Not Accepted

In the short story, "Fleur" by Louise Erdrich, Fleur Pillager was not accepted for who she was. As a child she drowned in Lake Turcot, and was saved by two men. One man disappeared after her saving and the other died. When she was twenty, she drowned in the lake again, only this time no one found her. She washed ashore and George Many Women came upon her. Fleur hissed that he would take her place. Many Women was so scared he would not leave his house. From the way the story was told I believe that he died when he slipped in the tub. The men stayed away from Fleur, after people found out what was happening. I believe that it was a tale, this was in the Native American time period and many tales were told.

Fleur was driven off the reservation, after her second drowning. The other people suspected she changed into a different person/animal at night. They even found tracks that were human and then changed into a print with claws. They called her "evil." I think many people were jealous of her due to her looks, and they wanted to drive her away. It was told she was living on the lake she drowned in with a husband, and many thought she killed him also. The tale will be told from generation to generation, to send the message to young children to ensure them that the lake can be a dangerous place.