Summary Of The Red Convertible By Louise Erdrich

Vivid description, adventure, humor, and friendship are the perfect words to describe the short story titled ‘The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich. Erdrich uses various stylist devices to bring this short story to life. In order to vividly describe events in the story, the author has incorporated significant similes to describe events that occur. The story is one of a bond of friendship between two brothers who purchase a red convertible, “… the first one in the reservation” (Erdrich 1). Their friendship is described as an adventure which starts by buying the red convertible. Erdrich explores the theme of friendship between the two brothers through depiction of adventurous trips in a shared car. The story begins by describing the relationship between the owners of the car. In first person, the author describes the car as his (Lyman) and his brother, Henry Junior. The brothers are observed to have bought the car by pure happenstance. The narrator says that at the time they saw the car, both had money in their pockets. He continues to describe how he and his brother Henry saw the car. He says, “There is was parked, large as life. Really as it was …show more content…
The narrator uses these words to start describing the numerous adventures the two brothers had with the car. The first instance we are introduced to is the two brothers driving on to Little Knife River when they suddenly find themselves in Montana, a long way from where they had come from. Primarily, the adventures the two boys have are observed on the road, on their way to nowhere. The narrator describes an instance when they found a place to rest for a while. He describes the place as, “...the place in the willows was comfortable. So comfortable.” He continues that, “And quiet, it was quiet…” (Erdrich 2). These events describe the narrator and his brother as having lived a life of travel with instances of peace and quiet when they thought they deserved