The Red Convertible

Symbolism, whether prose or poetry, is a typical element in every sentence. Louise Erdrich's short story "Red Convertible" conveys the destructive nature of war and family pressure through the removal of inappropriate conditions. The protagonist of the story, Lyman and Henry La Martin are brothers, red convertible that develop indivisible relationships through cars. Lehman, the two young people are very hardworking and always "earn money" (Erdrich 394).

From the point of Lehman, the "red convertible" will expand around the relationship between the two Chipewa brothers, Lehman and his brother Henry. The brothers bought a red convertible together, then they went to Alaska, and Henry was called to participate in the Vietnam War. After returning from Vietnam, Henry seems to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. The relationship between brothers broke and Lehman tried everything possible, hoping to fix the circuit connecting them. Finally, Henry drowned in the river (whether suicide or accident), Lehman pushed the red convertible into his brother.

In the feature film "Red Convertible", the narrator's voice belongs to Lehman Martin. In a story, Lehman Martin explains the relationship with his brother Henry and the ownership of Red Convertible Oldsmobile. They reflect their relationship. Louise Erdrich built a story centered on the red convertible Oldsmobile in both early and final stages, for just good reason.

In the criticism of Pratima Dutta 's "Erdrich' s Red Convertible", she advocated a legitimate claim that it is the United States, although he often uses the symbol of Western civilization, the author of "Red Convertible" Louis Erdrich. Cultural nationalist. Story text. Platima argued that Henry's tragedy that he could not resist the influence of Western civilization, despite he did not present conflicting evidence of Luis Erdrich's "Red Convertible" story, he insisted It is persuasive and weak to argue that it was not

Pratima Dutta wrote in her critical article, "Although it is very western, the red convertible is the only local connection between Lehman and Henry" (121). Her remarks highlight the importance of the red convertible in the story, which is important for both Lehman and Henry's brothers. The red convertible not only greatly influences the lives of the brothers, it also has great value for the author of "red convertible" Luis Erdrich. She grew up near the Siou Indian Settlement and grew up between the Western and Native American living philosophy, she said that she integrated the story deeply and deeply, Pratima Dutta said, "According to Native Americans, critics, She is not a real Native American writer, and the tradition of Native American storytelling is unfair.