Erdrich The Round House

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The above narrative is set in the present day, in a small restaurant during a rainstorm. The reason for this is to create a comfortable environment for the two authors to discuss very serious, modern-day issues that they address within their writing. Both authors frame restaurants as places to have tough, honest conversations within their writing. For example, in The Round House, Joe meets Linda at her favorite restaurant in order to get her to speak about her brother. He says, “I was happy that Linda was buying me lunch. I forgot I hated and remembered that I’d liked to talk to her” (Erdrich 266). This setting makes the both of them feel more relaxed while talking about something rather uncomfortable and leads to Joe getting the information he wanted. Additionally, …show more content…
As mentioned briefly above, the authors talk about issues regarding violence and discrimination towards both African Americans and Native American women. They discuss these issues together over dinner because they are both very passionate and caring people who want to make a difference in the world. These authors see the vast importance of the problems at hand and want to spread that knowledge to others through writing. One example in The Round House where the significance of these struggles is brought up is when Joe’s father uses a gross casserole as a metaphor for why he does his job as a tribal judge. He says, “We are trying to build a solid base here for our sovereignty. We try to press against the boundaries of what we are allowed, walk a step past the edge” (Erdrich 229). Tribal courts make small decisions that increase their jurisdiction a little bit at a time, so that one day they have full power to prosecute those who harm them. This is a vital step towards protecting women from violence at the hands of
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