Louise Erdrich TRACKS

Tracks - Louise Erdrich In Louise Erdrich’s “Tracks”, I discovered by the second chapter that there are two narrators, Nanapush and Pauline. Having two narrators telling their stories alternately was at first very confusing. Traditionally, there is one narrator in the story, but Erdrich does an effective and spectacular job in combining Nanapush and Pauline’s stories. The central and main character is Fleur Pillager. She in fact is the protagonist of “Tracks”. Fleur is mentioned in every chapter of the book by both narrators. Fleur Pillager, is the focal character in “Tracks” by Louise Erdrich, is a strong and mysterious woman. Through most of the book, she carried herself with confidence. The other characters around her reacted to her with either fear, respect or both. She is feared as a witch. Fleur had a significant effect on who ever she encountered. Just like any other person she had trouble with her ethnicity; she didn’t know who she was or where she came from. Fleur was like “an unknown mixture of ingredients” (Tracks pg 39). She is struggling to maintain her richness in tradition and culture.
In Tracks, Fleur's exalted legend is reiterated as merely clever tricks played on others at the hands of Fleur. When the government excavation crew shows up at Fleur's door to level her ancestral home, she contrives a spectacle to put the "fear of Fleur" in the men. The men believe that Fleur and her ancestors are so furious that they summon up spirits to cause the trees to topple down all around everyone. However, we learn that it was an illusion that Fleur herself had created by “sawing each tree through the base" (Tracks pg 223). Fleur is a tangible character who has gained her mystical reputation trough illusion and gossip.
Fleur is from the Chippewa tribe that’s her culture and ethnicity. She was race in a tribe were nature was one of the biggest things there. When the government excavation crew started cutting trees in their land the Chippewa tribe fought