Lloyd Peyen

CPT The story kicks off in 1959 with the tale of the birth of Ian, the narrator. His father rushes his wife to the hospital because she is in labour. This results in Ian’s parents barely making the last Ferry boat to Fort Vermillion, allowing them to meet Bud Peyen, who later becomes Ian’s father’s closest friend. The first few chapters of the book are centered on Ian’s father, Hank, and his issues with alcoholism, unemployment, and finally abandonment. After Hank leaves Ian’s mother and their six children, the story switches its focus to the relationships between the natives and the whites. Most of the whites and natives are divided with the exceptions particularly Ian and his best friend, Lloyd Loonskin. Lloyd is first introduced
While Ian is looking at the notice of his ex-best friend’s death, he spots the numerous mistakes as well as the exclusion of the pinnacle points of his life. This excerpt accurately accentuates the contrast between the life of an aboriginal and the life of a Caucasian for the reason that Ian grew to be a successful playwright, while Lloyd dies on the streets drunk with sorrow and in freezing temperatures. At the start of the story, Ian is viewed as a blameless and innocent child because he is a victim of circumstance. Ian is a target of bullying and a fatherless boy, but when he breaks the false innocence of childhood and grows into maturity, his undeveloped adolescence is exposed when he deserts Lloyd. Hence, the theme of childhood comes to a symbolic end when the epilogue tells the last encounter between Lloyd and Ian. Given the fact that Ian abandoned Lloyd, this quote also exemplifies Ian’s character development as it demonstrates how a good child can grow into an adult jerk. This revelation can also explain the racist and discriminating white men introduced earlier in the novel as even Ian who was good friends with the aboriginals became a cruel man towards his childhood best friend. Pathetic fallacy is additionally presented as the frozen weather is a reflection of Ian’s cold and heartless actions towards Lloyd when Ian lied to him that his show was sold out of tickets so that he would not have to see him (Ferguson