He was inspired to write Shattered after an encounter at an event for his novel Run, about Terry Fox. Walters was familiar with the struggles of homelessness and mental illness from both his workĪnd personal life. Stand Your Ground alsoĭrew on his experience as an emergency room social worker, which Walters had been since the late 1980s. Disturbed by his students’ lack of interest in reading, he tried to engage them by writing a book that featured students from his class. He wrote his first novel, Stand Your Ground (1993), while teaching Grade 5 at Vista Heights Public School in Mississauga, A Member of the Order of Canada, Walters has published more thanġ00 books since 1993, making him Canada’s most prolific author.
(courtesy Department of National Defence/Veterans Affairs Canada) BackgroundĮric Walters was born in Toronto in 1957. Ian is troubled by his nightmares of Sarge’s tale about Rwanda.Canadian soldier cleaning a boy in Rwanda. ” (Dallaire) Those people who are broad-minded, compassionate and sensitive of other people’s wellbeing, are those that are enlightened. Watkins shared some important truth about society: “in our society, people who are homeless or mentally ill are treated as if they are literally worth less than everyone else” (Dallaire) - this injustice and discrimination should be abolished from the society.Jacques told Ian “as long as they don’t see us they can pretend we don’t exist. During a discussion in Ian’s civics class, Mrs. (Dallaire) The realization, Jacques have shared to us is that, we are all the same, we are all have feelings and struggles, and those that are less fortunate should not be judged based on their socioeconomic status.Įveryone should have equal rights to justice, freedom and life’s happiness. Think how little difference there is between any of us.
”Jacques responded to Ian: “We’re all basically the same. When Ian first met Jacques, he said: “That wasn’t how I was expecting a street person to be. His witty initiative of making research for something he knows nothing about is one of the evidence of Ian’s smartness. He began to change his selfish attitude into being more sensitive and compassionate towards others especially to less fortunate people. His troubled environment, made realizations and learned lessons not all teens like him get the chance to learned about.Ian’s character of being street-smart and sensitive to other people, are those that the youth must have learned, a valuable lessons that kids can be learned more outside the school.
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