1. What motivates Frank Hayden's final act? (The author has characterized it as both a selfish and a selfless act.) 2. Late in the novel, Gail Hayden changes her attitude. She no longer wants her husband to continue the course of action that earlier she encouraged him to follow. What causes her to change? 3. What does Wesley Hayden mean by his admonishment not to "blame Montana"? 4. A great deal of attention is paid to locating Bentrock (a fictional community) on the map. Why? What role does the setting play in the novel? 5. Whose story is this? Wesley's? David's? Why? 6. Who is the moral center of the story? Why? 7. How does prejudice play into the story? 8. Why is Wesley Hayden especially concerned when his son David tells him that Len McAuley might "know something"? 9. What would the outcome of the story have been had David's father publicly arrested his uncle? Would things have turned out better? Worse? Would you have done the same thing as Wesley had it been your family? 10. Was there any justice for the crimes committed by Uncle Frank? 11. Most of the novel's action takes place in 1948. Why did the author choose that year? Could the events occur today? 12. In what ways is the novel about privilege and the abuse of power? 13. What is the effect of David Hayden telling this story so many years after the fact?
(Questions issued by publisher.)
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My Tiet September 11, 2009
ReplyDeleteMontana 1984 Exercise Ms. Gamzon
Her eyes were fixated on the tree nearby. She lied in the grass, it’s fresh scent felt like it was seeping into her body. Her arms were crossed behind her head, and she no longer felt hurt. She was calmer, but her head was pounding. She bit her lip, and her head hurt even more. Her eyes watered heavily, and the pain in her mind didn’t stop. It all blew away, with the wind, as she wailed loudly. She was crying.
He was on his stomach, on his bed. He was covered in dirt and dripping with blood. The cuts and dirt mingled and burned as he tossed around. Rage overcame him, he thrashed his fists to his pillow, but it didn’t change anything. He still was alone. He murmured softly into his pillow, “Come back.”
What could he have done to make all of his selfishness leave him? He ran and ran until his legs became heavy as dumbbells, and his lungs felt like they were on fire. He threw himself onto the closest bench, lying sideways, facing a playground. He wondered why he couldn’t have been just like that. Having fun.
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ReplyDeleteErin Cotton is a 14-year-old girl from Rochester New York. She lives with her mother, father, brother, and 2 sisters. She goes to School of the Arts and is a creative writing major. She enjoys listening to music. She loves to walk the peer at the beach. She has a very large family and enjoys spending time with them. She is very intelligent and smart. She tries her hardest to get good grades and always do her best. Her is a very determined girl and will always try.
ReplyDeleteDesire Giddens September 11, 2009
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Her eyes wandered around the room. She didn’t want to look at me; that was for sure. We had been sitting at the table for what seemed like hours. She had told me to stop fighting. I couldn’t promise her anything. Her legs were crossed under the table, and her fingers locked together over the tabletop. The way her eyes scrambled around the room was nerve racking. She was refusing to look at me. As if she was ashamed. I think she was. Finally, her fist hit the table, which made me jump. She still didn’t look at me, now ashamed of her outburst. Her cheeks were a dim pink. She stood up and left the room. “You can’t even promise me one thing...”
When I came back downstairs Ronald’s grin was wide. He was standing out of pure excitement. I didn’t know if he had been watching the game for and hour and a half or ten minutes. His team was loosing. Now he was twitching with rage. His body seemed as if it was shaking. There was sweat streaming down his forehead, as if he was playing the game himself. I rolled my eyes, sitting on the couch next to where he stood.
“How can you stand here and watch this garbage.” I asked him.
He swerved around, a shocked expression on his face. He just grinned and turned himself back to the TV. His legs were long, but bent at the knee in case he had to spring up. His fist was clenched around the beer in his right hand. Who knew someone so old could look so young?
My brother’s eyes were on the ceiling. His hands were between the nape of his neck and his pillow. His jaw was clenched in pure fury. I never thought of my brother as the type to get so angry. His feet were locked onto his bed, I wouldn’t be able to move them if I tried. I wondered if he knew I was looking at him. His foot suddenly started to bounce, and then he sprung up from his seemingly comfortable position. “Why do you let him talk to you like that? Like you mean nothing to him. Why do you have to be such a girl Ryan?” He screamed.
Evan barter is a game player likes it when the others play along but can get in trouble for going to far with some things he likes to play online role playing games because they give him challenges because he needs to use the brain he has to that completes his poetry’s and writing ‘s he likes to challenge himself because he loves Math and science as well as his alone time for his writing
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There is hardly any justice for the crimes committed by Frank. If there was any justice it’s because he took the easy way out instead of facing up to the crime. Suicide was basically his only escape plan and that wasn’t right. He sexually abused and humiliated Native American girls and he avoided it by death. To many, death is a blessing, maybe for him, but for all of those girls they would probably like to see him rot in jail.
He abused his power as a doctor. He was supposed to help them and make sure they get better, not make them worse. Then he even had the audacity of murdering Marie Little Soldier because she was the one who truly exposed. Frank had serious and who knows if jail could have helped him?
What frank did trapped his family and others in an emotional trench and a world of confusion and lies. Everyone who knew him thought he wasn’t that kind of guy and could have never guessed it. But when his true colors are exposed, he never even bothered to apologize. Instead he just rubbed it in Wesley’s face.
Frank had a beautiful wife and in a way, he was supposed to be a role model for David. He failed, tremendously and he should have prosecuted for that. Just because he was a white man raping Native American girls, it’s not that big of a deal, but I bet they would beg to differ.
Once again, there was never an ounce of justice for anyone, in that matter. Things became worse when Frank was arrested by his own brother. In a way, he avoided any kind of punishment especially by committing suicide. That doesn’t account for raping girls. The man was sick and there will probably never be any justice, even if he lived and went to jail. The only kind of justice could have been government justice, but emotional justice and mental justice for those girls
will never be achieved.
Angela Boyle 9.11.09
ReplyDeleteShe’s standing up, answering the phone. “Hello? What? NO!” Suddenly, she’s doubled over clutching her stomach, sobbing. Why him? Why now? She screams. She falls to the ground and pulls her knees to her chest, and starts rocking back and forth. She glances up, with tears in her eyes, to look at her son, who at the sound of her scream started cowering.
