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Isaiah is Evan’s best friend and Candace’s son; he’s an active community member. As the winter progresses, people on the reserve begin to lean more heavily on Evan, Isaiah, and their friend Tyler, who all take active roles in clearing roads and checking in on vulnerable elder community members. Isaiah also helps manage the worsening situation with Justin Scott, who seizes power over part of the community. He’s fiercely protective of Evan and loyal to the community.
Isaiah North Quotes in Moon of the Crusted Snow
The Moon of the Crusted Snow quotes below are all either spoken by Isaiah North or refer to Isaiah North . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5 Quotes
“Yeah, all moccasin telegraph all the time these days.”
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The blackout has been going on for a couple days, so Evan’s friend Isaiah North has walked over to tell Evan about an upcoming community meeting. At the meeting, the reserve’s chief, Terry Meegis, will discuss the outage. Isaiah jokes that he’s spreading news about the meeting through the “moccasin telegraph,” which means that people on the reserve are used to walking to people’s houses (in their “moccasin” shoes) and spreading news by word of mouth. So, instead of transmitting information by using technology as a “telegraph” would, they transmit information much slower, in person and on foot.The irony, however, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium es
Chapter 12 Quotes
“The food’s all gone. The power’s out. There’s no gas. There’s been no word from Toronto or anywhere else. People are looting and getting violent. We had to get the fuck out of there.”
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Within a week of the blackout’s onset, Evan and Isaiah spot two snowmobiles in the distance. They soon realize the drivers are two local teenagers, Nick Jonas and his friend Kevin. These two young men were attending boarding school in Gibson, the nearest town, 300 kilometers south of the reserve. Rice uses Nick and Kevin’s return to reveal information about how the outside world is coping in light of the blackout.Nick explains that Gibson lost power and Gibson’s residents grew impatient without news about why the blackout occurred and when it would be over. Soon enough, people began looting and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur
Chapter 30 Quotes
As Scott turned to fire on Tyler and Isaiah, his head burst open above his left eye in a spray of blood, bone, and brain. He fell forward. Meghan Connor stood on the back porch with the rifle sight up to her eye. […] Scott lay face down, motionless, as blood leaked from his head into the snow, spreading crimson across the white. […] Isiah […] looked to Meghan on the porch, still holding her rifle. She nodded, and trained her gun on her husband and his
friend, who froze in place.
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At the book’s climax, Evan, Isaiah, and Tyler confront Justin Scott, knowing that he’s stolen a dead body to cannibalize it. Though they want to avoid a violent confrontation, the situation escalates, and Scott shoots Evan. Before Scott can shoot anybody else, however, his “head burst[s] open.” Meghan Connor—one of his own followers—has killed him. The quotation also shows that she’s turned against her husband, Brad, and his friend Alex.Meghan kills Scott because he abused and oppressed her. Scott’s sexist attitude encouraged his male followers—including Brad—to force Megan to gather food for them. They also hoarded the food for themselves Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earu
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Isaiah North Character Timeline in Moon of the Crusted Snow
The timeline below shows where the character Isaiah North appears in Moon of the Crusted Snow. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...leaves and instinctively looks south when he hears an engine in the distance. His friend Isaiah North approaches on a truck. Isaiah has been curious to hear how Evan’s hunt went,...
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Chapter 5
Evan awakes to his friend Isaiah banging on the door. The phones are still out, so everyone is using “moccasin telegraph”...
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...seems under control, so the rest of the team will only need to deliver flyers. Isaiah groans (this is the last thing he wants to do on a Saturday morning), which...
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Chapter 9
...store, the products are very expensive because the area is so remote. Evan bumps into Isaiah, who warns Evan that there isn’t much food left in the store because people are...
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Chapter 12
Another heavy blizzard blows in. Evan, Isaiah, and Tyler spend all day ploughing the reserve. They pass by the grocery store, which...
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...pulling large sleds, emerge from the woods. Evan feels uneasy. The drivers head toward Evan, Isaiah, and Tyler, who look tense. When the snowmobiles pull up, the men realize that the...
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...say nothing about the chaos further south. He doesn’t want people to panic. Tyler and Isaiah quietly agree, explaining that they’re out of power and food here too.
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Chapter 13
...council members are gathered around a table in the community’s board room, along with Evan, Isaiah, Tyler, Kevin, Nick, and their parents. The room glows pink from the setting sun, and...
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Chapter 15
Another heavy storm is pounding down as Walter, Terry, Evan, Isaiah, and the council members pore over the data about their supplies in the boardroom, looking...
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Chapter 16
...the sled tracks. Evan’s hair stands on end—the man must have followed Kevin and Nick. Isaiah pulls up and runs over, looking alarmed. Evan doesn’t want the situation to escalate, so...
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...north. He has plenty of supplies to last the winter, and he wants to stay. Isaiah explains that they’ll have to discuss it with the council. The community interacts with white...
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Scott wants to see the flyers, but Evan and Isaiah refuse to show him. They stand in awkward silence, watching Scott warily. Terry and Walter...
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Chapter 17
Evan and Isaiah intervene while Walter attempts to calm the room, explaining that they’ve already met Scott and...
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Chapter 19
...gun and shoots a moose, whooping in delight as it falls to the ground. Dan, Isaiah, Evan, and their friend Jeff look up, impressed. Scott gloats, before Jeff explains that they...
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Chapter 21
Evan wakes to Isaiah pounding on his door, saying that there’s an emergency: Jenna and her friend Tara froze...
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Chapter 22
...now, and most people look to Walter for guidance. Walter, in turn, looks to Evan, Isaiah, and Tyler. Others have taken up alliances under Scott, which makes Evan uneasy. The snow...
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...community building and opens the garage door, ignoring the rows of bodies piled up inside. Isaiah and Tyler approach, pulling a sled with a dead body on it and talking about...
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Chapter 24
...chuckles weakly, and Evan feels worried. He hasn’t seen Cam much since the disastrous party. Isaiah says that Cam looked pale and thin he last time he saw him. Apparently, Scott...
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Chapter 30
Evan, Tyler, and Isaiah approach the bungalow complex, warning one another to keep their guns on their shoulders so...
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...and fires three shots. Evan falls to the ground. Scott turns to shoot Tyler and Isaiah but his head bursts open, spraying blood everywhere, before he falls to the ground—Meghan is...
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Chapter 31
The sun breaks through the clouds as Tyler and Isaiah trudge in the snow, past the crumbling, abandoned store. The road to the south lies...
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