Louise Erdrich

literature. Such transformations can be seen in the Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" and "The Fall of the House of Usher", Joyce Carol Oates's "Where is Here?", Ishmael Reed's "beware: do not read this poem", Julio Cortazar's "House Taken Over", and Louise Erdrich's "Windigo". Transformation in stories meant to scare one is evident because of shifts in character's personalities, changes in setting, and abrupt/strange occurrences throughout the story. Transformation…

relatable. But, the techniques make the stories more complicated and therefore more difficult to read. Both of these stories use multiple point of views, verb tenses, and several other techniques to tell their story. Foremost, Tim O’Brien and Louise Erdrich use multiple point of views to tell their story. Both novels tell some parts in…

From the moment that Aanakwad fell in love with the other man, the grandfather feared her and became very bitter towards her. “For he was afraid of his wife’s bad temper, and it was he who roused Aanakwad into anger by the sheer fact that he was himself and not the other.” No matter how much the grandfather tried, he could not recapture her love and because of that he lost respect for her. Despite the fact that the grandfather loved her he had to admit that their life together was no longer a…

adapt and change while still keeping their identities intact. I would like to think this book was depicting the worst case scenario and that our government was not actively trying to keep this culture subjected. I thought it was one-sided when Erdrich said the Native American courts held no authority over “American” citizens, as they had more right to the land than anyone else. Along with having no control, they, the majority, were depicted in a poor state where the government inexpensively…

trapeze act, and the climax the mother deciding to take a leap, literally and figuratively, to save her daughter from the burning building, tying perfectly to the theme, it pays to overcome fear with bravery. With subtlety and mastery, author Louise Erdrich uses symbolism, writing style, and repetition,…

To put it simply, I am a white, teenage, American girl from just outside Chicago, living in Wisconsin, and attending UW-Madison. There is no getting around the color of my skin being a major aspect of the opportunities life has given not just me, but the entirety of my family—who have all been white. I consider my background European, although I have never looked deep within my ancestry past the point of knowing I am at least one-quarter Danish and partly Irish. My being white, Caucasian,…

put my hands on my ears, so there is nothing more to describe but what I couldn’t block out: those yells from Russell, Fleur’s hoarse breath, so loud it filled me, her cry in the old language and our names repeated over and over among the words (Erdrich, 1988, p. 26). After beating a few men in a game of poker, character Fleur Pillager is physically and sexually assaulted. Violence against Native American women does not only exist on the written page. However, because of the lack of knowledge…

is from the Revolutionary War or to having a war within one’s mind. No matter the size of the war, there will always be damages, even if the damage is not direct. The stories “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien and “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, take place during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a devastating war that took our men and even the young boys from their families and got them killed, either physically or mentally. Lieutenant Cross from “The Things They Carried”…

The Round House thirteen year old Joe attempts to find the man who raped and tried to murder his mother. While seeking both justice for the wrong doing and revenge for the pain caused, Joe finds aid in religion, family, and his friends. Author Louise Erdrich carefully addresses each of these topics with beautiful imagery, tales from Native American culture, and supberub character development. By the end…

A common purpose for all of Louise Erdrich’s novels is to evaluate the roles that religious and cultural beliefs play in influencing Native American heritage. Her novel Tracks, displays the conflict that arises between the Catholic and Ojibwa religions as the Ojibwa people respond to the forced assimilation and religious conversion brought about by the white expansion. In this novel we see three characters and how they respond to the attack on their culture and religion. While Nanapush and Fleur…