"A Yellow Raft in Blue Water"

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This paper is an analysis of the character Ray in Michael Dorris' "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water". The paper examines how characters such as Christine and Aunt Ida, Sky and Evelyn shape and change Rayona's life. It examines each section of the book and examines how Rayona grows up to be a mother and break the status quo of women in her family.

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"The role of family in Rayona's search for identity determines the kind of person she grows up to be. Culture, race, economic class, and power shape Rayona's entire life. These aspects of life are of great importance to the family throughout the novel. In the Rayona section of the book Christine makes Rayona grow up to be a lot like her, and her influence on Ray is a lot like Aunt Ida's influence on Christine. Sky and Evelyn give Rayona a look into a normal family situation and this shows her what she is and has been missing out on throughout her life with Christine and Aunt Ida. Aunt Ida makes sure that Rayona knows her heritage from the beginning of the book to the end, but at the same time reinforces the lack of wanting responsibility as a mother."

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