Right away the reader knows there is something unusual about this character. Erdrich also ties into her storytelling, tribal mythology. No one ?courted? Fleur even though she was very attractive because it was clear to the people on the reservation that Misshepeshu, the green eyed and copper skinned water monster wanted Fleur for himself.

Fleur?s speech in the story is to the point. What she says sticks with you. ?You will take my place? (Baym 2571) is what she said to George Many Women the first person who touched her after she drowned the second time. Fleur is a strong, daring character that studies ancient ways and half forgotten medicine. The people of the reservation where she lived felt that she changed into animals and practiced evil ways, so they were just about ready to run her out of town when she left.

After living in Argus for approximately one month, Fleur asks to be dealt into the nightly card game with the stock characters. The stock characters of this story are the ?good old boys? Pete, ?Dutch? and the two other male employees at the butcher shop, Tor Grenewald, and ?Lily? Veddar. Although joining the card game may seem like an ordinary occurrence, according to Pauline it was quite extraordinary for a woman to play cards with the men. ?? it wasn?t just that she was a Chippewa or even that she was a woman, it wasn?t that she was good looking or even that she was alone that made their brains hum, it was how she played cards.? (Baym 2574) Every night for a month Fleur won exactly one dollar. In August when the weather became oppressively hot in Argus, Fritzie and Pete left on vacation for a cooler environment. The three bachelors decided they were going to expose Fleur as the card cheat they expect her of being and upset her consistent winning.

a small town south of the reservation called Argus where she stayed for a summer. At this time she meets a flat character. Pauline, who narrates the story. Even though Pauline tell

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