He raises his head from the desk to signal that he is indeed present in this horrible dull class. Now he’s staring out the window, slouching in his seat. In a complete daze, he misses the question that his teacher now wants him to answer. When he can’t answer the teacher moves on to another student whom she knows isnt paying attention.
Bleeeeeep! She stopped running at the sound of the whistle, only to collapse down to the ground and gasp for air. She lays on her back and breathes deeply until her breathing is regulated. Then she gets up and walks over to the bleachers to get some water.
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ReplyDeleteTemielle Floyd-Fruster September 29, 2009
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11. In 1948 a lot of prejudice took place people did not like certain groups of other people so they did bad things to them. Just like on the book characters struggled with other people race and prejudice. Sometime the people who were being affected could not do much because police and other help options could have been prejudice to.
A lot of people were hurt back then or not much cared about like other groups of people. Many people did not like the Indians, black or much of any body actually.
So they did vindictive things to others because they did not agree with their race or the way they dressed or their religion.
Back then the people did not have much of a good relationship with anyone the cops, the neighbors nobody but now days we can do something about the things that are going on.
If I hadn’t read the book I would of never known the things like that would of took place back in 1948 and how bad the problems were. I never stop to think about those kinds of things but know I think I learned a big lesson.
I think the author felt he needed to write this story so he can aware us about certain things that happened in those days and that those things can happen now there are still people who don’t like certain kinds of groups of people.
Erin Cotton Sepetmeber29, 2009
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In the summer of 1948 in the small state of Montana, was a possible life changing experience for a young boy by the name David. He watched in the sidelines how his father and brother were apart by a devastating secret that including lies, molestation, rape and murder. The book Montana 1948 by Larry Watson was a book that touched on thing that happen in ever day life.
There were many things that drove Frank to his final action of killing himself. He was in a lot of trouble and knew that he was going to have major consequences. He had gotten into a lot of trouble and was about to go down for it. He couldn’t handle the pressure of it all and took his own life.
There had been many accusations against him. Marie Little Soldier became very ill, and that is how it all began. She was very sick and with Frank being a doctor the Hayden’s thought that he should take a look at her. When he got to the house she was very afraid. She didn’t want Frank to examine her. He had previously molested her and other Indian girls and she was still very much in fear. She made a big fuss and finally told Gail (David’s mother) why. Gail knew that what Frank had done was a crime and told Wesley (David’s father) about it.
With Wesley and Frank being brothers he didn’t know what to do. He some what believed that what Frank was accused of was true but didn’t know how or even wanted to accept it. He knew that it was wrong and Frank should be punished but that was his brother. The war-hero, the Hayden boy. How would the town react? So Wesley went to the reservation and tried to find evidence that corroborated with Marie Little Soldier’s story. Not long after that all began Marie Little Soldier died. Frank said the death was pneumonia and with her being sick no one really objected. But David saw something that could put Frank right at the center of her death. Early in the day of which Marie had saw David saw Frank walking out their house when no on else was there and saw that Frank was carrying his medical bag.
Eventually Wesley had arrested Frank. But he wasn’t put into a regular jail. Wesley didn’t want his brother to be the latest gossip of town so he locked Frank in the basement of their home. Frank was down there for a few days. But in the middle of the night he began to throw the bottles of food that was in the cellar at the wall. Gail, Wesley and Davis just thought that h was venting. But when Wesley woke up the next morning his realized that Frank had used the broken glass to cut himself and he bleed to death.
As you see that Frank was in a lot of trouble. The thing s that was brought against him was very serious. Once he had came to terms with the fact that no one was going o be there to bail him out. He found a way to get himself out and be sure that he would never have to deal with it again. He did that by committing suicide.
My Tiet 9/29/09
ReplyDeleteMontana 1948 Test Ms. Gamzon
In Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, it is told from the perspective of a young boy named David. David tells the story of his family in the year 1948, a year he would most likely never forget. The entire hidden story of his family began to unravel when David’s parents find out Frank has been molesting Indian women. But something David often thinks is, what if his father had arrested his brother properly? Wouldn’t life for the Hayden family been easier than it had been?
David’s father, Wesley, is the sheriff of the town. His brother, Frank was Julian, his father’s, ‘favorite’. When Marie Little Soldier, David’s ‘baby-sitter’, is sick, David’s mother Gail calls Frank in. Marie then tells Gail what Frank does to Indian girls; molest them. Wesley tells Gail that he talked to Frank. He tells her, “…Frank said he’s gonna cut it out.” But Gail doesn’t want that. Wesley arrests Frank, but he doesn’t go to jail, he gets arrested in the basement of David’s own house.
But David also selfishly thinks to himself, he would rather have Frank been arrested properly, or killed for his sins. The outcome of the story, would probably take a turn for the worse in the Hayden family. Julian might have sent his ‘thugs’ out for Wesley, as he had no problem in doing it one time. Wesley or Gail might have been killed, leaving David as an orphan or with only one parent. But also there was the trial. The jury would be most likely prejudicial citizens or those paid by Julian or threatened. Frank would most likely be let free, and Julian would hush the entire thing up.
If I were Wesley, I would have arrested him properly. Frank would’ve been in jail, and would face the shame of having molested women. As Gail had said before, “Sins—crimes—are not supposed to go unpunished.” And Frank was no one to give special treatment to.
If Wesley had really arrested Frank, as in put in the city jail, that would have ended in what Wesley had worried about most: violence. And that is most likely why he had avoided it, and maybe the influence of his brother on his life. Someone that he had used to looked up to, and arresting him silently would have been something to pay him back.
Shannon Kalia
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Montana 1948
The weary middle-aged woman sat in her comfortable rocking chair, staring out the window. She rocked back and forth, back and forth, worrying. She tapped her boney, pale fingers anxiously, glancing out the window. She’d been waiting for over three hours now. Her usually joyful, content face was red, flushed with anger, and with a few tears spilling from her light blue eyes. She let out a heavy sigh, and buried her head in her hands. She cried for a few seconds, and then took several deep breaths, collecting herself. All she could hear was the steady sound of her breathing and the ticking of the clock on the wall. She stared out the window, and kept waiting for her husband to come home. This time, she didn’t think he would.
