Attempt a character analysis of Rita Joe to show how her life represents the general apathy of urban White society towards Native Indian Canadians-who are now referred to as the First People

Jaimie Paul stands for defiance. He is crushed ultimately. He exposes hypocrites like Mr. Homer just as Rita (in her own way) renders the Priest impotent. The Singer is an important character. She serves as a kind of chorus too. The stage directions at the start tell us that she serves too as an alter ego to Rita Joe. The stage directions reads:

A circular ramp beginning at floor level stage left and continuing downward below floor level at stage front, then rising and sweeping along stage back at two-foot elevation to disappear in the wings of stage left. This ramp dominates the stage by wrapping the central and forward playing area.