A Yellow Raft In Blue Water Analysis
Nicole Freche
Mr. Ontiveros World Literature – 2nd period
December 5, 2010 Friends Forever! “Trust is like a vase… once it’s broken, though you can fix the vase, it’ll never be the same again” – Author unknown. Almost every person has had at least one person who he or she can confide their secrets. Over time one can learn whether or not he or she can trust or believe another will hold that confidence. If that certitude is shattered, it takes time again to reconcile and to earn it back. In Michael Dorris’s novel, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Ida is a girl who entrusts in her young Aunt Clara with secrets from school to boys. When Clara reveals Ida’s hope about Willard Pretty Dog, the trust is broken; despite this, Ida still
Mr. Ontiveros World Literature – 2nd period
December 5, 2010 Friends Forever! “Trust is like a vase… once it’s broken, though you can fix the vase, it’ll never be the same again” – Author unknown. Almost every person has had at least one person who he or she can confide their secrets. Over time one can learn whether or not he or she can trust or believe another will hold that confidence. If that certitude is shattered, it takes time again to reconcile and to earn it back. In Michael Dorris’s novel, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Ida is a girl who entrusts in her young Aunt Clara with secrets from school to boys. When Clara reveals Ida’s hope about Willard Pretty Dog, the trust is broken; despite this, Ida still