The young man stood in line at the grocery store. He sighed, shifting his tall, lanky body to the left. He was getting impatient, he’d been in line for at least ten minutes now. The woman in front of him was having a conversation about all he items she had gotten on sale with the cashier, who was giving it her all to try to look interested, and he couldn’t help but stare at her with his bright blue eyes angrily, hoping she’d shut up and get moving. He stroked his hands through his shaggy brown hair, a sighed a little bit louder, hoping she’d get the hint. She looked up, quickly apologizing , and walked away with her bags quickly. He finally walked up to the register, and sat down the gallon of milk his mom made him run to the store for. He smiled at the girl at the counter who was very familiar. “Hello, again.”
The little girl lay flat on her back in the grass of her backyard. Her 4’7 tall, lanky body was shifted so her legs were crossed. She squinted her dark brown eyes, attempting to block out the sunlight. She was unsuccessful. The girl picked up her book that was sitting next to her, and began reading, brushing her short, dark blond hair out of her eyes. She kept trying to read to distract herself, but couldn’t manage to do so. Nothing could distract her from yelling and screaming of her parents having another fight.
Briyanna Brinkley Ms.Gamzon
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In this novel Montana 1948 by Larry Watson people regularly abused power. People were put higher on a social status because of their jobs or what their last names were. A man named Wesley Hayden is forced to choose between right and wrong, family and justice. Will his decision make things better or worse for himself and his family?
The outcome would have probably be worse on Wesley end if he had sent Frank to jail publicly because he would look like the bad brother, the brother who sent the war hero to prison because some Indian girls say he forced himself on them. If Wesley had sent Frank to jail he would lose all respect from his community, his father, mother, people who respected him because of his last name. They would shame him. He would lose his votes for sheriff. He would look like the man standing in the way of Frank’s success. He would look like the bad guy for putting work before family. He would lose the little respect his father had for him and it would all be because he did the right thing and locked a guilty man in prison for rape and murder.
If Wesley forgot about the charges and just let Frank walk, The Indians would lose trust in Wesley; they would believe that he was not a help to them anymore. He would look like a coward because he didn’t stand for what was right. He would look like a coward because he let his father and brother walk over him. They would call him selfish for thinking of himself before justice. They would see him as abusing his power because he could choose not to arrest his brother, he could choose to let a guilty man walk free, he could let him abuse more and more girls because his brother was a doctor. He would be the bad man because he let a man, his brother walk when he commented rape and murder.
To me Wesley started to do the right thing. He stood up for what he believed in against his father’s wishes. He put justice before his family. That day he arrested Frank was the day he became a man. That was the day he wouldn’t take anymore of his father’s taunting. He was doing his job and that’s why I respect him and his decision to bring his brother to justice.
If I had to make the decision to arrest my brother or let him walk free, I would arrest him because he committed a crime and the laws aren’t there for your family not to follow them. They are there so people would follow them. So there will be no chaos. I would be upset, and ashamed for my family because now our name would be dirt. But other than that justice would come first, that is why someone would want that spot as Sheriff. They would to serve justice and do all they can to show the difference between right and wrong. Wesley did the right thing but unfortunaly Frank took his life and rudely that kind of made things better for everyone.
Taylor Rugg
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Montana 1948, by Larry Watson, is a narrative novel told by David Hayden, who is looking back on his twelfth year. David tells the story of growing up in a short amount of time because of what he witnesses. This novel is the remembrance of teenage lust and love; role models not who they when originally idolized; of family ties being broken and strengthened, with decisions to make that could tear the Hayden family apart. David puts his father, Wesley Hayden, under the spotlight as he reached a crossroad, at which he had to choose whether or not he should turn on his brother. Although Wesley is the character who faces the most decisions, this is David’s story because he is the one absorbing every decision his father makes and using what he witnesses to age before he grows up.
From the beginning of the prologue, it becomes clear that this is David’s story to tell. The memories described are David’s and it’s been his burden to carry them with him for the past forty years since that summer. “From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images more vivid and lasting than others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all attempts the years make to erase or fade them…” (page 11) The images that have lasted with him all the way up to his current state at age fifty-two have molded him more than any other moments in his childhood. David has put them in the back of his mind so that he doesn’t think about them anymore, but no matter how hard he tries, the memories will not fade away. This shows that this novel is his story because he has had to live with it more than anyone.
Norah Cooper--Part 1
ReplyDelete12. Montana 1948, by Larry Watson, is a novel told by a young boy named David, concerning taboo years of his life regarding events in his family, as well as privileges and abuse of power. David, the only child of Wesley and Gail Hayden lives in the isolated Mercer County in Bentrock, Montana, where Hayden’s family is the equivalent of royalty. Why should this be? Wesley’s older brother, Hank, was a war hero; his father the Sheriff. As Wesley says on pg. 75, they are the law. So when Wesley is informed that Frank, being a doctor, has been molesting his Indian girls and women whom have been his patients, he is put in a thorny situation with his own brother, as well as his family and the rest of the town, whom adore and love Frank. A large part of Montana 1948 is on the subject of the abuse of privileges and power.
Marie Little Solider, the Hayden’s babysitter for David, becomes seriously sick, and Wesley calls his brother Frank to see what could be wrong. Marie, however, flat-out refuses to see him. When Wesley becomes annoyed after Frank departs, Gail explains why she has taken Marie’s side (pg. 44). “…Marie said she didn’t want to be alone with him. You should have seen her. She was practically hysterical about having me stay in the room. And once Frank left she told me all of it. He’s been doing it for years, Wes. When he examines an Indian he…he does things he shouldn’t. He takes liberties. Indecent liberties.” This shows that Frank, being a doctor, is put in a position of power, given that he can practically have the patient to anything he pleases, and all in the name of medicine and making them better. Later in the novel, Frank also violates the Hippocratic oath, which all doctors must take when swearing in, pledging not to harm their patient, and to help them recover to the best of their ability.
Taylor Rugg
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The events that David witnessed set a weight on his shoulders to remember all that happened. David admits that he is the only person that appropriate for the task of telling the story of what happened in the summer of 1948 in Montana. He expresses a deep love for the characters he describes throughout the novel and his relations to them. “A story that is now only mine to tell. I may not be the only witness left … but no one knew all three of these people better. And no one loved them more.” (page 12) He uses his innocence and vulnerability to connect with the reader, and while the other characters (Frank, Marie Little Soldier, Wesley, etc.) have emotions and their own thoughts, it is David’s mind that we’re most focused on. It is his journey that underlines the whole novel and as a reader – although you sympathize for Wesley and his dedication to his job and his family, it is David who you empathize with and relate to.
