“The Red Convertible”, by Louise Erdrich is a story about two brothers, Lyman and Henry, and how the bond of the brothers is affected when Henry is called to fight in the Vietman war. The Story is told in first person by the main character Lyman. We get to see from his perspective how he is affected by Henry fighting in the war. Erdrich uses symbolism, characterization, and theme to help us understand her story.
I would like to talk to you about some of the opinions you have about the book Tracks by Louise Erdrich. During our class discussion the other day I noticed that you strongly supported the idea that Pauline is a good person in the book. Your opinion was based on, the idea that she makes the transition to death easier for people. I am sorry to say I completely disagree with you, and think that if anything she is a evil person in the book. The three pieces of evidence that supports my claim are the death of Mary Pepewas, and how she reacted, her actions towards Eli even though he is with Fleur, and the way she doesn’t help Fleur when the men are attacking her.
Captivity is defined as the state of being imprisoned or confined. A tragic experience is given a whole new perspective from Louise Erdrich 's poem, “Captivity”. Through descriptive imagery and a melancholic tone, we can see the poem and theme develop in her words. Erdrich takes a quote from Mary Rowlandson’s narrative about her imprisonment by the Native Americans and her response to this brings readers a different story based off of the epigraph. Louise Erdrich compiles various literary devices to convey her theme of sympathy, and her poem “Captivity” through specific and descriptive language brings a whole new meaning to Mary Rowlandson’s narrative.
As in life, throughout Louise Erdrich’s novel, Tracks, the Anishinaabe people suffer myriad violations inflicted upon them by the brutality inherent in settler colonialism: forced relocation to ever-shrinking land, environmental annihilation, depletion of life-sustaining fauna, rampant disease, taxation, bureaucracy, residential schools, false and racist narratives, the Catholic church, alcoholism, and so on. Hence, to suggest the book’s characters operate within a framework of trauma is an understatement. Amid the evolving disaster, although narrators Nanapush and Pauline Puyat often occupy the same spaces and share some characteristics, such as being talkative, sexual, and prone to visions, they perceive their worlds through disparate lenses, and develop along divergent trajectories. While Nanapush is nurturing, community driven, and generally life-affirming, Pauline is self-serving, opportunistic, and energized by death and violence. Whereas Pauline is the face of assimilation,
In the excerpt from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, rhetorical devices such as appeal to pathos, imagery, and simile helped create suspense when Christopher had found out about his undead mother. By creating suspense, it gives the reader a certain feeling of wanting to read more to figure out what would happen next. The author appeals to pathos by announcing Christopher’s undead mother. As Christopher had said, “Mother had not had a heart attack.
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“I Was Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move” written by Louise Erdrich focuses on a child and a grandfather horrifically observing a flood consuming their entire village and the surrounding trees, obliterating the nests of the herons that had lived there. In the future they remember back to the day when they started cleaning up after the flood, when they notice the herons without their habitat “dancing” in the sky. According to the poet’s biographical context, many of the poems the poet had wrote themselves were a metaphor. There could be many viable explanations and themes to this fascinating poem, and the main literary devices that constitute this poem are imagery, personification, and a metaphor.
Post Tramatic Stress Disorder and Suicidal tendencies Why do numerous PTSD patients turn to suicide as a way out of their own thoughts and memories. In the short story The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich, discusses how the protagonist Henry lived his life pre-Vietnam, as a free spirited individual, who was full of life and always ready for the next adventure in life. Post-Vietnam Henry came back a changed man like many war veterans. Henry was quiet and reserved. In this short story the themes of brotherhood and the effects that war has on relationships and the individual.
It might surprise readers to know that, by the use of this lens, traces of these subjects can be found in almost any work despite the original nature and intent of the tale. A prime example demonstrating the power of the Marxist lens can be seen when the lens is applied to Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour”. This short conte depicts the brief sentiment of freedom felt by the fictitious character Mrs. Mallard as she learns that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident. However, her blissful reverie is put to death by death itself when her husband, alive and well, walks through the doors of their home to meet her. On the surface, this would appear to be a tale void of social, political, or economic association; how could such logical themes develop in such an emotional tale?
Katherine Mansfield wrote about an aged woman, Miss Brill who is isolated from the real world. Miss Brill attempts to build a fantasy life to protect herself from the harsh facts of her existence. The short story “Miss Brill” is very descriptive and has decent examples of imagery to help readers better understand and see what is happening. Robert Peltier mentioned that “Miss Brill” has a rise and fall in each paragraph, so in his overview of “Miss Brill”, he also “chose the rise and fall of every paragraph to fit her, and fit her on that day at that moment” (Peltier), to help readers picture what is happening. The character Miss Brill does not look past what is present, which causes her to be narrow minded and not understand why things happen
In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” demonstrates the personal growth of the dynamic protagonist Louise Mallard, after hearing news of her husband’s death. The third-person narrator telling the story uses deep insight into Mrs. Mallard’s thoughts and emotions as she sorts through her feelings after her sister informs her of her husband’s death. During a Character analysis of Louise Mallard, a reader will understand that the delicate Mrs. Mallard transforms her grief into excitement over her newly discovered freedom that leads to her death. As Mrs. Mallard sorts through her grief she realizes the importance of this freedom and the strength that she will be able to do it alone.
The authors want their audiences to use these tales and examples as life lessons and hope for them to utilize these sources in their future lives. These two ideas are presented through the use of figurative language, mainly metaphors. In addition, the similar tone of these pieces allows the author to connect more deeply with the readers. Toni Morrison’s Nobel lecture, folktales, and several poems illustrate how metaphors and tone are used to describe experience and caution the readers.
Louise’s victory in accepting her husband’s death is a feeling that she now cannot live without. The ultimate death of Louise Mallard is one that represents physical and emotional defeat. In this dramatic short story, Chopin uses imagery to sew together a tapestry of emotions all encompassed in an ill-stricken widow. Works Cited Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour.”
This shows a balance between gender roles, as well as the embracing progressive changes within culture and society. In the story “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin, a third-person omniscient narrator, relates how Mrs. Louise Mallard, the protagonist, experiences the euphoria of freedom rather than the grief of loneliness after hearing about her husband’s death. Later, when Mrs. Mallard discovers that her husband, Mr. Brently Mallard, still lives, she realizes that all her aspiration for freedom has gone. The shock and disappointment kills Mrs. Mallard.
The Short Story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin explores the emotions of Louise Mallard a woman with a heart disease. In the hour that the story is told, it ranges from showing Mrs. Mallard different reactions to learning of her husbands death to him surprisingly showing up alive and eventually her untimely death from a heart disease. Although only a brief period of time is shown, many emotions are revealed through the third person omniscient point of view. This point of view shows more than just the protagonists thoughts and is not limited to one person. It allows the readers to know something about Mrs. Mallard that she does not as the story ends after Mrs. Mallard has already died.
