Summary Of Louise Erdrich's Games Of Silence: Indian Boarding

In the article “Games of Silence: Indian Boarding Schools in Louise Erdrich’s Novels,” Miriam Schacht describes Indian Boarding Schools as an abusive establishment or a safe haven for Native American students. Miriam illustrates that “Some boarding schools graduates describe the schools as nurturing and helpful. Others, many others, describe emotional trauma, physical punishment, and sexual abuse.” (Schacht 1). Given these points, the latter is truer in Louise Erdrich’s poem “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways” where the speaker depicts the boarding school as oppressive and burdensome. In the poem, when Louise describes “The rails, old lacerations that we love,” (Erdrich 4) has Mirriam suggesting that the use of the imagery of train and its