The Red Convertible by Louise Edrich
While reading chapter two in Foster’s “How to Read Like a Professor” and the required text, The Red Convertible. I think that the two correlated well and had a lot of similarities and familiar concepts. On chapter two from Foster’s text he described communion as “whenever people eat or drink together.”. The writer really tells us how important it is when characters of a story join to eat a meal. Communion is not always religious. Communion can be a character swapping or sharing feelings where it is intimate or not so intimate. In the Red Convertible, Two Brothers Lyman and Henry decided to make a purchase of a red convertible together. They eventual decide to spend the summer together traveling in their …show more content…
This part of the story foreshadows the ending. While we are reading, we do not have to predict an ending because they author has already told us what to expect at the end. Though we do not know exactly what happened to Lyman’s brother, Henry, there are several possibilities and scenarios. Possibly not even death.
3. “When he came home, though, Henry was very different, and ill sat this: the change was no good. You could hardly expect him to change for the better, I know. But he was quiet, so quiet, and never comfortable sitting still anywhere but always ended up moving around”. (p. 364)
In this paragraph this sentence shows a symbol of communion. Mentioned in “Nice to Eat with You” communion is not always about food. It can be the sharing and exchanging feelings. In the passage, Lyman describes his brother as “different” and “quiet”. Usually, throughout the story, Henry was more talkative and daring. But, when came back from war, his experience made him change drastically. Later throughout the story Lyman describes Henry as “mean and jumpy.” Before they showed feelings of love and best friends. But now that Henry is back from war, Lyman and his mother believe there may be something mentally wrong with