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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In Montana 1948 by Larry Watson David and his family find out that his uncle has been raping and sexually assaulting women from a local Native American reservation. Gail‚ David’s mother Gail is used by author to give a feminist perspective of the situation. Although not all feminist or people who believe in the social‚ political‚ and economic equality of the sexes are women the author chose Gail so that people could understand he is a feminist. Gail has to help her family make decisions about what
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the truth is not told people and communities suffer. Racial prejudice‚ loyalty‚ law and justice are all factors that contribute to the emotional sufferings of the Sioux women‚ David’s family and the Hayden name in the small town of Bentrock. In Montana 1948 we learn why and how they suffered and the outcome severity of the crimes that were committed by Frank Hayden. Frank Hayden; son to Julian Hayden‚ brother to Wes and Uncle to David had committed a crime that had not yet been revealed and the Sioux
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Montana 1948 Text response essay Essay Question: ‘Montana 1948’ is about the choices people make.’ Discuss. Larry Watson’s novel ‘Montana 1948’ is told from the perspective of narrator David Hayden‚ recalling the experiences of his 12 year old self. The observations he witnesses and describes reflects the choices that are made by the adult characters of the novel. Not only changing himself but also changing the situations and environment around the small town of Bentrock. David’s uncle Frank
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