Chapters?

What is your favorite chapter so far, and why?

Kateri Tekakwitha - the St. Kateri Lipsha refers to w/ Sister Marie

Wikipedia about Kateri Tekakwitha

Official site

Eurich's characters and storytelling are brillant and are like pieces of a puzzle of life

I find it confusing that all of these chapters have different narrators(though they come back up later), different stories(ditto), dates, etc. and each chapter is an deep discriptive look into the characters relationships and lives> i was reading the Love Medicine chapter and realized that the grandma and grandpa are characters we have seen before, granma MARIE who still has the beads that June gave to her and we find Lulu nanapush making hot steamy love with Granpa Kashpaw who have taken in Lipsha..

I was wondering what yall think about Eudrich's vision and how in the beautiful chapters we see the characters grow, die, struggle, live with each passing year?

Kyle Ridley

Fish image in chapter "Crown of Thorns"
Discuss.

Notes?

I missed a few days of class due to illness. Could someone please e-mail me the class notes from last Friday (2/22/08) and Tuesday (2/26/08)? Thank you!

My e-mail address is lclotworthy@stmsaints.com

Forgiveness

i was skimming through some articles about the symbolism in love medicine and a lot of critics were saying that the story itself is a symbol for forgivness...how do ya'll feel about that so far do you guys think that's an accurate statement

People's 50 Most Beautiful???

Here is a link to a picture of Louise Erdrich when she was younger.... Do you think she deserved to be on the People's 50 Most Beautiful List?

http://www.csulb.edu/~aisstudy/nae/chapter_5/001_002_5.41.jpg

Love Medicine

Is it just me or did it seem like the first half of the novel did not have anything to do with Native Americans. I couldn't really find very many Native American references in the first half. It seems now that it is pertaining more to Native American life than it did before though.

HW - Tuesday, Feb. 26th

Read "Scales" but also find out about Leonard Peltier on youtube. Type in "Leonard Peltier" and browse. Watch at least one school project powerpoint or video. Don't watch the 43 second thing and don't just watch the Rage Against the Machine video.

After Marie's Husband Leaves Her

Did anyone else noticed how the chapter "Flesh and Blood," after Nector leaves Marie she emphasizes the word "I." I think this is to show how she can be self dependent and she really does not need Nector. What does anyone else think about this?