On the second day the two had been paddling their canoe up one of the rivers feeding the fiord, when suddenly five widdun appeared out of the woods, lifted up their sticks and blew fire through the air at their canoe. There is a brief narrative to show this: "Gobidin and his wife left the main party to hunt otter. Later in the prologue the reader is introduced to the white man, or widdun's attitude towards the natives. This shows that no one is spared from the hardships. The prologue also illustrates the separate roles that men and women play to help everyone survive. Toma, a native child, asks his mother when they will eat. Bernice Morgan uses the native hunt to illustrate the uncertainty of having food to eat. In the Prologue of this book by Bernice Morgan the reader is introduced to the hardships and uncertainties of survival.
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