Since she was the talk of the town they had to come up with a good enough story to explain the unexplainable. There is no way one girl can cause the deaths of many men and be "evil." The villagers definitely attribute to her special "evil superpowers." But then again, she did travel to a whole new town where no one knew her story and men that she became close to did happen to die. The ending definitely started to change the way I looked at the story and her abilities. I still believe that it is just the way it happened and that no one can be possessed with certain powers to kill the men around her. This story was very interesting and definitely shows the small village kind of rumors and gossip that go around and the ideas people can get you to believe. (Kelcey Summers, 1)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Kelcey says,
My response is to the question about if Fleur has super powers and how the villages attribute to her abilities. I believe that Fleur really didn't have "super powers." I believe that the villages definitely have different beliefs and gossip really gets around in a smaller village when something happens that is different to their beliefs. I believe the phrase "being in the wrong place and the wrong time," would work with this story. Since she escaped drowning twice it looks suspicious to the other villagers. She became the talk of the town since it is impossible to survive drowning.
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Interesting comments on Fleur's "powers." It seems as though readers tend to view the matter of her powers in an either/or way--either she has powers and she is evil or she has none and is good, her powers the product of reservation gossip. However, could it be both? Could Fleur have powers and still be viewed as good? Erdrich never seems to give us a definite answer...
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