Ethnic Partisanship and its Menace in Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road

Abstract

People's lives have been greatly impacted by literature. It portrays the deep reality of humanity through an empowered vocabulary. There's space for memories, foreboding, introspection, flashbacks, and horrific experiences laced with pain, trauma, and injury. Writing from today's perspective allows characters to freely articulate the issues they face, which results in stories of worry. Renowned Canadian author and activist Joseph Boyden uses his writing to explore the social, political, and spiritual ties that people experience. He wants the audience to understand the suffering and agony of the characters in order to become more self-aware and confident while speaking about their problems. Boyden has experienced racial issues as well. He belongs to the group of Metis Canadians, who are Canadians with Scottish and Irish ancestry. Some activists have questioned him for receiving tribal recognition despite having multiple identities. The current study, "Ethnic Partisanship and its Menace in Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road" explores the racial inequalities and threats that Joseph Boyden reflected in his fiction Three Day Road.