In the novel The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich‚ the main character‚ Agnes‚ goes through many transformations throughout the course of the novel‚ be that spiritual‚ gendered‚ or in the basis of identity. Agnes’s identity‚ both as a female and as Father Damien‚ is an imperfect example of syncretism‚ as they appear at times as two distinct individuals‚ and at others‚ the individual identities are indiscernible. Syncretism is a term related to the concept of hybridity
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country-when most had never picked up a gun. The question always remains‚ whose war are we fighting? In Tim O’Brien’s short story "The Things They Carried" there are many examples of the psychological loss of innocence of a young soldier. Similarly‚ in Louise Erdrich’s "The Red Convertible‚" the reader becomes acquainted with the effects of war after returning home. In both works the trauma that a young soldier experiences is made painfully real. In essence‚ each soldier "carried ghosts" (O’Brien 1107)
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essay #1 In the short story‚ “The Red Convertible‚” by Louise Erdrich we enjoy a short story of two brothers that are bonded. Perhaps they are bonded more than they should have been. Henry and Lyman are Native Americans living in North Dakota. Lyman describes himself as a lucky guy that has an easy time making money. The two brothers share a desire for adventure. Their first adventure marks the beginning of them sharing a red Oldsmobile Convertible. The final adventure is foreshadowing death
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Essay Topic #1: The Growing Distance between Family Members Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” and John Cheever’s “Reunion”‚ both use symbolism to reveal the growing distance between the main characters. However‚ this fictional technique is used and appears uniquely in both works. In the “Red Convertible” the car is one solitary symbol that represents the brothers’ relationship but in “Reunion” the places the father and son visit resembles their growing distance. Even though the symbols
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always was‚ and who I’ll be is the result (Erdrich 127).” In today’s society children are being sheltered by their parents to hide them from the emotional events that they went through as a kid. In my generation kids were what all the elders say “Babied” while growing up. This I believe because now a days everyone thinks they are entitled to something they did not earn themselves. In the short story I’m a Mad Dog Biting Myself for Sympathy written by Louise Erdrich the narrator makes one bad choice and
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often surprises me how different individuals from different cultures and backgrounds all come together in one country and share many experiences. Individuals like Amy Tan who was born among Chinese immigrants‚ John Cheever from Massachusetts and Louise Erdrich who comes from a Chippewa Indian and German background and was born in Minnesota. A vast variety of origins and they all come to have several good or bad things in common in their work. Hardships of immigration is stated or implied in these pieces
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Cited: Carver‚ Raymond “Cathedral.” Reading Literature and Writing Argument. Ed. Missy James and Alan P. Merickel. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson‚ 2011. 513-523. Print. Erdrich‚ Louise “The Red Convertable.” Reading Literature and Writing Argument. Ed. Missy James and Alan P. Merickel. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson‚ 2011. 111-117. Print. O’Brien‚ Tim “The Things They Carried.” Reading Literature and Writing Argument
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thinking of finding a piano to play (Erdrich 19). Throughout the book when Agnes is facing difficult times and moments of utter desperation‚ we see her turn to Chopin‚ her music‚ her piano. After a series of tragedies with a flood‚ Agnes becomes Father Damien Modeste by placing his clothes on her. From this time forward Agnes/Father Damien lives the life of a priest giving of herself to a Native tribe. She is shown to mix the cultures and learn so much from them (Erdrich 276). But throughout this time
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The story‚ “The Red Convertible”‚ by Louise Erdrich is narrated by Lyman Lamartine. The story embarks on two Native American brothers named‚ Lyman and Henry. The setting is based on a reservation named Chippewa in North Dakota. The brothers have a great bond. Henry is a comical brother who seems to have a great sense of humor. Lyman is an entrepreneur; he knows how to make money. One day the brothers decide to buy a red convertible olds. The convertible‚ which the brothers share‚ seems to bring the
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poetry and three memoirs. Firebird told the story of his childhood in the American South and in Arizona. Dog Years was a memoir of the lives of two of his dogs who Doty had while dealing with the death of his partner and the devastation of 9-11. Louise Erdrich praised the book as being "about dogs‚ that is to say‚ about everything we cannot talk about... the ’unsayable’ about our relationships with animals‚ and about unspeakable times of loss‚ Dog Years is not a dark book. It is illuminated from within
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