Indian Horse
by Richard Wagamese

Indian Horse: Flashbacks 1 key example

Chapter 39
Explanation and Analysis—A Girl I Remember:

Chapter 39 interrupts Saul’s narrative sequence with a flashback. Just after he lashes out and loses his spot on the feeder team, Saul’s thoughts shift suddenly to Rebecca Wolf, a girl from St. Jerome’s:

There was a girl I remember from St. Jerome's. Her name was Rebecca Wolf and she arrived there with her younger sister. They were beautiful. When I saw them for the first time they were getting out of the car that had brought them to the school. I was raking grass, but I stopped what I was doing to watch them. Rebecca saw me looking and gave me a little smile.