Question

What is a major theme of "As It Was in the Beginning from The Moccasin Maker" by E. Pauline Johnson?

Answer 1

In the story, Esther recounts how she was taken away from her Indian home to the mission school. She was literally uprooted from her roots but she eagerly longed to go back home. A major theme of the text is;

• C. People must choose their own path without outside influence.

In this text, we learn of how a native Indian girl named Esther was taken away from her home to the mission house. She always longed to go back home.

When her childhood friend named Laurence professed love to her, she changed her mind about going home.

But when Laurence talked to the priest about it, he dissuaded him from the idea, describing Esther's origin in very foul language.

The theme of this text is that people should choose their own paths. The priest never allowed Laurence to marry whom he loved.

Esther used the arrow with snake venom on Laurence to avenge for his abandoning her on the priest's order.

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