Montana 1948 is introduced and concluded by David. The prologue is David describing that he has lived with the memories, and that no one could’ve loved the characters more than he did at twelve years old. Throughout his story, he lusts for Marie Little Soldier, admires his father, and although he loathes Uncle Frank, he can’t help but look up to him. He experiences what it feels like to love and to lose, and he learns that there’s no greater power than family bonds. He completes his story with a glimpse of how he has changed since his twelfth year, and how the past molded him. The epilogue ends with David making a mental note about his father. “Later that night, after everyone was in bed, I came back down to the dining room. I sat in the chair where my father had sat and lightly put my hands on the table. For an instant I thought I felt the wood still vibrating from my father’s blow.” (page 175) I think this feeling is a metaphor to show how his father is always with him no matter what he does. This shows that this novel is David’s story because it is explaining how David’s father is part of him, but he is still his own individual, and he hasn’t lost sight of that.
Montana 1948, by Larry Watson, is David Hayden’s chance to describe the memories that are still perfectly clear in his mind, even after forty years. He matures throughout the story as he becomes aware of his want to protect Marie Little Soldier, his lust and love for her; he begins to idolize his father, but also forms his own critiques. David puts a lot of focus on his father, Wesley, as a main character because of the choices he must make involving Uncle Frank – Wesley’s brother. Despite that, the story is not of Wesley’s struggles, but of David’s as he becomes less of a child, and more of an mature adolescent – his mother begins to confide in him more than she did before; he views his father in a different light; and he deals with the confusion of how he feels about Uncle Frank. David is a relatable character who experiences more trauma in his family than some adults in the twenty-first century.
Gabriela Julia
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Montana 1948
During the time period of 1948, racism played a major role in everyday life. It wasn’t a crime and everyone seemed to have been doing it. In the novel, Montana 1948, by Larry Watson, a young boy, David, recalls the most memorable moments of his childhood. While reading through this story, you get the feeling that everyone was prejudice, whether it was just a comment, or their true feelings toward a certain ethnic group.
The main character, David, lived with his family and a young Native American woman, Marie Little Soldier. As Marie became very ill, David sees his grandfather and uncle’s feelings toward Native American women. David’s father was a Mercer County sheriff and seemed to always be in the middle of the main conflict. He felt differently about Native Americans and tried to persuade his father and brother to feel the same. When it came time for David’s father to do his part and punish his Uncle Frank, he hesitates, but does what’s right. On page 54, David says, “Uncle Frank was my father’s brother, and my father knew him as well as any man or woman. And my father knew he was guilty.” This shows that although David’s father doesn’t feel right about arresting his brother, he knew that what he did was wrong, and later gave him consequences. As David sees how his father took responsibility, he becomes disgusted by the actions of his grandfather and uncle.
David’s grandfather states his opinions on the Native American girls once Uncle Frank is locked up. He is angry at the fact that his favorite son is being punished for something that seems so little. On page 119 and 120, his grandfather comes to the house and says to David’s father, “What the hell am I suppose to think? Screwing an Indian. Or feeling her up or whatever. You don’t lock up a man for that.” This remark clearly shows that he does not believe Uncle Frank should face any punishment. Raping young Native American girls wasn’t a crime in his eyes and he fights to get Uncle Frank out of this situation.
Abusing one’s power to get what they want became a major problem in this story. Uncle Frank was a well respected man and was looked upon by many people in the neighborhood. It was a very shocking moment when the truth came out about Uncle Frank raping young girls. This was a serious assault, although many people thought otherwise. Since he was a doctor, he had the power to undress these girls and touch them the way he wanted. Most of them were afraid to speak up and reveal what had happened. Others, like Marie Little Soldier, let out her past experiences during her last days alive. Uncle Frank’s actions were very prejudice because it showed he had no problem with raping these girls and thought very lowly of them.
The interesting moments in this book were the most shocking. Twist endings and unexpected events give you the feeling that life back then was very unpredictable. Although many people were prejudice, there were specific moments that clearly showed everyone’s feelings toward the Native Americans. Whether they were good or bad, everyone’s opinions affected the outcome of this story.
Norah Cooper--Part 2
ReplyDeleteRegrettably, Marie does not survive. The hitch is that the family does not know whether it was due to her illness or if it was Uncle Frank’s doing. After fishing, David sees him coming from their house the afternoon that Marie died. The plot thickens when David is sent over to the house Len, deputy sheriff, neighbor, and alcoholic, to get some pie. David realizes that Len has seen Frank kill Marie. On page 92, Len hints, “’ Marie died.’ The words—and the fact they conveyed—popped out so easily they startled me. Len nodded solemnly. “Yes. I believe I’m aware of that. Yes.” And then, again, on page 94: “For an instant something parted, as if the wind blew a curtain open and allowed a flash of sunlight into the room. I leaned forward. “Did you see something, Len?” He sat up straight and peered at me as if he weren’t sure of my identity. “Did you?” he asked.” Needless to say, the fact that Frank was the one to kill Marie has been exposed, which brings up countless moral issues. As a doctor, he should not hurt his patient, especially when she has the fighting chance of recovery! Even as a human being, it is considered an atrocity as well as murder. Frank being a strong man, who has served in the military, is also physically powerful. Marie is a sick Indian woman. For Frank to kill her would only be to easy, and because of this, he abuses the position of power which he has been put in.
And finally, when filing Marie’s report of death, Frank is able to manipulate how Marie died, as shown on page 88. “’ I also have a feeling,’ Uncle Frank Continued, “that she may not have been doing as well as she wanted us to believe. I think the Indian way is to deny illness, to try to push through in the face of it.”
“Her fever was down, I know that,” said my mother. Uncle Frank shrugged. “A fever can fluctuate dramatically.”…”Pneumonia is still a serious disease,” Uncle Frank said sternly. “Very serious. We mustn’t lose sight of that.’” And so, as shown, Frank tries to reason with the Haydens, and persuade them, as a doctor, that Marie was not able to survive pneumonia, when in fact, her fever was down, and she was recovering.
As shown in the previous paragraphs, Frank is able to take many privileges because he is a strong man who is a doctor, as well as loved by the citizens. Because of Frank’s status in Mercer County, Frank was able to molest Indians, kill them, and cover up his tracks. To have someone abuse their power in such a way is enough to make one’s skin crawl. It is for these reasons that privilege and the abuse of power play such a big role in Montana, 1948.
