The Education Of Little Tree Character Analysis

The novel The Education of Little Tree concentrates on the points that tells of a little boy’s life as a Native American. Little Tree’s parents passed away, so he moved with his grandparents in the mountains. During his stay, they informed him about his heritage. They thought if he didn’t know about the past, he wouldn’t have a future. Grandma and Grandpa said ‘If ye don’t know where ye people have been, then ye won’t know where your people are going.”(40) As he grew older he realized what was the way, why they did certain things in certain ways, the importance of teaching, and why Grandpa was such a cold stone against the “guvmint.” The novel The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter is about the dilemmas the Native Americans faced and reveals that Little Tree’s ancestors were made into stereotypes, underestimated, and evicted from their land. When Little Tree and his grandparents headed to go back to the mountains on the bus, trouble awaited them on the ride. As they boarded the bus, the driver asked them for tickets , which directed the bus riders attention. Then, the bus driver mocked them by yelling “How” which is their way of greeting others. The people laughed at them. A lady attending the ride yelled out their battle cry , screaming “Wahoo.” (3) They were stereotyped because of the background and the way they looked. Little Tree didn’t know of the battle cry just yet. Little Tree wasn’t in knowledge of makeup and thought her lipstick …show more content…
Grandma and Grandma made sure that he knew. Little Tree learned the importance of life and the way to live. He learned about how the soldiers took advantage of his ancestors and how they held their composure and just left to save conflict. Little Tree heard the mockery and ridicule, but yet he didn’t really understand. Little Tree was just as child. A child whose people have came a long