Statement of Intent The addition to the story of Montana 1948 is written due to my dissatisfaction towards the plot line and the lack of detail (from David’s perspective). The addition to the story will introduce a new character named Adsila Hot Summer‚ she is a victim of Frank Hayden’s controversy. She will come forward and tell Wes when he was investigating his activities. ****** “Oh‚ for Christ’s sake!” Grandfather said. “What kind of bullshit is this?” “There’s cause. I’ve done some investigating
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Topic 2: Montana 1948 is about the struggle for individual identity. Discuss Montana 1948 shows Indian people‚ and characters struggling to make their own choices‚ leads to the struggle of finding their own identity. In this novel‚ some people do not have identity because they were born that way‚ and some people just cant choose for themselves. Indians do not have individual identity and Wes struggles to choose for himself in many situations. Indians‚ especially Indian women do not have individual
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For those of you who are stuyding Montana 1948 by Larry Watson‚ i have a few essay questions that might help you. 1.Montana 1948 represents the shattering of David’s innocence and presents many contradictions. Discuss. 2.David describes his parent’s only error as trying to be "loyal to both family and justice". Why does he perceive this to be a mistake? another one i got was 3. Montana 1948 is about the loss of innocenece and the painful gain of wisdom. Discuss question 3 is similar
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Montana 1948 is a 1993 novel by Larry Watson. The novel focuses on the life of young Montanan David Hayden‚ his family and the fictional town of Bentrock‚ Montana. The book was awarded the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. The book focuses on family cohesion and also getting away from your family name. In 1995‚ Larry Watson wrote the novel Justice. This novel is based on the characters Frank‚ Wes and Julian. The novel is based in the year 1899‚ 49 years before the events of Montana 1948. The story
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that comes out of the closet and admits he has developed feelings for other men‚ and you do not support these decisions‚ it will affect their intellectual emotional and social development for life and not feel accepted in the family. An example in Montana could be that Frank turned against his whole family without even meaning to‚ and they are left expected to carry on as before. Nothing will ever be the same again in the Hayden family. Family has to obey family. From the choices that are made‚ to
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how town life worked. How to be able to live in a comfortable community. He didn’t feel at ease in school‚ stores and cafes. He would be unsure of how to act in these circumstances (page 22‚ line 19-28). David liked the freedom he got in that small Montana town (page 24‚ line 1-8) Back to the father. David’s father was the sheriff in Bentrock‚ having taken over after his father. Originally David’s father was going to be an attorney but when the grandfather retired‚ he dropped everything at once because
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others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all my attempts the years make to erase or fade them…”(p. 11). These are the very first lines of Larry Watson’s Montana 1948. This first thought immediately gives off the ambiance that there are major conflicts to occur. Of course every novel needs a conflict to move the plot along‚ but what makes Montana 1948 special is all of the conflicts involve family members. This makes resolution more difficult because of a natural desire to want the best for the person
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Imagine to live in Montana - quiet‚ beautiful place‚ to spend your childhood playing outdoors‚ going fishing and just enjoying the wildness of Montana. The book Montana 1948 by Larry Watson and the film A River Runs Through It by Robert Redford have many similarities. Settings‚ characters and problems they have are only few of the many common things the book and the film share. The most general similarity is the setting where the both works take place in‚ and the time when it is happening. Also the
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In Montana‚ the summer of 1948 held a series of tragic events which were to have a permanent and decisive impact on David and his parents. This chain of events were to turn David’s young life and that of his family upside down forever and which was to so angrily lead him out of childhood‚ destroying his innocence and youthful naivety in the process. However‚ David’s shocking revelations lead to his painful gaining of wisdom. When David’s story begins‚ we learn that his life is a stable and happy
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To what extent is David making a realistic judgment with this statement ? When young David‚ witnesses his licentious uncle commit suicide‚ he unrealistically decides that his death was the answer to all of the hardships faced by the family. ‘Montana 1948’ by Larry Watson‚ depicts the tale‚ of deterioration and destruction of one family through heinous crimes committed by certain characters in the novel. The offences carried out by Frank‚ destroys David family forever. When the emotional twelve
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