THE RED CONVERTIBLE BY LOUISE ERDRICH

The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich

The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich

Biography

Louise Erdrich (birth name, Karen Louise Erdrich) was born June 7, (some sources say July 6), 1954, in Little Falls, Minnesota. It was the first of seven children born to Ralph and Joan Rita Gourneau Erdrich, both of whom taught the Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. Erdrich was reared in Wahpeton, North Dakota, near Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation, where her mother lived parents. The family often visited the reservation, giving Erdrich and a sense of Native American heritage. Erdrich's father was of German origin, and this part of its heritage, have also contributed, albeit to a lesser extent, but. Louise Erdrich is a very satisfying story-teller who crystallizing dishes her novels from the clay of his short fiction. In the foreword to "The Red Convertible", but its collection of new and selected stories, Erdrich writes that these pieces later "to gather strength and weight and complexity" for the entire book, as a densely woven tapestry. This anthology returns 30 such stories, which eventually became part of 11 novels, in their original, unentangled form.

Analysis

"The Red Convertible," by Louise Erdrich, and this is the presentation of light and darkness associated with convincing sacrificial events. This short story takes one through what begins as a normal everyday life of two unique people, as well as the story progresses the reader through the case and taken actions that later lead to the fate of Henry. Through the application of theme, characterization, in addition to symbolism Erdrich delivered a remarkable and memorable story.

The theme of the victims is affected in all the short stories. Erdrich does a fine job to give the reader understand that the victim will be in the form below. By the beginning of a short story, Erdrich ...