English 107
Draft 1
Lyman “red convertible” essay
In the “red convertible”, by Louis Edrich, tells the story of two Native American boys, henry and Lyman. Lyman the youngest brother is a hardworking, optimistic, and a loving brother. He has a natural talent for making money and because his eye for business he was able to buy and become owner of his own Café by the time he was sixteen. He worked hard constantly pushing himself and striving to achieve new goals and finally he could own his own place, but within a year the worst storm the reservation had seen in years had destroyed the building. But even with such a loss, Lyman was smart and was able to make a nice profit from the insurance money.
One day his brother and he were walking around off the reservation at Winnipeg. They happen to be caring their entire saving when they saw a beautiful red convertible for sale. Without much thought the brothers purchased the vehicle, they traveled, driving all over the United States and enjoying all the marvelous sights. But one day a couple of weeks into the summer he ran a cross a girl in search of help. She was desperately trying to get back home to chicken Alaska, henry and Lyman both decide that they would take her home and fell in love with the place. The almost constant sun was addicting but to soon the seasons began there change and darkness began to take over as the winters chill became prominent, it was time to leave to finish there journey the boys decided. They continued traveling all over the contantel u.s. before finally finding themselves home, and sadly for henry the homecoming was short live. The military had called on him, accepting his enlistment and drafting him into the marines. Herny was away for three years and during his time in the vitame war he had been capture, but for his younger brother those three years were full of enterprise and maintaining they’re car, always keeping henry in his thoughts.
One day when henry came back he