendaele, and Elijah drags Xavier to a pub. “There are other Lisettes,” Elijah says. In the pub, Elijah and Xavier see another Indian. He’s Anishnabe, an Ojibwe,... (full context)