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Tracks

 

            In the book Tracks by Louise Erdrich, Fleur is presented as a strong, powerful person who has to face several problems. Fleur develops a relationship with some of the characters that are in the book that either help or hunt Fleur. Fleur was viewed as a mythical figure after some of the events that happened to Fleur.
             The dual narrative helps gain great insight to the personally of Fleur. At about seventeen years old Fleur's whole family dead from consumption otherwise known as tuberculosis. Fleur still had Moses who a Pillager however they are more related by name than by blood. Nanapush saved Fleur by taking her to his cabin and talked to Fleur until she was better. When she went to town she ended up getting raped. From both of these events it shows that she is a strong independent person who will not let what happens to her bring her down. Fleur also had to have the mental strength because she lost her second child and lost her lands where her family was buried.
             Fleur was also a forgiving person. A fellow Indian, Pauline, watched Fleur as she was getting raped by three men but she did not try to stop them. Fleur forgave Pauline because she was a fellow Chippewa Indian and the Chippewa Indians will forgive their people for all the wrong that they do. The belief that the Chippewa Indians have is that the good Chippewa Indians even out the bad so there are the same amount of good as bad. She let Pauline in her home to have food and played cards with Nanapush and Margaret. Then Fleur let her husband, Eli, work around Pauline who ended up putting a spell called love medicine on Eli that made him unfaithful to Fleur with Sophie. The fact that Pauline put the spell on Eli to hurt Fleur was not good and Fleur still forgave knowing that she did it show that the Chippewa belief runs deep in her mind. Fleur also put herself into danger to help Pauline. Pauline was studying to be a nun so she would not bathe so Fleur bathed Pauline because she smelled.


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