Post Traumatic Stress and the Brothers' Relationship in The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich

“The Red Convertible” is about the memorable moments that the Lamartine brothers share together based on their pride for their red convertible. The shared love for the red convertible inspired the lasting memories for the Lamartine brothers; However, precisely like life, the memories were sewn into the brother’s hearts and life continues. Henry Lamartine was drafted into the Vietnam War, while Lyman Lamartine stayed behind on the Indian reservation. The draft will forever change the brothers, and

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Louise Erdrich’s story “The Red Convertible” About two years ago I moved from Italy to Bethesda, Maryland, with my husband. Since my husband was a patient at “Walter Reed National Military Medical Center”, I have been able to walk around the hospital and talking to patients and their relatives. I was astonished when I found out that a lot of patients were suffering from PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder). I didn’t know a lot about this disorder, so I did some

“The Red Convertible”, by Louise Erdrich it describes the relationship between the two brothers and the effect the war left on one of the characters. Erdrich is trying to convey the real affects from going to war such as PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder was common after the Vietnam War, but many people were never treated for it. In the story the narrators brother, Henry suffers from PTSD after his return from the war, the author tries to convey her message through the symbolism of the red convertible

Symbolism of the Red Convertible Can one item define a whole story or a person’s entire life? The short story “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich was written in 1984 against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. In the story, the brothers Henry and Lyman face a strain on their relationship when Henry is drafted into the war. Their car, a model by the same name as the title, is the cause of a happy past and yet it also marks the permanent end of the brothers’ bond. This red convertible serves to be a

a very harsh and brutal way. Both the stories, ‘The Red Convertible’ and ‘The Things They Carried’ portray the life of a young soldier and how he psychologically gets affected from all the things he had seen in the war. Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried,’ is more specific on the experiences of a soldier during a war where as Karen Louise Erdrich focuses more on describing the post war traumatic stress in her short story ‘The Red Convertible’. One thing similar in both the narrations is the Vietnam

Dubus, “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, and “An Ounce of Cure” by Alice Munro are stories that contain most of the components of analyzing short stories. The short story “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus teaches readers about a real life struggle that is commonly faced by others. The main character of the story is Louise, a young teenage girl who deals with the issues of being overweight. Her mother worries about her weight and tries to control it by feeding her on a diet. While Louise is around

Henry and Lyman are two brothers that had it all; freedom, a car, happiness. What almost everyone in life wants, The American Dream. Until Henry goes off to war and the effects of this ruins his brother’s enthusiasm along with his own. In “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich at first you envy the relationship the two Native American brothers have until it slowly crumbles and becomes bitter and they end up losing sight of the visions they once held. Throughout the story the red olds that they own together

In the short story “The Red Convertible,” by Louise Erdrich, there are multiple literary devices used throughout. However, Erdrich most commonly utilizes theme and symbolism. She uses certain themes throughout most of her work, as noted by Keri L. Overall in a literary analysis. “Indeed, the themes of Erdrich’s stories range from the effects of war on families and personal identity to loss of heritage and family and personal relationships.” Erdrich also employs the use of symbolism in this story

The short story “The Red Convertible” was written by Louise Erdrich. Louise Erdrich was born in 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota and was the oldest of seven children. Her mother, who was a Chippewa Indian, worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Her father, who was a German-American, was a teacher of Native American studies in a school that was run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Growing up, Louise’s parents told her many stories of the Indian culture growing up. Her parents encouraged her to write

According to “‘We Will All Be Lost and Destroyed’: Post – Traumatic Stress Disorder and The Civil War” by Eric T. Dean, Jr., “Psychologists estimate that approximately five hundred thousand to 1.5 million of three million Vietnam veterans may suffer from symptoms of PTSD,” which includes “wide variety of problems, from alcoholism, drug abuse, divorce, homelessness, and unemployment, to anxiety disorders and suicide” (Dean 1). Not only did the Vietnam War cost many lives and a lot of money, but it