The novel Motorcycle and Sweetgrass is a novel written by Drew Hayden Taylor, and throughout the book, the main characters created by Drew Hayden Taylor all have a hard time finding their identity in a modern day society. Some of the characters Taylor created are Wayne, Virgil, and maggie. Wayne is interesting because, he was born inside a Native family, but still ended up been pushed away by his native family and native society. Virgil is also interesting due to the fact throughout the book he always has, a hard time finding his characters in his society. Lastly, Maggie is interesting as well because, have a woman been a chief and win many votes, is not common in native communities. The novel Motorcycle and Sweetgrass is set in modern day…show more content… Wayne for example, wanted to be native and avoids the modern people. On the other hand, Virgil, not sure whether to be more native like or modern like, finds his own path after all the things he have experienced throughout the story. Lastly, Maggie, born in a modern society and lives under a contemporary society, choose to get rid of the native side of her. As a summary of the novel, Hayden Taylor created lots of symbols within the characters. Such as the Native Martial Artist Wayne, who struggle with his identity because people all around him chooses to move on their believes. Maggie, once a girl living with her mother who have strong spiritual beliefs, does not get influenced by her mother unlike her brother Wayne, even though she ended up having success in the community she still have trouble finding her own position in the society and what she should have done. Lastly there’s Virgil, the son of Maggie, who despite living in a Native community have the thoughts of him been out in a different part of the earth and start a new identity, but in the end he finds himself in the community with an identity he loves. For me, I find Drew Hayden Taylor have a good way with written and planning with his character’s identity, each one of the main characters always have a point in the book, when they all have trouble seeing their identity, but all ended up find himself in a position where they are all happy with their identity in the
