I Heard the Owl Call My Name

Margaret Craver’s novel, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, is the story of a

terminally ill young ordinand, Mark Brian, who is sent by his bishop to Kingcome on

patrol of the Indian villages. There, as the Bishop had hoped, he learns enough of the

In life people should give and share. Mark learned how to give unselfishly

without expecting anything in return. In order to survive the winter no woman said, “I am

sorry. I have only enough fuel for my own family,” and no man said, “It is true that I

have shot a deer. I am freezing what I do not need now. I cannot share with you, friend.”

(p. 712) “There is no word for thank you in K

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665) The Indians thanked

each other with their actions and by giving. 675) The Indians call Mark

the swimmer because his life is one of triumph and once he learns the meaning of life, he

too must die. Mark must earn

the Indians trust to get them to help him to build the vicarage. When talking about death Marta said, “It is not sad. After learning enough about the meaning of

life and completing his purpose, Mark, like the salmon, must dies. All of it builds to the climax

and the end. The Bishop said, “You

suffered with them, and now you are theirs, and nothing will ever be the same again. When the swimmer dies he has spent himself completely for the end for

which he was made, and this is not sadness. ” At this point Mark new the Indians had excepted him.

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