Essays 1 - 30
of their land. The episodic style employed by Erdrich might be difficult for readers to follow if they have not read Love Medicin...
This paper analyzes the structure and thematic elements seen in the second chapter of Erdrich's novel. This five page paper has o...
This paper discusses issues of morality, personal identity, and cultural tradition as seen in Erdrich's Love Medicine. This seven...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...
own truths" (Anaya 112). Ultimas direction is indeed much needed by this young...
that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...
In five pages this essay analyzes the short story in order to determine that it is an example of feminist literature. Three sourc...
ones who live in the woods" (Erdrich 87). June marries Maries son Gordie - one of her childhood tormentors - and enters, not surp...
he blackens his face, seeks counsel in dreams, and draws on a broad repertoire of power songs to "sing a burnt child back to healt...
of one individual, Lipsha. One critic notes that this novel "explores more or less three general areas which constitutes its plot:...
the stop by a river and it seems everything is fine, but Henry is too far gone to be helped. He jumps into the river and drowns; L...
amount of money (Erdrich). Fleur won, and refused to play any longer; in retaliation, the men got drunk and raped her; that same n...
In seven pages these novels are compared in terms of how each features the Native American identity struggle with similarities and...
are particularly harrowing in soldiers that were at some point POWs (Dikel et al 69). Furthermore, the age of the traumatized per...
is perpetuated by their sons inappropriate activities that were created James and Marys poor parenting. There is no end to ...
In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...
subtle and strong ways. It is something that connects the two, and means something to the two of them. It is a material object, an...
of the Rigger Bar" (Erdrich 1). From this moment her short story continues until she is alone and wandering in heavy falling sno...
that is part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away from me since" (T...
(1934), pages 40-56. The story shifts to when Grandma is just 14. Her maiden name was Marie Lazarre. She is a headstrong girl, wit...
the last thing he says is "My boots are filling" and hes gone (Erdrich). Lyman jumps in and searches for him until the sun sets, b...
shocker. The Father is in actuality a nun who had been fleeing the sins of her past. She comes upon the body of the deceased Fathe...
This paper considers the eroticism and the uniqueness of the married Louise's sensuous relationship with a person of an unrevealed...
especially true in Love Medicine, where the abandoned son attempts to brew a love medicine for his grandfather. However, he gets s...
is, the Victorian era, it becomes clear that Louise Mallard is a normal woman who loves her husband and will grieve for him, but w...
lure or seduce Louise away from her husband. Mrs. Sparsit seems to truly enjoy herself in this job, envisioning the staircase of s...
healers could be executed (Healing Rays, 2007). In 1951, the Church made spiritual healing legal again but it is still tarnished w...
52). Close examination of "Story of an Hour" reveals the manner of Louise Mallards death, i.e., murder, and also the message that ...
of intense feeling in students; they are not comfortable with strong emotions (Edmundson). If a fight does develop, there is a sor...
The ways in which the system of criminal justice has been impacted by victimology are discussed with examples including the trial ...