In Louise Erdrich's "The Red Convertible", she takes us on a journey through the lives of two brothers, Lyman and Henry. As these two brothers grow together, they experience things together as well as separately. The things that they experience together do not really let them grow as individuals, but when they are separate, they experience change in their lives. The main character in the short story, Lyman grows up at a very early age. He is very mature for a young age and had more responsibility than most young people do at his age. He also carried this responsibility very easily and never seemed to complain. He was mature and grateful for what he had because he was motivated, carefree and spontaneous, and family oriented.

From a very young age, Lyman always found that making money was no problem for him. As a young boy, he would make money by shining shoes and doing door-to-door sales for nuns. By the time he was fifteen years old, he began busing tables at a local café.......

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Title: The Red Convertible
Approximate Word Count: 1092
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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