Flesh And Blood Analysis

The goal of my written task is further expand the reader’s understanding of Nector’s perspective in his decision to end his relationship with Marie for Lulu. In Erdrich’s short story, “Flesh and Blood,” the protagonist Marie recounts the time she visits the Sacred Heart Convent with her daughter, Zelda, to gloat about her success and power in the Chippewa tribe. When she returns home, her daughter finds a letter addressed to Marie from Nector. The letter in “Flesh and Blood” is short, and does not offer Marie any insight or background of Nector’s clandestine trips to visit Lulu. Therefore, I will rewrite and extend a portion of Erdrich’s “Flesh and Blood” to include the full letter from Nector as well as Marie’s point of view before and after seeing the text. The written task is colloquial in diction in order to mimic Erdrich’s writing style and accurately demonstrate the …show more content…
My first encounter with Lulu was heartwarming. It was a feeling I am bound to remember for the rest of my life, and it is how I feel every day I spend with her. It is warm and sweet. Lulu was my first love, and that love has surpassed all other loves. Every time I got close to her again, my heart would cry out ‘Lulu.’ Although for years I thought that Lulu would never again consider me as a worthy partner, she too felt that ache. Lulu and I reunited when she helped me deliver butter in her air-cooled car. I planned to do nothing with her, Marie, but later our true sentiments caught up to us. We agreed to overlook our past and began to see each other more and more. It was then I realized that she too needed to be pleasured and cared for like a real woman. I did not think I could provide that for her, so I left yet again. However, my conclusion to stop seeing Lulu forever was overturned before I knew it. I returned to her running. Lulu is my true love and I believe I have to give her my one-hundred percent. I am hers and she is