We are told that the Indians call Greasy Lake "Wakan- because of how clear the water is. ... There is a layer of algae and muck hovering on top of the surface of the water. ... The reference to the clarity of the water seems very ironic. ... The three most significant symbols seen throughout the play are the title character, his wife, and the color pink. ... The color pink also has to do with good and bad. ...
Her father and the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties and the women were in sandals picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big glass plate and they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them." (346) It's apparent that Sammy believes Queenie to be of a higher class than he, because when his "parents have someone over they get lemonade and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with "They"ll do it every time" cartoons stenciled on." (346) When Sammy marked that Queenie and the other girls were "walkin...
The men had to live out in the water in very bad waves for a day and had to last the night in the boat. ... Nevertheless, we were headed back down to civilization and a big bottle of water. ... "None of them knew the color of the sky" is the first line in the book and it is also a foreshadowing line. ... By focusing on the fact that none of them even knew the color of the sky, the author was able to give up the best possible look at what is going on instantly. ...
In the first paragraph, Erdrich uses foreshadowing of Henry's death when Lyman says, "We owned it together until his boots filled with water on a windy night and he bought out my share- (407). ... Erdrich uses imagery by showing the color of the convertible. ... Lyman tries everything to cheer his brother up, even buying a color television set, but this only aides to his brothers depression. ...
"Or falling into a raindrop, it expanded with such an intensity of red, blue and yellow the thin walls of water that one expected them to burst and disappear." ... We can find this in the following lines: "Then the breeze stirred rather more briskly overhead and the color was flashed into the air above, into the eyes of the men and women" - a fairly beautiful picture, and rather vulgar in its other meaning. ...
Her father and the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties and the women were in sandals picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big glass plate and they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them. ...
