The Man Who Killed the Deer (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Waters
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The late 1930’s, before the outbreak of World War II
- Setting: The Pueblo Indian Reservation, near Taos, New Mexico
- Principal Characters: Martiniano, Flowers Playing, Palemon, Rodolfo Byers, Manuel Rena
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Tradition, Alienation, 1930’s, West, U.S., Native Americans or American Indians, Drugs, New Mexico, Southwest, Hunting or hunters, Deer
- Locales: Pueblo Indian Reservation, NM, Taos, NM
The Novel
Martiniano, a troubled young Pueblo Indian who has been sent away to the white man’s school, shoots a deer on government land exactly two days after the hunting season has closed. Martiniano is soon spotted by a forest ranger, who flies into a rage over the killing of the animal and strikes Martiniano with his gun. With his head bleeding, Martiniano manages to escape by hiding in a stream. The next morning, Palemon, who has been unable to sleep, rescues him, drawn by some powerful, intuitive knowledge of his friend’s distress.
Martiniano is found guilty and...
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