The Red Convertible

This short story had its pros and cons. The author Louis Erdrich had used many amazing writing skills that had been caught by many readers. Erdrich had showed how the main character Lyman and his brother Henry had a good relationship in the past, but as Henry was drafted into the army. The reader can tell that Lyman and Henry's brotherly relationship had been disrupted. I felt like the mood of the book changed from happiness to darkness. This change in feeling was very well done. Another significant key in the short story was the mysterious setting after Henry came back from the army. This dark and puzzling setting kept the reader attached to the short story. As  a reader I wanted to know how the brothers were going to reunite to each other through the red convertible. I loved how the author showed how the red convertible was know as an amazing car in the past, but as the depressing days came the car was just an ordinary thing. The negatives of this short story were the way Erdrich confused the reader, by not clearly stating what had happened or what event just had occurred. After the reader read the sentence over again, then he understood what was going in the story. This was one significant problem throughout the story. Even though there were less alerting events during this story, I believe this story still kept the readers attention.