yellow raft in blue waters
Yellow Raft In Blue Waters is a tale of three women a fifteen year old half black and half Indian Rayona, who is trying to find herself, her American Indian mother Christine, consumed by both tenderness and resentment for the people she adores, and the mysterious Ida, who is the mother and grandmother. In written by Michael Dorris, the narrative is viewed from varying perspectives emphasizing the differences in the way we perceive every aspect of our lives, all three characters failed to have paradigm shifts so the basis for their misunderstanding is the fundamental underline miscommunication. Their inability to manage conflict and the resulting repression of their emotions create a lot of tension between them.On a cross-country trip when Christine was bringing Rayona to her mother's house, with the hope of leaving her because she felt Ida would be a better mother, her ultimate intention was completely misunderstood by Rayona. Rayona perceived that she was being abandoned not being cared for by her mother. Running through Christine?s mind was the thought that Ida had her where she wanted her, ?That Ida?s dream had come true and I had come crawling back, failed and without pride,? Had Rayona known this she might have understood h
Because of a paradigm shift, I came to a deeper understanding the characters? behavior. I was also able to comprehend their emotions more fully. Before being aware of what was really happening, I viewed the characters action and attitudes with an outlook that was much less charitable. If Christine would have seen things differently as a child, she might have encountered fewer problems with Ida. Christine would have known that she is not really Aunt Ida?s daughter and Aunt Ida is doing a favor for Christine. Also Christine would not have minded Ida treating Lee better. Ida did not treat Christine as well because Ida did not want to get too close to Christine because she was afraid that Clara would come back and take her away and if she did Ida would be heart broken. The priest came to take Rayona to a camping trip up in the woods and the priest told Ida that the other kids were already up there. Once they arrived at the site they went on a boat and the priest started raping her. This was the reason Rayona ran away. Now if Christine knew she probably would not have said, ?Aunt Ida said you walked out with not even a note good-bye. She was a crazy woman for two days until that priest came to tell her you went back home. I called Charlene, everybody, even Elgin, but nobody knew a damn thing about you. Your no goddamn good? After Rayona be
Some topics in this essay:
Charlene Elgin,
Michael Dorris,
Ida Christine,
Clara Ida,
Ida Idas,
Aunt Ida,
Christine Rayona,
American Indian,
Los Angeles,
Blue Waters,
paradigm shift,
aunts husband,
aunt ida,
mother christine,
love christine,
ida christine,
left rayona,
ida mother,
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Approximate Word count = 910
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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