Discuss Structure and Narrative Technique in Erdrich's Novel

1. Discuss structure and narrative technique in Erdrich's novel.

The story being told by Nanapush is directed at his adoptive grand-daughter Lulu, daughter of the protagonists, Fleur Pillager. The aim of the story is to ensure that Lulu understands and accepts her past (i.e. her mother Fleur) and also to try to persuade her not to marry a man that belongs to the Morrissey family, sworn enemy of the Pillager and Nanapush families. The story of Fleur Pillager' life is further expanded through the story of Pauline, who seems to have followed Fleur as a shadow. Pauline's story creates a complex structure with a story within a story, where Pauline sometimes only tells the same story as Nanapush, but from a different perspective and sometimes adds information that Nanapush clearly is not in possession of. Her story being told in parallel makes the story less straight-forward, for one thing because she is