Evan Bartter
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09/29/2009
In Montana 1948 by Larry Watson there were many people that treated the Indian very badly and didn’t see them, as they were not equal or even should be there and one of the doctor was arrested for sexually assaulting his patients and was arrested by the doctors own brother
I think that if he arrested him publicly it would have made a worse out come for uncle frank because he would have had many of his patients in disgust about how he assaulted Indians and how he treated them. Also how he sexually assaulting them treating them like they were slaves and for them to watch out because he was taking liberties with his patients Indian patients
If he were my family I would have done the same thing because it is still the law if he is breaking it he needs to go to jail As it says the doctor was assaulting his patients and that is a reason to be going jail for what he did he did that to so many of his Indian patients the doctors brother Wesley found some of the woman willing to testify.
Also he should have been arrested publicly to show everyone he is not the war hero that everyone thinks he is he is just a doctor that likes to put his hands on Indian woman where they shouldn’t be and for murder as Wesley shouted so loud that it came through the grate like a blast of hot air.
In the story Montana 1948, David’s father is a policeman or sheriff in the town, on the other hand David’s uncle is known for molesting and or raping Indian girls, David’s father could have arrested his uncle and have the problem over with, but for some reason he was never arrested. What are the reason why that is so?
ReplyDeleteThe main view of one reason is because frank is David’s uncle, which means he is a part of the Haydens family. Wesley could have definitely took frank to jail but his mother wouldn’t appreciate it or like it at all. In page 116, his grandmother was furious about him not telling where frank was. Thinking that Wesley could have lock him up in jail. “She stated, then why you got him locked up over in that jail? This is your brother here, my son!” which means she doesn’t care that frank is raping Indian girls. She wants frank to out of jail because he was family.
Even though frank died at the end of the book, Wesley should have arrested frank for his crime, if frank was arrested, the decision would have probably turned out like this.
David would have been happy for his decision and probably Gail and the rest of the Indian tribe. But his mother on the other hand, would be very upset and disgusted with his decision and himself. Even though the problem would have been resolved, more problems would have escalated. Racism did play somewhat of a major role back then in 1948. So many people would have solve that as going against his “own kind “ for arresting frank and it would be in his mother terms, going against his “own family”. Therefore the situation would have tuned out equally better and worse depending on who side you are on in the story.
If it my family in the story that had the same situation and I was in the same role as that character, would I have did the same thing as I did for my family? Well to me it depends, it depends because I would have to see if my family would have to agree or disagree with action towards frank. If it was my decision, of course I would arrest frank for his crime. I wouldn’t be proud of doing it but it was against the law and I would have to respond to that situation.
Angela Rollins
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In Bentrock Montana, the Hayden family is the law. Montana 1949 by Larry Watson is a novel that shows the difficulties between right, wrong, your family and yourself. David watches as his family gets turned upside down at the news his Uncle Frank, one of two doctors in Bentrock, raped, molested and eventually killed Indian girls. Marie Little Soldier unhappily explains to Gail Hayden the actions of her brother in law, and with her words the story begins.
Frank's brother Wesley eventually couldn't deny the truth of his brothers actions. After Marie was found dead, and David claimed to see Frank exiting the back door, Wesley asked his brother to come over. Acting as the Sheriff, Wesley went to his brother and confronted him. Wesley spared Frank the embarrassment of being handcuffed and dragged across the street, and instead locked him in the basement. The action was very difficult for Wesley, 'I had to arrest him. You understand that don't you? That I had no choice?' He looked close to tears. 'I understand.' I said."(pg 110)
Frank was calm enough at first, but eventually he lost it. In the middle of the night he started breaking jars. Wesley figured he was just getting his anger out on something, and refused to go down to stop him. "'I'm not going down there,' My father explained to me, 'That's just what he wants.No, let him get it out of his system. He'll run out of jars eventually.'" (pg 153) Unfortunately, Wesley wasn't entirely correct. The next morning Wesley found Frank dead on the ground, blood everywhere. Frank had sliced the vein in his wrist and ended his life.
David thinks of this as being saved. "Uncle Franks suicide had solved all our problems." (pg 161) The question that lingers is, was Frank's suicide a way of saving his brother from having to do the right thing and losing the respect of his father forever, or was it simply a selfish way of escaping his fate? Frank was on the verge of losing everything. If his father decided to believe Wesley, believe that he had murdered Mare Little Soldier and had raped all those girls, then he possibly could have lost the most important thing to him. On top of that, Frank would have gone from one of the most respected men in the county, to a disgusting disrespected man.
On the other side, Frank was also aware that arresting him was tearing Wesley apart. Wesley had dropped his career as an attorney to pursue being the Sheriff, simply on the request of his father, and his father was furious over the arrest. It was probable that Frank wouldn't be convicted of his crimes, and Wesley would have lost his father, his mother, his brother, and the town. Did Frank end his life as and act to save his brother, or an act to save himself? While no one will know the true answer, Frank did save his family, and in return they did not make public the wrongs he had committed. Instead they said he was a, "decorated soldier, public servant, dedicated to healing, dutiful son, loving husband, still a youthful man..."(pg 166)
At the end of the novel, David states, "I felt something for my uncle in death that I hadn't felt for him in life. It was gratitude, yes, but it was something more. It was very close to love." Whether Frank was motivated by selfishness or selflessness, the outcome was the same. His actions had ripped his family apart, and with his death they no longer had to choose between wrong or right, between family or themselves. Frank gave them the option to move on with their lives.
On pages 120-121 his brother frank was probably hearing from the basement. Everyone was so in shock hearing that there son/uncle did something so terrible as killed someone and that was the full reason he was going to jail
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In Larry Watson’s novel Montana 1948 chose 1948 as a setting. World War 2 had just ended. The significance of that is that everyone in the United States was proud of their victory, and in Montana, they don’t suspect there will be any more problems. David’s family is full of police sheriffs. Since there isn’t much crime in Montana, their job is kind of boring. The usual punishment is being jailed for a night, and let out when you cool off.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think it would fit into present day because, even in the first few pages David mentions “My mother wanted to move us to a tamer region…” In present day, there aren’t much tamer regions than Montana. Everywhere they have a lot of violence these days, and his father wouldn’t be able to just be a peaceful police officer. The police officers these days aren’t as lenient with their convicts as Wesley is.
