The Bead Fairy By Cherie Dimaline

The central theme of the story ‘The Bead Fairy’ by Cherie Dimaline is bias. The main character is a vehicle through which we experience the resilience of the people around her, specifically a character named Rachel Grenier. Our main character, Rose, at the beginning collects beads from the ground and gifts them to a classmate she thinks is beautiful, only for him to throw them away without knowing she was the one who had put them there. After this, she loses all of her attraction to him. This is the first clue the story gives us that outward appearances can prove to be difficult. Later in the paragraphs, in a seemingly unrelated story element to the beads, we are introduced to the pitiful Rachel Grenier. Rose is once again misled by her appearance,