The Red Convertible By Lyman Lamarine Summary

“The Red Convertible” The Red Convertible is narrated by Lyman Lamartine. He tells a story from his recent past about his older half-brother, Henry. As Lyman tells the story, the year is 1974. The story about the relationship between the two main characters who are brothers living on a reservation in North Dakota. In this story lyman is a hard worker and always carry a good luck, at a very young he became the owner of a restaurant but unfortunatley disaster happens and it is blown over in a tornado. Lyman was filled with passion for money, since he a hard worker, a disaster to his restaurant didn’t stop him making money. “Henry was the stronger (physically) brother, the one built like a brick outhouse was never lucky enough to have anything positive to come from his strengths” (Erdrich 111). Henry associated with the color red. When he was in prison he found the red color in communist power and also the red convertible reflex him too.
When Henry responds “Crazier ‘n hell. Crazy Indian!”. Henry was out of control. Lyman thought the old Henry is back, when Henry confessed that he had known that Lyman had been the one who always got his back, and said he was thankful for it. But when “He throws off his jacket and
High current took him halfway across the water. I believe Henry suicide because of his brother happiness. Henry really wanted to give his car to Lyman. Lyman jumps in to try and save him but he doesn’t find him and it is as though he knew it what was to come. At the moment Lyman knows Henry is gone, he feels the only way there could be resolution is by driving their car up to the rivers edge and letting it roll in behind Henry. Henry couldn’t accept what had happened to him and the way life was now; therefore, he took his own life. Lyman was the lucky one because he survived and though he tried to save his brother he realized that it was the way that Henry who wanted to