When David’s grandfather says, “Wesley, get your ass in gear and get him out of there now!” the present day Wesley wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it. Instead of a small jailhouse, there are prisons, and police officers wouldn’t be able to keep fugitives, (family or not) in their house without bail.
Another thing that wouldn’t fit in with today is that Uncle Frank is raping girls. No matter what race, ethnicity, age, size, that wouldn’t be tolerated in this day and age. Forcing himself onto girls, let alone girls who were younger wouldn’t even be looked at twice before throwing him into a prison cell.
The last thing that wouldn’t fit in the present day is the prejudice. Calling people sqwas and niggers wouldn’t cut it in present day. People could get themselves into trouble by saying those kinds of things now. When Wesley finds out that Frank is raping the girls he doesn’t believe it because of his racist accusations. “She’s an Indian – why would she tell the truth?”(pg 46) He forces himself not to believe the things his wife is telling him. He asks her, “Are you telling me because I’m Frank’s brother? Because I’m your husband? Because I’m Marie’s employer?”… “Or because I’m the sheriff?” (pg 48)
Cassidy Rose Hammond 9/29/09
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In what ways is the novel about privilege and the abuse of power?
There’s a fine line between privilege and power, responsibility and rights. They both depend on each other, and with one come the other. If you lack responsibility, then you should not have the power in the first place. Being privileged is simply being given rights to do something, and when it is abused, only problems can follow. In Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, this is one of the main themes of the book. David, the protagonist of the novel, goes through and tells the readers about his childhood past, and also how his family abuses power and responsibility so frequently.
David’s family job of sheriff traces back several generations, and his father is the one who currently holds the position. In the beginning of the book, their Native American housekeeper has fallen ill, and the family offers to call in their relative, Frank Hayden, the brother of David’s father Wes and his uncle. However, Marie refuses the offer, telling the family about another doctor she sees. They insist, and Frank comes to visit the Hayden home. Their housekeeper, Marie, dies and her death is blamed on pneumonia. Later, Frank is confronted about his molestation and rape of Native American women, and eventually arrested by his brother. He is kept in the basement to spare him the embarrassment of going to jail. Upon investigation, Frank admits that he had killed Marie and hurt various other Indian women. Wes makes a decision between his family and his morals, and eventually decides to take Frank to the local jail, instead of keeping him in the basement. To escape his fate, Frank ends up committing suicide by slitting his wrists with broken glass. After the entire ordeal, the family is rid of their problems that Frank had caused, and they move out of Montana.
Both Frank and his brother Wesley thought that Indians were lower than themselves, and even though Frank hurt Indian women, Wesley still had a racist opinion of them as well. According to David, “He simply held them in low regard… he believed Indians, with only a few exceptions, were ignorant, lazy, superstitious, and irresponsible.” Other than a few biased stereotypes of Native Americans, Wesley wasn’t abusing his power as a father or as a sheriff, unlike his brother.
Frank, who was a white male doctor, had a lot of power not only over his patients but other races at the time, when racial prejudice was going strong. When he took advantage of the Native American women, he was abusing his power as a doctor. He not only violated them, but when he was interrogated, he admitted to killing Marie and molesting women. Wesley’s wife, Gail, accused him of this early in the book, stating “Your brother makes his patients—some of his patients—undress completely and get into indecent positions… he does what he wants to do.” Frank abused his power over women and Native Americans in several different instances.
Wesley and Frank, the two brothers with different morals and ideas about others, lived differently. Frank was hurting women and only thinking of himself when he hurt others, and Wesley went through several moments where he stopped and thought about what he was doing and whether or not he was being responsible. Even though these two were brothers and shared some of the same ideas, they both handled things differently, and in the end, you can see how different they really were.
In Larry Watson’s novel Montana 1948 power and privilege play a large part. Power and privilege are earned in many different ways. Usually money, or higher up jobs create that power. In this case it was a combination of the two. So combined they virtually ruled that town.
ReplyDeleteThe Hayden name had been in power for many years. David’s Grandfather, as stated on page20 needed power so, the job of Sherriff seemed to be perfect. His grandfather also had the ranch and owned a bar. So he was quite wealthy. You might not understand the weight t of the name Hayden, but the people of Mercer County did. That’s how David’s father, Wesley got into the position of power.[Page 21] All Wesley’s father had to do was say to elect his son and it was to be done.
One way that you can see that Frank Hayden was privileged was that the things that Frank did were expected to be let go because he was a Hayden. As stated on page 149, when Wesley says …” A jury might let him off, but I won’t…” Because he was a part of the wealthiest family in Mercer County, people respected him, and trusted him. No one would think that Frank Hayden was even capable of doing such a heinous thing like rape and kill an innocent women. He knew that, and that was probably part of the reason that he did it.
Another way that you can tell that Frank was privileged was that when he asked Wesley not to put him in jail [ pages 110-111] he didn’t. Whereas if it were any other potential rapist/murder, he would have put him into a jail. But because he was a Hayden, his brother. He didn’t’. Another show of power is that Wesley didn’t want to put Frank on trial in Mercer county because he was afraid that his father might influence the juries decision to sentence Frank.
Desia Griffin-Bradley 9/29/09
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Montana 1948 Essay
Late in the novel, Gail Hayden changes her attitude. She no longer wants her husband to continue the course of action that earlier she encouraged him to follow. What causes her to change?
In Montana 1948, a novel by Larry Watson, the characters are faced with an event that would impact their lives forever. While living in Montana, a young David is maturing based on the events that have happen in his life. One of the events him and his family faced was when Uncle Frank (Wesley’s brother) is accused of raping and sexually assaulting young Indian girls. The opinion of the accusation of the Hayden family varies and their attitudes change over time about the situation. One of the attitudes who change is David’s mother, Gail.
At first Gail wants Wesley to take action so that justice is served. However as the book progress, she no longer wants Wesley to take action at all. She starts to change her mind because she feels that he family isn’t safe. She explains to Wesley, “…I don’t care anymore. I just want my house back. I want my family safe.” She tells Wesley this after her Dale Paris and some his friends try to bail Uncle Frank out from the basement. Gail is forced to use a gun to attempt the cowboys to go away. This is one of the reasons why Gail changes her mind of no longer wanting her husband to continue the course action that was earlier encouraged.
