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    Literature Help: Love Medicine
    Literature Help: Love Medicine
    Literature Help: Love Medicine
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    Literature Help: Love Medicine

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    The novel “Love Medicine” opens with the scene of a death. June Morrissey freezes to death while she happens to be on her way home to the reservation. June dies as the novel opens; her figure continues to hold the novel together.

    Likewise, there is a love triangle among Lulu, Maris, and Nector. It kind of works as a link among the narratives. The love triangle is, however, not a persistent theme in the novel.

    The theme of homecoming is also very significant in the novel. The storytelling effect of the novel is enhanced by the use of multiple themes.

    Some of the significant themes in the novel are abandonment, tricksters, connection to land, search for identity, survival, and self-knowledge.

    Literature Help: Love Medicine
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    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Summary
    Chapter Three: Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Chapter Five: Thematic Analysis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateApr 27, 2014
    ISBN9781311077318
    Literature Help: Love Medicine
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      Literature Help: Love Medicine

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      Chapter One: Introduction

      Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich was first published in 1984. The novel was revised twice in 1993 and 2009. The 1993 edition of Love Machine was the expanded version of the earlier story published in the 1984 edition.

      The novel revolves around the lives of a small group of Chippewa. The Chippewa people are also called Ojibwa or Anishinaabe. They live on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota. The book explores the 60 years in the lives of this small group of Chippewa people.

      Love Medicine was the winner of the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award.

      Only the first chapter of the novel, set in 1981, is set in chronological order, but most of the narratives follow a loose chronology.

      There are different narrators for different chapters. The narratives seem to be presented in a manner of storytelling. The narratives are controversial. Most of the narratives have been presented from the first-person perspective.

      Only five chapters of the novel have been told from a limited third-person perspective. The tone of the novel follows the storytelling tradition prevalent in Native American culture.

      Ojibwa myths, technique of story-telling, and culture are quite prominent in the novel. Euro-Indian experiences are also noticeable, especially through the younger generations.

      The novel Love Medicine opens with the scene of a death. June Morrissey freezes to death while she happens to be on her way home to the reservation. June dies as the novel opens; her figure continues to hold the novel together.

      Likewise, there is a love triangle among Lulu, Maris, and Nector. It kind of works as a link among the narratives. The love triangle is, however, not a persistent theme in the novel.

      The theme of homecoming is also very significant in the novel. The storytelling effect of the novel is enhanced by the use of multiple themes.

      Some of the significant themes in the novel are abandonment, tricksters, connection to land, search for identity, survival, and self-knowledge.

      It is a long novel with several characters. It is, however, an easy read for a casual reader.

      Chapter Two: Plot Summary

      The opening chapter of the novel begins in 1981. June Morrissey happens to be in Williston, North Dakota. It is an oil boom town.

      She has come there, leaving Gordie Kashpaw and her son again. During a snow storm while she happens to be trying to walk home, she dies.

      The second part of this first chapter is narrated by Albertine Johnson, June’s niece. Albertine’s mother has written a letter to her and informed about her aunt’s death and burial.

      It transpires that Albertine’s mother has not invited her to attend the funeral. Albertine is not happy at all and she refuses to speak to her mother.

      Two months pass after the receiving of the letter. Albertine goes back home to the reservation. She begins to tell stories about her Aunt June.

      Albertine describes the incidents of her mother dying, their father running away and marrying her cousin, leaving Gordie and King Kashpaw. He comes back but leaves again.

      When Albertine visits the main house, all the family members gather there. All the Kashpaws are welcome to the main house.

      This first chapter of the novel sets the tone for the ensuing events and going back through history. The perspectives change after this first chapter.

      The following three chapters introduce the reader with Marie, Nector, and Lulu. The story is focused on the love triangle up to the fourth chapter. Marie, Nector, and Lulu are the young adults in and around the year 1934.

      It transpires that Marie once wanted to become a

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