24 pages • 48 minutes read
Louise ErdrichFleur
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1986A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
Essay Topics
Fleur is both the victim of violence as well as an agent of death in the story. With that in mind, is “Fleur” a story of vengeance or justice? How does Erdrich portray morality in the story?
How complicit is Pauline in the deaths of the men at Kozka’s Meats? Cite at least three examples from the text and considers Pauline’s role as an unreliable narrator to support your argument.
What do you think the source of Fleur’s powers is? And as the story is at least partially about different projections of female power, what is the source of Pauline’s powers?
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