Instead of being put in jail Uncle Frank was arrested and place in the basement of David’s house. This was done to save the embarrassment of Uncle Frank. Another was reason Gail no longer wants further involvement with this case because she didn’t want her house turned into a jail. She says, “… Then I won’t have to walk around my house thinking I hear him breathing down. I won’t have to worry about him breaking out-bursting into the kitchen like, like I don’t know what.” This also shows that she is aware of the possible actions that Uncle Frank might attempt to make although she doesn’t like possibility.
Lastly she doesn’t take the fact that Uncle Frank actually killed Marie Little soldier. Once Wesley tells Gail that Uncle Frank had no concern over that fact he killed Marie Little Soldier, that book explains how she pressed her hand over her mouth, to hold back a cures or she was gagging on what my father had told her.
After these chain of events Gail just wants this case to end. Although she wants justice to be served, she also wants her family to be at peace. So this eventually changes her attitude toward the case.
Mariah Gonzalez 9/29/09
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Montana 1948 essay
The novel Montana 1948 by Larry Watson is set in Mercer County, Montana in the year of 1948. Mercer County is located in the far northeast corner of Montana . Back then, just like it is now, Mercer was farm and ranch county. The downfall of that was that the land wasn’t prosperous or large. The four main characters, David who is the narrator, his mother and father and their house keeper, Marie little soldier live in Bentrock. Bentrock is barely inside the state’s borders and it is hard country just like all of northeastern Montana.
David’s father,Wesley, is the sheriff of Bentrock. This job is relatively easy, for Montana wasn’t filled with crime or violence. Unlike most sheriffs Wesley didn’t dress as though he was apart of Montana. You couldn’t guess that he was from that state, let alone that he was a sheriff. He believed that to convict someone you had to get information and go on facts and knowledge unlike David’s mother, Gail, who went off on faith and belief. Marie little soldier was a young Hunkapapa Sioux who lived with the family during the week to clean up the house and watched over David. She was nice and funny and David loved her. The mother of the family worked as a secretary. She was stern and didn’t want to live in Montana. She wanted David’s father to become a lawyer, not a sheriff. She feared for david’s values and was focused on not letting her son grow up wild. David was twelve years old in this novel. He wants to be grown up so that he won’t be ignored or kept out of adult conversations. He watched everything happen and tried to come to a conclusion of what was going on around him.
Montana 1948 deals with racism and is filled with prejudice views. One example of this is Wesley treats Indians the same way as everyone else, but thinks lowly of them. When Marie little soldier becomes sick the family calls Uncle Frank, the father’s brother. He is a doctor and doesn’t deny coming to see what is wrong with Marie. Marie doesn’t want a doctor and she makes sure that everyone knows. Instead of canceling the appointment, they have uncle frank come in to check her out anyway. After uncle frank leaves marie tells gail that he has been molesting young Indians out on the reservation. Shocked to hear this David’s mother decides to tell her husband, since he’s the sheriff.
Several incidents of prejudice views from this part of the story are on page 34 David tells his parents that marie dosen’t want a doctor. Wesley replies back by saying that’s superstition david, Indian superstition. Another incident is on page 35 when Wesley is talking to frank over the phone frank comments that he’ll do a little dance around her bed to get her to warm up to him and if that dosen’t work then he’ll try beating some drums. When Wesley tells this to gail she dosen’t laugh along with him. This shows that she dosen’t find frank’s comment entertaining and that she’s not as prejudice as the two brothers are.
A long ways into the book the reader finds out that maries accusations made against uncle frank are true. Wesley has to arrest his younger brother because what he did was a crime. Wesley decides to keep his father in the basement of his house so that he won’t be too humiliated. When Wesley’s father finds out about the whole situation he becomes furious. He ends up visiting the house and demanding that he unlockes his brother. While they’re arguing he mentions that it’s not right for him to lock up his own brother for screwing and Indian or feeling her up. This is another prejudice act.
In conclusion This novel was about racism and prejudice. It showed how Indians weren’t respected and what people thought of them.
Shannon Kalia Mrs. Gamzon
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Montana 1948 Test
Montana 1948 is a realistic fiction novel written by Larry Watson. Montana 1948 is a powerful book that addresses themes such as courage, love, acceptance, making decisions between what’s right and what’s wrong, and racism. The novel takes place in Bentrock, Montana, located in Mercer County, which is a fictional town that is described as “…the country seat and the only town of any size in the region.” (Page fifteen.) It was additionally “both a farm and ranch country, but with only a few exceptions, neither farms nor ranches were large or prosperous.” (Page fifteen.) It was a small town, with a population of less than 2,000 people. The novel tells the story of a family consisting of David, Wesley, Frank, Little Marie Soldier, Grandfather, Grandmother, Gloria, and David’s mother.
The book takes place, as I stated previously, in a small town in Montana in the year of 1948. The novel revolves around the family, who is quite a big deal in Bentrock. The grandfather was former sheriff of the county, and passed his badge on to his son, or David’s father, Wesley. He’s married to David’s mother, who is described by David as “…a Lutheran with boundless devotion.” (Page 21.) Wesley is David’s thirty-eight year old father, and his brother is Frank. Frank is a well respected man in the town of Bentrock. He is the town doctor, and is a war hero as well. Many people like Frank and admired him, He’s married to Gloria. The book is told from the point of view of David, the protagonist, who is recalling the events of the summer of 1948 in his family.
That summer, the family’s Indian maid, Marie, got very sick. The family was worried about her, so they were going to call Wes’s brother, Frank, the town doctor, to come in and check her out to make sure she was alright. Marie, to the family’s surprise and confusion, immediately refused. They kept asking her if she wanted to see Frank, but she kept saying no. Finally, Frank comes in to see her one day. While he’s supposed to be seeing if she’s sick, he sexually harasses her. However, this is not the first time Frank had sexually harassed a girl. Frank had been raping and harassing Indian girls throughout the town for a long time. This is why Marie didn’t want to see him. David’s mother tells her husband, because he’s the sheriff and needs to do something about it, and at first he denies the accusations about his brother, Frank. After a few days, Wes believes it. At first he didn’t want to just because he didn’t want to tell his father. Wes confronts Frank, and Frank says that he’ll stop. However, Frank still needs to be punished for everything he’s done to those poor, innocent Indian girls. When Wes tries to confront his father about the issue, he denies it at first as well, and starts yelling to Wes that he’s just jealous of Frank because Frank’s a well known war hero. Wes’s father says, “That fucking uniform. If I could’ve got you in one, maybe we wouldn’t have this problem.” (Page 119.) Later in the conversation, Wesley’s dad tells him that it’s just an Indian girl, and basically tells him it’s not a big deal. This is generally how most people from the town thought. No one really cared about Indian girls, and most were prejudice toward them. Finally, the grandparents leave. Frank has been locked in Wesley’s basement, to save him embarrassment. A little bit later, Frank kills himself in the basement. At the end of the book, the family moves away, trying to get away from everything that happened that summer.
