Three Day Road

The book The Three Day road will get you thinking about deeply about the conditions people had to fight in.The overall conditions that Xavier and Elijah have to fight in are horrific. It's safe to say that Xavier has come back from war with severe PTSD. Xavier lost a lot while he was gone to war, he lost Elijah and his left leg. He has become addicted to morphine by trying to escape the pain he is in. Xavier’s auntie is trying to get Xavier home, they paddle down the river. When Xavier isn’t on his morphine his auntie tells hims stories of her youth and how she became the person she is currently. Xavier’s auntie is telling Xavier all of theses stories as a way of teaching Xavier a lesson. She can see that Xavier is very ille and she knows that the morphine is what is “poisoning” Xavier. Xavier never used to be addicted to morphine not until the war. Xavier uses the morphine to escape the pain he suffers from the war. He also uses the morphine to bring back good memories of the war and his friends. Xavier tells of his time in the war in first person but the stories of the wa are only memories of the past. Most of the book takes places in these memories. The author brings the story back to the three days that Xavier is in the canoe with his auntie. While there his Auntie tells him stories of her youth as a way of explaining to Xavier not to give up. The way the author has Xavier looking back on the war and then looking back to other parts of his, life gives the book a unique feel and makes it interesting.