as he tells the reader his story. A peak into her culture is given when she describes Lyman selling.
spiritual bouquets for the mission, from door to door during Christmas, and him shining shoes at.
the American Legion hall. This shows how her Native culture had braced and intertwined with.
white culture. The environment changes as Lyman journeys off on his summer adventure as he.
grows up and becomes a man, by going all the way to Chicken, Alaska for the long days, and.
back on home to North Dakota. At the end of the summer the army takes away his brother Henry.
and sends him to Vietnam. Louise reveals her lack of knowledge about the army as she says they.
turned Henry into a marine. The army makes soldiers, and the marine corps makes marines.
Louise then portrays the Vietnam conflict as the atmosphere for time period . She then applies.
the stereotype of the soldier that comes back from Vietnam being psychologically damaged, to.
Henry. She used this to help convey her views of the Vietnam Conflict. She had obviously grew.
up threw the conflict and went to college with those who didn't agree with the way things went,.
as she portrays this negative image. Later Louise uses the Red River as a metaphor by it's.
altering condition and foreshadowing the events to come. She describes the river as.
metamorphosing from the normal river it once was and into this wild beast about to overflow.
Louise was revealing that something was going to change when the brothers went to visit it. .
Louise then uses her feelings to describe the soldiers of the Vietnam conflict era as being.
brainwashed and emotionless. She does this when Henry jumps into the water, and instead of.
yelling for help like any other person would do in time of need, Henry portrays her image by.
staying calm and telling Lyman that his boot's were filling, when in all actuality Henry was.
drowning. Lyman is forced to let go of a joint venture between him and Henry, and washes.