specific on the experiences of a soldier during a war where as Karen Louise Erdrich focuses more on describing the post war traumatic stress in her short story ‘The Red Convertible’. One thing similar in both the narrations is the Vietnam War and its consequences on the soldiers. From the background of both the authors it’s easy to conclude that Tim O’Brien being a war veteran emphasizes more on the war scenes where as Louise Erdrich focuses mainly on the life inside the reservations‚ which makes sense
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in ways only the tribe’s members could appreciate. All of the tribe members gathered together to honor their ancestors and culture. This is what the majority would assume about Native Americans living on a reservation‚ but in Oral History by Louise Erdrich‚ the families living on this reservation have lives filled with betrayal‚ alcoholism‚ love‚ and triumph. The novel is told from many different characters’ point of view‚ ranging in a fifty year time frame‚ which makes Oral History distinctive
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POCAHONTAS AND THE MYTHICAL INDIAN WOMAN: REFORMING THE IMAGE THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful‚ Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan‚ sexy Barbie doll figure and John Smith as a blond-haired
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BENEATH MY HOUSE By Louise Erdrich It was as if the house itself had given birth. One day the floor cried where I stepped on it‚ and I jumped back. I was near a heating vent‚ and when I bent and pried the cover off and thrust my hand in‚ I briefly grabbed a ball of fur that hissed and spat. I heard the kitten scrambling away‚ the tin resounding like small thunder along the length of its flight. I went down to the basement‚ looking for it with a flashlight‚ but‚ of course‚ at my step the untamed
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Louise Erdrich was born on July 6‚ 1954 as the eldest daughter of seven children of a Chippewa Indian mother and a German-American father in Little Falls‚ Minnesota but she grew in Wahpeton‚ North Dakota. Louis Erdrich’s cultural identity was that she was of the Chippewa Indian tribe of the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota from her mother side. At an early age Louise was encouraged by her parents to write stories and that her father would paid her a nickel a story and her mother made covers
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Symone Jackson English 1102 June 18‚ 2012 “The Red Convertible and Symbolism” In Louise Erdrich ’s short story‚ "The Red Convertible‚" she portrays the change that war imposes on the relationship of two brothers‚ Henry and Lyman. She uses symbolism to reveal the hardships Henry brings back from Vietnam‚ and she also uses it to show how Lyman dealt with the separation and the effect of the war on his brother. Edrich’s main purpose in “The Red Convertible”
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The Red Convertible By Louise Erdrich Red Convertible is a story based on two Native American brothers‚ Henry and Lyman and the damaging effect that the Vietnam War has on their relationship. The story begins with Lyman Lamartine telling us about his red convertible and how he procured the money to buy it. The car plays a significant role in this tale‚ giving symbolisms in these two brothers’ lives forever. The main characters‚ Lyman and Henry Lamartine‚ develop an apparently inseparable bond
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before and after Vietnam for Henry Have you ever wanted to take the summer off from work and escape from reality in order to travel around the world without having any worries? Well this is what Henry and Lyman in the "Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich decided to do one summer. Henry and Lyman are two brothers who grew up on the Indian reservation. They perceive life on the reservation as an ongoing circle with a harmonious atmosphere. During their trip to Montana and Alaska Henry and Lyman’s
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In the short story "The Leap" author Louise Erdrich provides her readers with an intriguing story about a daughters courageous mother‚ whos risk taking experiences changed her life. Erdrich wants her readers to understand that you cant take everything in life for granted‚ because in a spilt second you might lost it all. In order to lead readers to discover this meaning Erdrich uses charcterization‚ allowing the reader to get a true feeling of Anna Avalon through her actions‚ the way she speaks
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Elizabeth Juarez Mr. Sullivan English 1B 17 March 2015 “Love Medicine” The story “Love Medicine”‚ by Louise Erdrich‚ takes place in the 1920s in North Dakota. Lipsha Morrissey‚ who is the primary character‚ narrates in first person. From the beginning‚ Lipsha was taken in from his grandma and grandpa Kashpaw and by the looks of it‚ Lipsha is passionately loyal to his grandparents‚ especially to his grandma. His grandparents live in a town at a senior citizen home. His grandma is more of a determined
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