First People In The Orenda By Joseph Boyden

In The Orenda by Joseph Boyden, Boyden uses first person from three different characters. Each chapter has a different narrator but is still first person point of view. Boydens use of multiple first persons helps us see the culture of the Hurons in different ways. Bird is the leader of the Wendat tribe in his point of view we see the problems of the tribe and the war that's brewing. Crow is a missionary from new france whose job is to convert the Hurons, his point of view shows how an outsider sees the Hurons and their traditions. The last character is Snow Falls, Snow Falls is a child and is born into the Haudenosaunee tribe, the enemy of the Hurons, but is captured by Bird. Her point of view is filled with hate of the Hurons but slowly develops