Supporting Detail 1: Article

This news article is wonderfully displayed and uses many of the codes and conventions a news article should have. Some of the conventions used are a masthead (the title of the newspaper), images, graphics, and headlines.  A very clear example of what the article does and the other two mediums can't is provide enough information. The news article was in incredible detail, and it includes multiple quotes from people who were close to Chanie, such as when ---- talks about Chanie before he died, "He was always looking at this map," said Mrs. Kelly, "and you couldn't get nothing out of him.  I never seen a kid before who was so quiet like that. The news article even goes as far as to take the accounts made in the court discussion about Chanie Wenjack's death. The website and the preview of the book don't even come close when it comes to attention to detail. The reshaped explicit message that the news article conveys is that the Indigenous children suffer greatly both physically and mentally, and changes must be made to the residential school system to fix these issues. The news article was written in 1967 and because of this, the idea of removing the residential schools wasn't very popular.

MLA formatted link: Ian Adams February 1, 1967. "The lonely death of Chanie Wenjack." Macleans.ca, 3 Oct. 2019, www.macleans.ca/society/the-lonely-death-of-chanie-wenjack/.

Supporting Detail 2: Website

The Secret Path official website is very well designed, using many of the codes and conventions a website should be using, including a URL, a masthead, a home page, a navigation bar, an external link, and social media links.  The website does not include nearly as much information as the news article, but this medium is not meant for re-telling Chanie's story. The purpose of this website is to see what we can do next, once we know the story of Chanie Wenjack, where do we go from here? This form of media, unlike the other two, include a statement by both Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire. The explicit message that the website is trying to say is that there is a way to end the pain that the indigenous once faced. I know this because the medium features a section to inform the reader about Gord Downie's charity fund which encourages them to donate and help end the lasting mental pain. 

The website doesn't include much in terms of citations.

MLA formatted Link: Secret Path, secret path.ca/.

Supporting Detail 3: Book

The preview of the novel, despite being quite short, includes codes and conventions that a novel should have, including a point of view, form, setting, tone, and style. Although this book is fiction, it includes aspects that both the article and the website did not include, it is first person and the character talking is Chanie Wenjack himself. As the novel is only in a preview format with one page, there are no explicit messages to be found. An implicit message that can be seen under closer inspection of the page is that the indigenous children have feelings. Even though Chanie doesn't explicitly explains how he feels, he takes actions that might get him hurt, just to see his family again. This is shown when he says, "One day I will run. One day they will not hurt me anymore." This quote shows how he is willing to escape to see his family, showing that he has a feeling of longing for his family.

MLA formatted Link: "Wenjack." Google Books, Google, books.google.ca/books?id=Zo8TDAAAQBAJ