ENG 110 Lecture 3: Medicine River.docx
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Medicine river thomas king: each chapter is like a short story, harlen and the narrator are constant, each chapter says something about relationships, harlen symbolizes a storyteller in the community, the members of the community depend on each other for support and guidance, emphasis throughout the novel on the word home , first person narration (will"s view, metaphor for community when will is taking a family portrait for the blue heron family and it becomes a sort of day long celebration of family, the basketball team is somewhat like a family, trickster of the story:
