Summary Of Dear John Wayne By Louise Erdrich

America the Not so Beautiful “They break through the smoke-screen for blood” (Erdrich 5). While Louise Erdrich was referencing mosquitoes in this line of her poem, she may have been alluding to much more. It is possible that she was, in fact, alluding to the mistreatment of Native Americans by the white people. In Erdrich’s poem, “Dear John Wayne,” she argues that American culture was not made to accommodate people of other ethnicities, but specifically, Native Americans. By using the Cowboys and Indians movie as a backdrop, it sets the tone of her argument, without blatantly coming out and stating the point directly. Although subtle, she gets her point across. Erdrich’s argument is valid in many aspects. What is most powerful