“The Red Convertible” a Formalist Criticism While reading the story The Red Convertible of the series Love Medicine‚ the author Louise Erdrich portrays two Indian brothers and their connection to a red convertible. Far more than being a shiny car‚ the red old convertible portrays many meanings through the cultural and is very symbolic. The car carries the audience from its lighthearted and carefree beginning to its movingly tragic end. The red convertible brings together the two brothers in
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Louise Erdrich was born on July 6‚ 1954 as the eldest daughter of seven children of a Chippewa Indian mother and a German-American father in Little Falls‚ Minnesota but she grew in Wahpeton‚ North Dakota. Louis Erdrich’s cultural identity was that she was of the Chippewa Indian tribe of the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota from her mother side. At an early age Louise was encouraged by her parents to write stories and that her father would paid her a nickel a story and her mother made covers
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Mr. Coulter Thelma and Louise The movie Thelma and Louise show how a simple chain reaction can change even the kindest of people‚ and the rest of their lives. Thelma was a simple housewife that was invited for a simple get away by her good friend Louise. Even though Thelma knew she wouldn’t have permission by her husband‚ she went along anyway from peer pressure. The two girls started out excited‚ then they became scared after the murder‚ but Thelma and Louise came to peace to it then started
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of the short story. Symbolism is a very prevalent literary element in Silko’s work. One example is in the quote‚ “Leon’s green arm jacket that was too big for her‚” (Silko 2) where the jacket represented the western culture. It was something that Louise was not used to and it didn’t suit her. It seemed as though it was placed into her life unwillingly but she began to embrace the different way of life. Another example of symbolism is Teofilo; it could be argued that he represented the native culture
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memory is depicted as a dangerous and deliberating faculty of human consciousness. In this novel Sethe endures the oppression of self imposed prison of memory by revising the past and death of her daughter Beloved‚ her mother and Baby Suggs. In Louise Erdrich’s story Love Medicine‚ memory of death and the past is revealed carefully among the characters of June‚ Gordie‚ Henry and Lyman. It is apparent by juxtaposing these two novels that the theme of memory of the past and death plays a major role
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Gendering Expectations: Genre and Allegory in Readings of Thelma and Louise Aspasia Kotsopoulos Reflecting on the vociferous attention her film received‚ screenwriter Callie Khouri says that the social climate into which Thelma and Louise (1991) was released largely explains the furor around it. This was the year of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case‚ which drew public attention to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. In the American media and in politics‚ women’s issues were constantly
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The contemporary artist that I chose to discuss in this paper is Louise Bourgeois and her piece of art Eyes". This abstract sculpture is made of marble and dated 1982. Eyes‚ 1982 Louise Bourgeois (American‚ born France‚ 1911) Metropolitan Museum‚ New York Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911and studied art at various schools there. In 1938‚ she immigrated to the United States and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. She began her career as a painter and
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Unlike Nanapush and Fleur‚ Louise Erdrich uses the character of Pauline to demonstrate the rejection of Ojibwa religion and culture. Throughout the novel‚ Pauline is known as a liar and troublemaker who tries her best and hardest to single handedly destroy Ojibwa life‚ religion‚ and culture. For example‚ in the novel‚ Pauline had “bothered [her] father into sending [her] south‚ to the white town. [She] had decided to learn the lace-making trade from the nuns” (Erdrich‚ 14). Pauline is asking her
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American Mosaic‚ July 2011 FOCUS: Leslie Marmon Silko‚ “Lullaby” “Lullaby” is a short story that first appeared in a book entitled Storyteller in 1981. This was a book written by Leslie M. Silko that uses short stories‚ memories‚ poetry‚ family pictures‚ and songs to present her message. The book is concerned‚ in general‚ with the tradition of story-telling as it pertains to the Native American culture. Lullaby seems to be a story of tradition‚ change‚ death‚ loss and the tensions
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instance did she first sketch it and if so where did she sketch it ‚ did she personaly build it etc... When looking at this picture I see a monster‚ a large creature out for blood‚ but as I closely examine the sculpture I see true meaning. Maman by Louise bourgeois shows the strength of a mother‚ with metaphors of spinning‚ weaving‚ nurturing and protecting.Spiders may have held a special meaning for Bourgeois‚ giving protection‚ and foresight. As a child bourgeois may have had a pet spider and may
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