Marie Kashpaw/Lazarre successfully goes from not knowing who she is to being proud of who she has become. She is able to walk away from bad experiences and use them to better herself and guide her. She learns from her mistakes and is able to look at her own flaws which help her grow as a person. She isn't too ashamed to say she was naive, ignorant, or made the wrong decision. Think before you act with a plan in mind. In Saint Marie (1934) Marie is only fourteen and is trying to find her identity and her sense of importance. Even though she is half Native American and half white, she doesn't feel completely accepted in either community. To find her calling, she believes she can prove she is good enough to be accepted into the Convent of the Sacred Heart and even become a saint. Although she wants to become part of the Catholic religion, she herself is not very religious: "I had the mail-order Catholic soul that you find in a girl raised in the bush, whose only thought is to go to the city." His goal is not necessarily to become religious, but rather is used as a path to gain acceptance in the white community. Marie tells this story a few years later looking back on it. He thought highly of the convent then, but when he was older he describes the convent in the book as “Humble, messy, in the middle of nowhere. Where God only had half a part in creation.” He realizes that it's some kind of place for nuns who lose their minds or don't get along anywhere else. As the story progresses, it turns out to be true. Yet at the beginning he has so much faith and trust in Leopolda simply because she was different from the other nuns. According to her the reason is that while the other nuns did not keep track of... middle of paper... they sought Leopolda's approval and admiration in Flesh and Blood but differently from when she was younger. Now that she is older and has already lived a good part of her life raising five children and being married to a successful man, she wanted Leopolda to recognize this. In conclusion, it is evident that Marie is an intelligent, strong and independent woman. although she is shown to be childish at times as she can never shed her hatred for Leopolda and her love for Nector. To move forward, he must learn to accept things as they happened, even if it wasn't what he initially wanted. Marie is still a hero because even though she used violence to escape Leopolda, it was probably the only way she could have escaped. In addition to her physical strength, she is often courageous in front of Leopolda, which perhaps helped her in other situations in life.