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ReplyDeleteFrank’s final act was committing suicide. I think Frank was motivated to commit suicide to save him and his family from the embarrassment and shame, I think that Frank’s act of committing suicide was sort of a selfless act because with him killing himself, as bad as it sounds, it makes things easier for the family, instead of going through having a trial and going to jail. It would’ve made people look down upon him and the family because they were all so well respected and important in the town, and people would’ve treated them differently after everyone found out that Frank was a rapist and guilty of sexual harassment. I feel bad for the family and how far Frank had to go to save his family from embarrassment, humiliation, and shame, but I think the him committing suicide was a selfless act to help his family.
Conclusively, Montana 1948 was a wonderful, powerful novel about family, prejudice, and justice. I enjoyed reading it a lot, it was well written and really good. I think Frank’s final act was upsetting, because he committed suicide by cutting himself in the basement with broken jars and cans. However, I think Frank did a very selfless act so he did not bring embarrassment, guilt, shame and humiliation among himself and his family.
Samantae Hardaway 9/11/09
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A young sioux Woman. She is beautiful lying back to the ceiling on a couch in a living room. Her body so firm and upright. I can see her perfect shape. Anyone could tell that she was tired by the way she stayed so still in her sleep, not breathing hard enough for anyone to hear. Nobody knows how long she might be able to sleep there
A man who is soft spoken and friendly, standing quietly across a room. Looking as if he is waiting for someone to come and pick him up, as if it would be a rescue from where he is at the moment. He is standing still directly on a green rug next to a window just staring out onto the street
A small puppy sitting in a basket. His head over the top and his legs holding him up to see over the basket. Him staring around to see where he is, what is around him in the room. His paws right next to his cheeks with a look of wonder in his eyes. No movement of his head to look around, just his eyes moving from right to left to investigate his surroundings. A sense of curiosity and fear on his face.
Donyel Jackson
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According to the story I think the story is neither David’s nor Wesley’s, But the family’s. The Story Montana 1948 was about the family situation but it was getting told from David’s perspective.
One of the main characters is David. He was a young boy at the time but he’s the narrator of the story telling about a time when he was younger. Another main character was his father Wesley who was the town’s sheriff. He had to do a lot of decision making throughout the story. He was torn between doing the right thing. Which was taking his brother Frank to jail or following what he thought was right.
Wesley’s brother Frank was a war hero who was highly respected and was a doctor. He accidentally split the family because of his wrongdoing. Marie Little soldier was David’s family’s housekeeper. She was sick in the beginning of the story and didn’t want to get checked by frank. She said that he’d raped young native American women and she was scared. She was killed by Frank and he tried to cover it up.
The main conflict in the story is that Frank killed Marie and Wesley is confused with sending him to jail or keeping him free. Wesley is not sure about his decision until the end of the book. His brother Frank thinks killing himself will solve the problem. At that point it wasn’t a story about the family any more because half of his family was split.
The story was more David’s than anybody’s overall. The story told how David dealt with the whole situation. After everything that happened He still loved uncle Frank. Even though he’d killed Marie whom of which David loved. He himself believed that uncle Frank’s suicide solved everything. After the situation he described what happened.
Everything that was explained in previous paragraphs is why I believed this was the family’s story.
Ashley Lawson
ReplyDelete11. In the novel Montana 1948, the author, Larry Watson, purposly wrote the story's setting in 1948. This year was a period of time of racism and discrimination. Usually when we hear these words, we automattically assume, that the racist are against African Americans. In this case, the people who are recieving this aspect of cruelity, are the Natvie Americans, in Bentrock, Montana.
The authors main character's father, Weasly, for example, is really racist at first. He says on page 34, "That's superstition, David...Indian superstition...What does she need, David,a medicine man?" Throughout the book, Weasly gradually grows out of that stage of racism. He decides to do the right thing, and go against the "white" way of justice. He arrests his brother, Frank, for sexually harassing his Native American patients, which shows him breaking this shell, and standing up for what's right.
That plot plays a key role in the reason behind the year of 1948. The author chose the year, and based on facts, built a fictional story based upon it. The plot thickens, as the summer of 1948 goes on. Also, the author explains in detail, the events of little towns such as Bentrock, that we might not have realized at that time in history.
These events could take place in modern day. For a matter of fact, they still do. We still have the racist and discriminators today, like they had back then. I loved Montana 1948, because I can relate to David, and his inquisitive ways.
Haris Heganovic Ms.Gamzon
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Larry Watson's Montana 1948 has themes in it like racism, prejudice, and hard decisions to make. But most of all, racism. Racism play's a big role in this novel. David tell's his story from Montana 1948. Wesley, David's father is the town sheriff. His best friend, Marie Little Soldier, end's up getting sick and eventually die's from either of the unknown fact that she had phuenomea or she was raped by Uncle Frank and killed by him. Wesley, Frank's brother know's the truth about Frank sexually molesting Indian girls who are his patients. Wesley make's hard decisions on family as for Marie and the other Indian girls as well. Wesley confront's Frank and he arrest's Frank in his basement and keep's him there until they could arrange a trial for Frank. Wesley get's into argument's with his dad about Frank and the horrible things that Frank does to the Indian girls. Frank suicide's himself at the end because he doesn't want to be embarassed by the town and his own family as well because he's the town doctor and a war hero. This novel is based on racism against Native Americans and hardships with family and decisions that people have to make fro the right choice to happen.
Evan barter is a game player and he likes when others play along. He always does what he needs to succeed but he doesn’t like to go to quick works slowly so he actually gets something to do. He usually doesn’t pay attention when he is going to far. He also loves Math and science they give him something fun. Although he always finds alone time for himself to do his writing and reading. He loves his football though he will do anything for the team because there is no I in team
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