“A Secret Lost in the Water” is a short story by Roch Carrier. It is a story about how young millennials are forgetting their traditional way of life and are moving into the modern era. The story takes place in a small village where everyone knows one another. “A Secret Lost in the Water” is a story about a father who tries to teach his son an important skill of how to find water with an elder branch, but the son does not value it and loses the skill. “The main theme in “A Secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier is how individuals’ choices are affected by their values best displayed the father, the son, and the generation gap.
