John Booty Greg Feather
Essay #1 English Composition 2
The Cleansing 10/09/07

In the story, "The Red Convertible," Louise Erdrich introduces 2 Native American brothers. The younger brother Lyman is a friendly person and has had very little problems in the financial aspect of life. At the age of sixteen he works his way up to be owner of the Joliet Café. Then Lyman looses the Café due to a terrible tornado that came sweeping through. After that he and his brother Henry buy a red Oldsmobile convertible. The moment they sit in that car, for the whole summer they drive all over America without a schedule in mind. Soon after that summer, Henry flew off to fight in the Vietnam War. During this time Lyman began to write him in which he talks about the condition of the car. Once Henry came back from the war......

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Title: The Cleansing
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