what role do stories play within the novel?about the stories her father told her family “sometimes his stories were all we had to keep us alive (p.33) what role do stories play within the novel?

Niska tells Xavier about the stories her father told her family “sometimes his stories were all we had to keep us alive (p.33) what role do stories play within the novel?about the stories her father told her family “sometimes his stories were all we had to keep us alive (p.33) what role do stories play within the novel?