Despite the great distance of time, the experience of teenage girls will have some similar elements like: falling in love, school, and figuring out who you are. In Anzia Yezeirska’s Bread Givers, Sara Smolinsky is from a family of immigrants in the early 20th century and she wants to break away from the traditional values of her father to become a part of American society. In Larry Colton’s Counting Coup, Colton follows the Hardin High School’s Lady Bulldogs girls’ basketball team, especially their star player Sharon LaForge, in the Crow Indian Reservation and how basketball is contributes to Indian culture. Sara and Sharon are both young girls trying to pursue their passion and growing up being a part of a minority. Their stories show how society and factors in US history has changed in the treatment of minorities and women.
Similarly, Sara Smolinsky and Sharon LaForge are both young women growing up in America from historically disadvantaged populations; with Sara, as a Jewish Russian immigrant, and Sharon, as a Crow Native American. Throughout the narrative, they both struggle …show more content…
In Counting Coup, despite her mother’s alcoholism, Sharon is surrounded by strong female figures especially her grandmother, Danetta. As Colton says in the novel, “Being on the rez, where fathers involved are as scarce as fresh halibut, I see kids being raised by moms, aunts, and grandmas. But not dads” (Colton 130). Danetta, before an unfortunate scandal of corruption with her cousin Real Bird, was once an influential figure in Crow Tribal politics beginning in the Women’s Club and rising to vice chairperson. Despite having an alcoholic husband, Sharon’s Aunt Marlene had sobered up and helped raise Sharon alongside her own children. Another example would be Janine Pease Windy Boy who establishes Little Big Horn College where Sharon goes to
Similarly, Sara Smolinsky and Sharon LaForge are both young women growing up in America from historically disadvantaged populations; with Sara, as a Jewish Russian immigrant, and Sharon, as a Crow Native American. Throughout the narrative, they both struggle …show more content…
In Counting Coup, despite her mother’s alcoholism, Sharon is surrounded by strong female figures especially her grandmother, Danetta. As Colton says in the novel, “Being on the rez, where fathers involved are as scarce as fresh halibut, I see kids being raised by moms, aunts, and grandmas. But not dads” (Colton 130). Danetta, before an unfortunate scandal of corruption with her cousin Real Bird, was once an influential figure in Crow Tribal politics beginning in the Women’s Club and rising to vice chairperson. Despite having an alcoholic husband, Sharon’s Aunt Marlene had sobered up and helped raise Sharon alongside her own children. Another example would be Janine Pease Windy Boy who establishes Little Big Horn College where Sharon goes to