The short story "Fleur", by Louise Erdrich describes the life of a young girl. The beginning of the story jumps right into the scene of fleurs' first drowning, and begins to unravel the mystery behind this young girl. How death is caused to those that save her from her own peril. The two men in the beginning of the story that saved her had in return lost themselves. The story continues by telling of fleurs' incidences with drowning and how those who saved her are internally doomed to their own fate.
I believe in this short story that fleur is understood, that the tragedy of the two men that originally saved her was internally blown to the extreme by accusing her of being some sort of mystical being, or being involved in "dark magic." It's funny how people have the tendency to domino effect anything into something it's not, making the story bigger and bigger than it really is. I believe that that is indeed the case to this story, that sometimes things are indeed coincidences and not supernatural. That sometimes things do happen for a reason, an some people are just simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. After all, isn't that how most urban legends being anyways?
Cali Simmons, Post 1
Do you mean that Fleur is misunderstood? I think you make some good observations as to why so many stories have been told on the reservation about Fleur. I would like to have seen you taken these observations further, though. Make sure to focus your posts on analysis of an aspect of the reading as opposed to summarizing what everyone has already read.
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