The Indian Uprising | Topics for Further Study
Donald Barthelme does not provide extensive backgrounds for the characters in his story. Choose two characters from the story and create past and future lives for them. Where are they from? What kind of education do they have? What kinds of jobs did they hold before the battle? What are their families like? What will happen to them after the battle is over?
Critics have considered whether the Vietnam War, the antiwar protests, and the history and legends of America’s West might have influenced Barthelme’s writing of this story. Research the history of one of these events or...
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