Fleur (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Plot: Sketch
- Time of Work: 1920
- Setting: Argus, North Dakota
- Principal Characters: Fleur Pillager, Pauline, Pete Kozka, Lily Veddar, Dutch James, Tor Grunewald
- Genres: Short fiction, Sketch
- Subjects: Memory, Mythology or myths, Gender roles, Midwest, 1920’s, Pregnancy, Rape, Native Americans or American Indians, Death or dying, Revenge, Butchers
- Locales: Argus, ND (fictive)
The Story
Pauline recalls an earlier time when a young Chippewa woman named Fleur survived a drowning. Pauline also remembers about Fleur's association with Misshepeshu, the devil-like waterman monster of Chippewa myth. Pauline calls Fleur a woman who “messed with evil,” who laughed at the women of the tribe, wore men's clothing, and hunted. Fleur was feared and mistrusted by her tribe.
In 1920 Fleur lived in Argus, a small town in North Dakota, where she worked at Pete Kozka's butcher shop—a place that was part slaughterhouse and part store. Kozka hired her...
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