In the novel Tracks by Louise Erdrich, there are two narrators who tell the story: Nanapush and Pauline. The story begins in the past and since Nanapush is the first to enter the story, he becomes the narrator of the novel. Nanapush shares his past with Lulu, who is also Native American. He becomes the most appropriate character as the narrator of the story. This is because the story takes place where natives die while whites confiscate their lands or buy them. Nanapush describes how he rescues Fleur from the house when her parents die "Fleur the one you won't call mother" (p.2). Nanapush is the best narrator of the story because he shows us the plight of the Native Americans in the most vivid way “We began to die before the snow, and like the snow, we continued to fall” (p. 20). He begins by telling his granddaughter the story of how he saved his mother. Pauline begins narrating in the second chapter and, unlike Nanapush, has a contradictory view of Fleur. This is why both are no. more suitable...
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