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    <title>The Red Convertible Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[wHAT WAS THE MEANING of this whole story?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-was-meaning-this-whole-story-111823</link>
        <description><![CDATA[wHAT WAS THE MEANING of this whole story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:19:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Lyman push the car in the water after Henry]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/why-did-lyman-push-car-water-after-henry-98759</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why did Lyman push the car in the water after Henry]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/why-did-lyman-push-car-water-after-henry-98759</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:08:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does this sentence "until he was eating his own blood mixed in with...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/how-does-this-sentence-until-he-was-eating-his-own-76397</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does this sentence "until he was eating his own blood mixed in with the food" reflect on biblical literature?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/how-does-this-sentence-until-he-was-eating-his-own-76397</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:51:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Henry's mother's attitude about his enlisting in the first...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-henrys-mothers-attitude-about-his-enlisting-65381</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is Henry's mother's attitude about his enlisting in the first place? How does her advice foreshadow the main themes of the novel?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-henrys-mothers-attitude-about-his-enlisting-65381</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:11:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["And then there is only the water, the sound of it going and running and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/then-there-only-water-sound-going-running-going-64073</link>
        <description><![CDATA["And then there is only the water, the sound of it going and running and going and running and running." Does this resolve the story's conflicts?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/then-there-only-water-sound-going-running-going-64073</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:08:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Red Convertible," Why doesn't he get Henry into a VA hospital or...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/red-convertible-why-doesnt-he-get-henry-into-va-64069</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "The Red Convertible," Why doesn't he get Henry into a VA hospital or take him to a traditional Indian holy man to help out?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/red-convertible-why-doesnt-he-get-henry-into-va-64069</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:58:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The whole story of "The Red Convertible" has to do with Native...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-does-the-native-americans-have-do-with-sotry-62353</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The whole story of "The Red Convertible" has to do with Native Americans.  This story is mostly about the interaction and relationship between two Native American brothers. 

"Lyman Lamartine, a member of the Chippewa tribe who lives on a reservation with his family. He tells a story from his recent past about his older half-brother, Henry. As Lyman tells the story, the year is 1974."

The brothers buy the convertible together but then...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-does-the-native-americans-have-do-with-sotry-62353</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:05:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do the Native Americans have to do with the story "The Red...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-does-the-native-americans-have-do-with-sotry-62353</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What do the Native Americans have to do with the story "The Red Convertible"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:17:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think the character development is the change in Henry before and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-identity-development-this-story-43401</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I think the character development is the change in Henry before and after Vietnam. PTSD causes a numbing, an inability to feel or express emotion. There are other symptoms such as hypervigilance, quick to anger, an inability to talk about the experience with friends and family members. They just have no way of understanding. The vet feels isolated and often is. Especially after VN when they were spit at and ridiculed. Henry returns, a stranger...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:11:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the identity development in this story?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-identity-development-this-story-43401</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the identity development in this story?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-identity-development-this-story-43401</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:27:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lyman refers to himself in the third person at the end of the first...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/why-did-lyman-refer-himself-third-person-end-first-39405</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Lyman refers to himself in the third person at the end of the first paragraph of the story to emphasize to the reader the main theme of the narrative, the relationship between him and his brother.  Lyman says, &quot;Now Henry owns the whole car, and his younger brother Lyman (that's myself), Lyman walks everywhere he goes&quot;, highlighting for the reader how, through the loss of the convertible, his relationship with his brother has...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Oct 2008 09:56:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Lyman refer to himself in the third person at the end of the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/why-did-lyman-refer-himself-third-person-end-first-39405</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why did Lyman refer to himself in the third person at the end of the first paragragh of the story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:47:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Great question! I'd have to say that the pressure of white society is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/how-does-pressures-white-culture-effect-brothers-17967</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Great question! I'd have to say that the pressure of white society is quietly pervasive, and affects the brothers' relationship in a number of ways. First, the fact that they have relatively limited options is due to the position the native peoples have been forced into in white society. Second, it is the American political leadership (which at the time was overwhelmingly white) which got America involved in Vietnam. This is what broke Henry's...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:13:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Setting is the time, location, and circumstances in which the story...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-effect-does-setting-have-characters-plot-quot-26451</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Setting is the time, location, and circumstances in which the story takes place.The Red Convertible is a story about the relationship between two Native American Indian brothers.  This story is told from the point of view of Lyman Lamartine.  Lyman and his brother Henry are living on a reservation in North Dakota.  As Lyman tells the story it is 1974. (setting)Lyman and Henry buy a red convertible on a visit to Winnipeg. Henry and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:03:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What effect does the setting have on the characters or plot of &quot;The...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-effect-does-setting-have-characters-plot-quot-26451</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What effect does the setting have on the characters or plot of &quot;The Red Convertible&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:55:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the pressures of the white culture affect the brothers'...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/how-does-pressures-white-culture-effect-brothers-17967</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does the pressures of the white culture affect the brothers' relationship? And is it the cause for Henry's death?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:19:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sure. There are lots of such essays or articles out there.

You'll find...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/does-anyone-know-where-you-can-get-journal-1525</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Sure. There are lots of such essays or articles out there.

You'll find links to three of them through the "Essays and Criticism" section of the enotes study guide to the story (isn't it a good one, by the way?). You'll also find links to them below.

I've included links to one other as well. You could also try some of the specialized databases like Proquest for a wider range of academic articles.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:45:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does anyone know where you can get journal articles about "The Red...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does anyone know where you can get journal articles about "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:29:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The red convertible symbolizes the life the brothers shared before Henry...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-does-red-convertible-symbolize-1258</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The red convertible symbolizes the life the brothers shared before Henry went to war. It was shiny and impressive and new, and a way to freedom. Afterwards, he was damaged, and can't live on. He kills himself, and isn't a living part of Lyman's life anymore, just as the car can't be. That part of their life together is gone.

Greg]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:01:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the red convertible symbolize?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/red-convertible/q-and-a/what-does-red-convertible-symbolize-1258</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What does the red convertible symbolize?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 07:17:25 PST</pubDate>
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